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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.s1.567.6

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.s1.567.6

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conflict at Khāṇḍava against D. and Dā.; combat on behalf of Indra against the Nivātakavacas and Paṇlomas; svayaṃvara of Kṛṣṇa.—§ 552 (δ) (45, v. 1433 f.): Droṇa, Çakra, Vaiçravaṇa, Yama, Varuṇa, Agni, Kṛpa, Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava), Pinākapāṇin (Çiva) [have been my preceptors].—§ 552 (ε) (49, v. 1535 ff.): Alone he saved the Kurus (from the Gandharvas), satiated Agni, led the life of a brahmacārin for five years; taking np Subhadrā on his car, he alone challenged Kṛṣṇa to single combat; he fought with Rudra as a forester; rescued Kṛṣṇa (from Jayadratha); for five years studied the use of arms under Indra; vanquished all foes; vanquished the Gandharva king Citrasena; vanquished the Nivātakavacas and Kālakhañjas.—Arjuna caused Uttara to bring away the white garments of Droṇa and Kṛpa and the yellow ones of Karṇa and the blue ones of Duryodhana and Açvatthaman, but not those of Bhīshma, because he was not stupefied; these garments he presented to Uttarā.—§ 553 (Vaivāhikap.²): IV, 70, 2267, 2289; 71, (2291), 2297, 2299, 2303, 2306, 2324; 72, (2327), 2346: After the victory over the Kurus, Arjuna praised Yudhishṭhira before Virāṭa, and showed him all the Pāṇḍavas; Uttarā spoke about Arjuna’s prowess, and described each of the Pāṇḍavas, especially Arjuna (“it was by him that Bhīshma, Droṇa, and Duryodhana were vanquished”). Virāṭa offered to bestow his daughter Uttarā upon Arjuna, who accepted her for Abhimanyu.