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An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.10

An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.10

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c5.s1.10

Abhijit, the 22nd of the 28 nakṣatras, when beginning with Aṣvinī (star of junction Vega or a Lyræ; see Whitney to Sū° Si°, VIII, 9). § 502 (Manuṣyagrahak.): III, 230, 14461 (Abhijit spardhamānā tu Rohiṇyāḥ kanyasī śrasā icchantī jyeṣṭhatāṃ devī tapas taptum vanaṃ gatā); XIII, 4265 (when one makes a śrāddha under Abhijit, he obtains the best knowledge).