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.s1.314

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Ananta¹ ("infinite"), the prince of Snakes. § 28 (Amṛtamanthana): I, 17, 1107 (? kalpam); 18, 1118, 1119.—§ 48 (Çesha): I, 36, 1587 (the same as Çesha), 1588 (Pitāmaha guve him Suparṇa as a friend).—§ 100 (Amçāvat.): I, 65, 2549 (a Kādraveya).—§ 576 (Bhadavadgītāp.): VI, 34, 1233 (*asmi Nāgānām*, says Kṛshṇa about himself).—§ 581 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 67, 3023 (*Çesham devam*).—§ 585 (do.): VI, 90, 4044 (*iva vegarān*).—§ 730 (Anuçāsanik., Meghavāhanop.): XIII, 151a, 7088 (*mahāgāya*), 7119 ("Dharma, Kāma, Kāla, Vasu, Vāsuki, Ananta, and Kapila are the seven upholders of Earth, *dharaṇīdharāḥ*").—§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 5μ, 169 (incarnate as Balarāma, gone to Rasātala). Cf. Çesha.