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.s1.143.11

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Brahmán's, *vīrute*).—§ 671β (Bali-Vāsava-s.): 224, 8139 (*āhuç cainam*, i.e. Brahmán, *kecid Agnim kecid āhuḥ Prajāpatim*).—§ 693 (Vṛtravadha): 283 (in order to deliver Indra from the brahmahatyā that issued from the body of Vṛtra, when he had been killed by Indra, Brahmán divided it in four portions; one-fourth was taken by Agni on the condition that it should immediately enter the man who should abstain from offering, etc.), 10174.—§ 696 (MSnSt.): 283, 10354 (=Çiva, 1000 names).—§ 700 (Mokshadh.): 289, 10644 (*Agni-Shomāv idam sarvam*).—§ 702 (do.): 296β, 10837 (*v. Āditya*).—§ 707 (do.): 318, 11708 (if at death the soul escapes through the eyes, the man reaches the region of Agni).—§ 717 (Nārāyaṇīya, *mahāpurushastava*): 339, 12864 (*tarāgnir asyam*, No. 90); 341λ, 18017 (*kiñ ea Brahmā ca Rudraç ca Çakraç ca Balabhit prabhuk | Sūryas Tārādhipo Vāyur Agnir Varuṇa eva ca | Ākāçam Jagati caiva ye çeṣā divaukasaḥ | pralayam na vijānanti ātmanaḥ parinirmitam*).—§ 342††I): 342††I): (Agni (digestive Fire, Nil.) and Soma (food, Nil.), blending together, become transformed into one and the same substance; it is for this reason that the entire universe is said to be pervaded with them; the deities also are said to have Agni for their mouth. .After the dissolution of the universe Brahmán caused Agni (*kṣattram*, i.e. the kṣattriyas) and Soma (*brāhman*, i.e. the brahmans) to spring from his own eyes; the brahmans became endowed with greater energy than the kṣattriyas.