[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s1.108 # 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.s1.108 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.s1.108 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.108) conception of six, seven (or eight) Ādityas there seems to be no trace in the Mhb. unless it be XII, 1504 (v. Aditi); they came into existence from the coals at the sacrifice of Çiva in the shape of Varuṇa (!), § 747 (Suvarṇotpatti), XIII, 85, 4131 (ye dhishṇyeshu divi sthitāḥ). In most cases they are named together with the other devagaṇas, etc.; thus, for instance:-- - [Previous: c5.s1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.107) - [Next: c5.s1.109.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.109.1) - [Up: c5.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.108) · Pramāṇa