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.s1.391

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Aniruddha¹ (son of Pradyumna). § 262 (Bhagavadyāna): II, 2, 56.—§ 264 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 4β, 123 (among the kings present when Yudhishṭhira entered the palace), 130 (learnt the science of arms from Arjuna).—§ 452 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 183, 12584.—§ 581 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 655, 2968 ("son of Pradyumna and known as the eternal Viṣṇu; created Brahmán").—§ 589 (Droṇā-dhrathavadhap.): VII, 110σ, 4193.—§ 717 (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 340η, 12903, 12905 ("Pradyumna or Mind gives origin to Aniruddha or the Creator = Consciousness"), 12937, 12938 ("Brahmán springs from Aniruddha's navel"); 341, 13036 (= Mahān ātmā or Ahaṅkāra sprang from Avyakta or Pradhāna, and from him sprang Pitāmaha, i.e. Brahmán and the five elements), 13077 (lokasargakaraḥ prabhuḥ), 13098 (the Supreme God in the form of Aniruddha showed himself to Brahmán, with a vast horse's head, etc.); 342, 13144 (from Nārāyaṇa = Aniruddha's grace arose Brahmán, and from his wrath Rudra); 344, 13309 (Çaunaka asked why Nārada, having seen the Supreme Lord in the form of Aniruddha = A° tanau sthitam—again proceeded so quickly to Nara and Nārāyaṇa); 345, 13385 (the Emancipate entering the Sun; thence reduced to invisible atoms they enter into Nārāyaṇa, and thence into Aniruddha, and thence, transformed into mind alone, into Pradyumna, etc.); 348, 13466, 13470 (Janamejaya inquires why Hari had appeared to Brahmán in the form of Aniruddha with the horse's head; Brahmán develops into Purusha = Aniruddha = Pradhāna, who, yielding to yoga-sleep, lays himself down on the waters reflecting on creation; A. develops into Ahaṅkāra = Brahmán, etc. = Hiraṇyagarbha, who takes birth within the lotus that springs from Aniruddha), 13512 (Madhu and Kaiṭabha saw Purusha in the form of Aniruddha in yoga-sleep on the water, white, imbued with stainless sattva, on the hood of a snake, surrounded with garlands of flames; they awakened him and were slain by him; thence he came to be called Madhusūdana); 352, 13759 (§ 717d: Brahmārudra-saṃvāda: learned brahmans called Mahāpurusha by the name of Aniruddha).—†§ 773b (Kṛṣṇa): XIII, †159, †7392 (when Kṛṣṇa becomes Jīva, he comes to be called Saṅkarshaṇa; next he transforms himself into Pradyumna, and then into Aniruddha).—§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 3φ, 101 (slain). Aniruddha² = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Aniruddha³. Cf. Anu°. Anirvinṇa = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Aniti = Çiva (1000 names²). Anivartin = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Aniyasām aniyān = Kṛṣṇa. Añjana¹, a locality? § 305 (Anudyūtap.): II, 78, 2574 ("formerly thou wert instructed . . . near A. by the great ṛshi Asita . . ."). Añjana², an elephant. § 564 (Mātaliyop.): V, 99, 3561 (among the elephants in Pātāla, born in the race of the elephant Supratīka).—§ 581 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 64ν, 2866 (among the Dig-nāgas ridden by Rākshasas).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 112, 4323 (the Kirātas, q.v., have elephants sprung from the race of A., of impenetrable hides, well trained . . . with armour made wholly of gold, resembling Airāvata, having come from the northern hills, ridden by fierce robbers); 12157, 4829 (many elephants of the race of A., etc., were slain). Cf. Añjanaka.