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.s1.457.1

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Kuntī, etc. (ο), were glad and praised Kṛṣṇa, and so did wrestlers, actors, astrologers, etc.; Kṛṣṇa and the other Vṛṣṇi chiefs made precious gifts to the child, whom Kṛṣṇa called Parikṣit (etymology). When he was a month old, the Pāṇḍavas came back with the wealth, and were received by those Vṛṣṇis and the citizens; Vidura ordered various kinds of worship to be offered to the gods in their temples, etc.; with dancers and singers, the city resembled the mansion of Kubera, etc. (description) (XIV, 70). Kṛṣṇa and his ministers went out to see the Pāṇḍavas, who entered the city together with the Vṛṣṇis, and worshipped Dhṛtarāṣṭra, etc. (π), and also Kṛṣṇa, having heard how he had revived Parikṣit; after a few days Vyāsa came and was worshipped by the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, and he permitted Yudhiṣṭhira to perform the horse-sacrifice, "a purifier of all sinners." Yudhiṣṭhira asked Kṛṣṇa to perform the sacrifice; but Kṛṣṇa told Yudhiṣṭhira to appoint them to whatever tasks he likes; "when thou sacrificest, Bhīmasena, etc. (ρ), will do sacrificing" (XIV, 71). Yudhiṣṭhira asked Vyāsa to cause him to be initiated; Vyāsa said that he and Paila and Yājñavalkya would perform the rites; the initiation would be performed on the day of full moon in the month of Caitra; "let sūtas and brahmaus well versed in the science of horses select a worthy horse"; all the articles were duly procured; Vyāsa ordained that the sphya and the kūrca should be made of gold;