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.s1.267

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Amçu = Çiva (1000 names²). Amçumat¹, a king. § 232 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 188, 6991 (among those who came to the Svayaṃvara of Kṛṣṇa). Amçumat², the son's son of king Sagara. § 387 (Sagara): III, 107, 8884 (Asamañjas-sutam).—§ 389 (Gaṅgāvatar.): III, 107 (brings back the sacrificial horse of Sagara), 8895, 8898, 9901, 9908, 9911, 9914, 9915. Amçumat³, a Bhoja king (cf. Amçumat¹). § 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 6, 164 (Bhojarājaḥ, killed by Droṇa). Amçumat⁴, one of the Viçvedevas. § 749 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 91γ, 4357 (enumerated among 64 Viçvedevas). Amçumat⁵= Sūrya. Amçumat⁶= Soma. Ameyātman= Çiva. Ameyātman= Viṣṇu (1000 names). Amita = Çiva (1000 names²). Amitāçana = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Amitāçanā, a Mātr. § 615α (Skanda): IX, 46θ, 2625 (enumeration). Amitadhvaja, an ancient king. § 673 (Bali-Vāsava-s.): XII, 227α, 8262. Amitaujas, a king. § 180 (Amçāvat.): I, 67α, 2648 (incarnation of the Asura Ketumat).—§ 564 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 4γ, 75 (among the kings to whom Drupadā proposes to send messengers).—§ 572 (Rathātir.): V, 171, 5903 (among the mahārathāḥ of the Pāṇḍavas, Pāñcāla-sattamāḥ). Amitavikrama = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Amitrajit = Çiva (1000 names²). Amogha¹, a fire. § 490 (Āṅgirasa): III, 219, 14154. Amogha², a Yakṣa. § 506 (Skandayuddha): III, 231, 14548 (mahā-Yakṣo, in the right wing of Skanda's army). Amogha³= Skanda. § 508 (Kārttikayastava): III, 232, 14632 (among the names of Skanda). Amogha⁴= Çiva: X, 256; XIII, 1227 (1000 names²). Amogha⁵= Viṣṇu (1000 names). Amoghā, a Mātr. § 615α (Skanda): IX, 46δ, 2639. Amoghārtha = Çiva (1000 names²). *amṛta*, ambrosia (cf. the articles Utaṅka, Amṛtam., Garuḍa, Vālakilya, Kapilā, etc.). § 615α (Skanda): IX, 46, 2668 (kamaṇḍalum amṛtodbhavam, which Gaṅgā gave to Skanda).—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 2, 46 (amṛtasamair vākyair); 7, 163 (vāg°). Amṛta²= Çiva (1000 names²). Amṛta³= Viṣṇu (1000 names). Amṛta⁴: XII, 12864 (Mahāpuruṣastava). Amṛtā, a Māgadha princess, wife of Aṇaçvan. § 156 (Pūruvaṃç.): I, 85, †3794 (Māgadhim). Amṛtāça = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Amṛtākṣa: XII, 12864 (Mahāpuruṣastava). [Amrtamanthana] ("churning of the Amṛta or brosia"). Cf. Astīkaparvan. § 28: Once the gods assembled on the summit of Mount Meru, Nārāyaṇa, Brahmān to churn the Ocean with the gods and Asuras in order to obtain Amṛta (I, 17). Viṣṇu prevailed upon Ananta (i.e. Çesha) to bring up the mountain Mandara, obtained from the Ocean the nectar, placed Mandara on the back of the tortoise, was made the churning rod, with the Asuras holding him by the head, while Ananta, who was the snake's hood and the mountain's flames issued from his mouth.