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.s1.563
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.s1.563
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same way the south. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sentiments towards the Pāṇḍavas suddenly became poisoned, and from anxiety he could not sleep (I, 139).—§ 213 (Jaṭugṛhap.): I, 151, 5911 (has escaped from the lac house).—§ 214 (Hiḍimbav.): I, 154, 6019, (6027), (6034), 6039 (A. offered to assist Bhīmasena against Hiḍimba, and exhorted him to kill him without delay; then he caused the Pāṇḍavas to proceed to a town not far off); 156, 6096.—§ 217 (Caitrarathap.): I, 166, 6346 (a brahman related how Bhīshma prevailed upon Droṇa to teach the princes, etc.; both Arjuna and the others promised to do whatever he might ask as his fee, etc.).—§ 219 (do.): I, 168, 6419 (the brothers set out for the town of Drupada).—§ 221 (do.): I, 170, (6451), (6462), (6472), 6474, (6493), 6499 (while the Pāṇḍavas were wandering from Ekacakrā to the town of the Pāñcālas, Arjuna walking before them torch in hand, the Gandharva king Citraratha opposed them at the Gaṅgā, but was vanquished by Arjuna, whom he then gave the Gandharvic māyā called Cākshushī, and on whom and each of his brothers he bestowed 100 Gandharva horses; he gave them the counsel to select a fit purohita; Arjuna in return gave him the Āgneya weapon).—§ 222 (Tapatyup.): I, 171, (6516) (as Citraratha had called A. Tāpatya, Arjuna caused him to relate Tāpaty-upākhyāna). 173, 6533 ("their son was Kuru, the ancestor of Arjuna").—§ 223 (Vāśishṭha): I, 174, 6634 (Citraratha told Arjuna about Vāśishṭha).
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175, (6649), 6659 (Citraratha related the hostilities between Viśvāmitra and Vāśishṭha to Arjuna).—§ 229 (Vāśishṭhop.): I, 182, (6888) (asked by Arjuna, Citraratha related why Kalmāṣapāda commanded his queen to go to Vāśishṭha, etc.).—§ 230 (Dhaumyapuroh.): I, 183, (6913), 6915 (according to the counsel of Citraratha, the Pāṇḍavas installed Dhaumya as their purohita, and resolved to go to the svayaṃvara of Kṛshṇā).—§ 231 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 184: The Pāṇḍavas went to the Pāñcāla land in the company of brahmans who told them of the svayaṃvara, etc.). 185: On their way they beheld Vyāsa; they took up their quarters in the house of a potter; and adopting the brahmanical profession, they began to lead an eleemosynary life. Drupada always wished to bestow his daughter on Kiriṭin (i.e. Arjuna), and therefore caused a very stiff bow to be made which was incapable of being bent by anybody except Arjuna.—§ 233 (do.): I, 187: When Duryodhana, etc., had in vain tried to string the bow, and Karṇa, though having succeeded in stringing it, had, as a sūta, been rejected by Kṛshṇā, Jishṇu (i.e. Arjuna) came forward. 188, 7049, 7051, 7052: Some of the brahmans spoke reproachfully of Arjuna's daring undertaking, some approved of it. Bending his head unto Içāna and remembering Kṛshṇā, Arjuna accomplished the task;
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Kṛshṇā approached Arjuna, who soon after left the lists, followed by her.—§ 234 (do.): I, 189, 7075, 7080: When Drupada expressed his desire of bestowing his daughter on that brahman the kings resolved to slay Drupada and burn Kṛshṇā, but spare Arjuna, whom they took for a brahman; Arjuna and Bhīmasena rescued them; Kṛshṇā knew the Pāṇḍavas. 190, 7086, 7094, 7098, 7099: Karṇa is defeated by Arjuna ("accomplished in the Brahma and the Paurandara weapons," v. 7105), etc. Bhīmasena and Arjuna with difficulty escaped from the throng, followed by Kṛshṇā.—§ 235 (do.): I, 191, (7138), 7141: When they came with Kṛshṇā, Kuntī said "enjoy ye all"; Yudhishṭhira declared that Arjuna should wed her, but agreed that she should be the common wife of them all.—§ 236 (do.): I, 192: Dhrshṭadyumna secretly followed Bhīmasena and Arjuna, and from their conversation learned who they were.—§ 237 (Vaivāhikap.): I, 193, 7192: Dhr̥ṣṭadyumna related what had happened; Arjuna is said to have large red eyes (v. 7175); from their conversation he concluded that they were the Pāṇḍavas of whom it had been heard that they had all escaped from the house of lac. 195, 7226, 7235, 7237: Drupada vowed to restore Yudhiṣṭhira on his paternal throne; he became very perplexed at the project of marrying Kṛṣṇa to all the five brothers; meanwhile Vyāsa arrived.—§ 241 (Vidurāgam.): I, 200, 7367: Vidura and Dhṛtarāṣṭra became glad at the Pāṇḍavas having won Kṛṣṇa;
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but Duryodhana and Karṇa tried to stir Dhṛtarāṣṭra up against them. 201, 7408: Duryodhana proposed several means of getting the better of the Pāṇḍavas, etc.—§ 244 (Rājyalābhap.): I, 207, 7547: Dhṛtarāṣṭra caused the Pāṇḍavas together with Kuntī and Kṛṣṇa to repair to Khāṇḍavaprastha (Indraprastha), giving them half the kingdom.—§ 247 (Arjunavanavāsap.): I, 213, (7774): The Pāṇḍavas reigned in prosperity at Indraprastha; once Arjuna, having violated an established rule regarding Kṛṣṇa, set out to live twelve years in the forest.—§ 248 (do.): I, 214, (7796), 7804: Arjuna was drawn away to the bottom of the water by Ulūpī (upon whom he begat a son); she said that he would be invincible in water.—§ 249 (do.): I, 215: A. visited many tīrthas, married Citrāṅgadā at Maṇipūra, where he dwelled for three years; she gave birth to a son.—§ 250 (do.): I, 216f, 7850: A. visited the tīrthas of the southern ocean, where he liberated the apsaras Vargā, etc., in Nāritīrthāni.—§ 251 (do.): I, 218, 7890, 7894: A. visits Kṛṣṇa.—§ 252 (Subhadrāhar.): I, 219, 7920, (7923), 7928, 7929. 220, 7961: A. carried away Subhadrā, the sister of Kṛṣṇa.—§ 253 (Haraṇāharaṇap.): I, 221, 7969, 7987, 8032, 8039, 8048: Kṛṣṇa reconciled A. with the Bhojas, etc.; A. married Subhadrā and passed a whole year at Dvārakā; then Kṛṣṇa remained for some time with A. at Indraprastha; Subhadrā brought forth Abhimanyu, who became the favourite of Kṛṣṇa and from his father acquired the Dhanurveda.
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Kṛṣṇa also obtained five sons (Crutakarman by Arjuna), who, after having studied the Vedas, from Arjuna acquired knowledge of all weapons celestial and human.—§§ 254-260 (Khāṇḍavadah.): I, 222-234: 224, 8161, 8167; 225, 8201, (8203); 227, 8238, 8245, 8247, 8275, 8278, 8282; 228, 8298, 8301, 8308, 8309, 8310, 8312, 8317, 8322, 8326; 234, 8466, 8476, 8478: Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna assisted Agni in burning the Khāṇḍava forest; Agni caused Varuṇa to give Arjuna the Gāṇḍīva bow, two inexhaustible quivers, and a car yoked with horses; then Agni gave Kṛṣṇa the discus Sudarśana; Varuṇa gave Kṛṣṇa the mace Kaumodakī; Indra in vain poured down showers of rain in order to prevent the burning. An incorporeal voice said that Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, being really the old rṣis and gods Nara and Nārāyaṇa, were invincible. Indra appeared and promised to give Arjuna all his weapons (both the Āgneya and the Vāyavya), when Mahādeva had been pleased by him; he granted Kṛṣṇa that his friendship with Arjuna should be eternal. The car (I, 8183 ff.) which Varuṇa gave to Arjuna was furnished with celestial weapons, etc., and incapable of being vanquished by gods or Asuras; its banner bore a large monkey; the car was drawn by horses white as silver, born in the region of the Gandharvas (Gandharvaik), and harnessed with gold, and in speed resembling the wind or the mind; its splendour was great, and the sound of its wheels was tremendous; it had been created by the