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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.s1.563.2

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.s1.563.2

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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;