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.s1.456.4

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Rohiṇī, Nil.), and on the day Dhruva (i.e. Sunday, Nil.), and set out, having worshipped Śiva with modakas, frumenty, and cakes of meat, taking leave of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, etc. (ζ), and keeping Yuyutsu in the capital (XIV, 63). Then they set out (description); arrived at the spot, they pitched their camp, placing the brahmans and Agniveśya (i.e. Dhaumya, Nil.) in the van; then the Pāṇḍavas and the other kings, and the brahmans and priests, having performed propitiatory rites, and placing the king and his ministers in the middle, caused the camp to be pitched by laying out six roads and nine divisions; king Yudhiṣṭhira caused a separate encampment to be made for the infuriated elephants; the brahmans declared this very day to be an auspicious one; on this day they would live upon water alone, and they should all fast; they passed the night on beds of kuśa-grass, listening to the discourses of the learned brahmans. When the cloudless morning came, the brahmans told Yudhiṣṭhira (XIV, 64) to make offerings to Śiva. Dhaumya performed the rites (description), and gave bali to the servants of Śiva; offerings were next made to Kubera, Maṇibhadra, and to the other Y. and lords of Bh. (with kṛśaras, and meat, and nivāpas mixed with sesame seeds); the king gave thousands of cows to the brahmans; then he ordered bali for the night-wandering Bh. Then the king, placing Vyāsa ahead, proceeded to the spot where the treasure was, once more worshipping Kubera, etc. (η).