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.s1.262.1
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.s1.262.1
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[Amçāvataraṇa(ṃ)] ("incarnations"), comprehends the three first chapters of Sambhavaparvan (vii), i.e. I, 65-67. § 85: Conformably to the consultation held between Indra and Nārāyaṇa, the celestials were born in the lines of brahmarṣis and rājarṣis, and they slew the Dānavas, Rā., G., and Snakes, etc. Janamejaya desired to hear, from the beginning, of the births of D., Dā., G., Aps., men, Y., and Rā.—§ 86: The six Ādityas (v. 2520, read Prādhā with B. and V., and v. 2554).—§ 88: The Ādityas (Viṣṇu, the youngest and superior to them all).—§ 89: Diti's son Hiraṇyakaçipu and his five sons.—§ 90: Prublāda's three sons.—§ 91: Virocana—Bali—Bāṇa (a follower of Rudra and called also Mahākāla).—§ 92: Forty sons of Danu (only forty-two are enmerated, amongst them Sūryā-Candramasau, not to be confounded with the gods of the same name").—§ 93: Ten more races (vaṃçāḥ) of Danu-putrāḥ.—§ 94: Krodhavaça sons (Rāhu, etc.).—§ 95: Offspring of Krūrā (Krodhavaçanāma, not otherwise enumerated).—§ 96: Offspring of Danāyus.—§ 97: The offspring of Kālā (only four enumerated; instead of B. "Krodhaçatruḥ").—§ 98: The offspring of Çukra or Uçanas, son of a rṣi; they are the Asuras (Tvaṣṭā—so B., but C. has anyau raudrakarmiṇau; something of the sort? —§ 99: The offspring of Karmin);