[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s1.438 # 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.s1.438 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.s1.438 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s1.438](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.438) The result of adoring Kṛṣṇa as Puṇḍarīkākṣa, etc. (η). At the conclusion of one's vow, one should feed a number of brahmans or make gifts of ghee to them. Viṣṇu has said that there is no fast superior to that (XIII, 109). Vaiśampāyana said: Approaching Bhīṣma, who was lying on his bed of arrows, Yudhiṣṭhira asked how one does acquire beauty, etc. Bhīṣma said that a Candravrata should be commenced in Mārgaśīrṣa, when the moon comes in conjunction with Mūla: - [Previous: c5.s1.437](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.437) - [Next: c5.s1.439](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.439) - [Up: c5.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.438](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.438) · Pramāṇa