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.s1.57

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Açvaçiras²=Vishnu: XII, 127, 4662 (Rājadh.) ("reads the eternal Vedas" in Badarī); 341, 13100 (Nārāyaṇīya), 13114; 348, 13454 (Nārāyaṇīya), 13458 (devasya Harī-medhasaḥ), 13509 ("became the dwelling of the Vedas"), 13524 (Hariḥ); these quotations are from the chapter Nārāyaṇīya, where it is related how Vishnu, assuming a horse-headed form, rescued the Vedas from the "Dānavas" Madhu and Kaiṭabha (who had robbed them from Brahmán just as he had created them and was going to create the worlds), placed the horse-head in the north-eastern sea (cf. VP. II, 125-6), killed Madhu and Kaiṭabha, and gave tho Vedas back to Brahmán that he might create the worlds. Açvaçiras³ (neut.), the horse-headed form of Vishṇu: III, 315, 17461. Açvaçiras⁴ (neut.), a sacred place: III, 79, 3083 (Nalop.) (here Bṛhadaçva bathed after having taught Yudhishṭhira the science of dice; according to Nil. it means the science of horses—açvavidyā—which Bṛhadaçva taught Yudhishṭhira). VII, 81, 2851 (Pratijñāp.) (°sthānam; visited in thought by Arjuna, accompanied by Kṛshṇa, in order to obtain the Pāçupata weapon). Açvagriva¹, brother of Açva: I, 65 (§ 92), 2533 (Amçavat.); incarnated as king Rocamāna, I, 67 (§ 130), 2653 (do.); XII, 227, 8262 (among tho innumerable governors of earth before Indra, mentioned by Bali; Bali-Vāsava-samv.). Açvagriva², a rājarsbi = Hayagriva: XII, 24, 723 (Hayagriva) ("having fallen in the combat he rejoices in the world of Heaven"). Aa to Açvaçiras and Açvagriva, cf. VP. V, 2-3, and BR. s.v. Hayagriva. Açvaka, plur. (°āḥ), a people: VI, 9, 351 (Ja°kha°; B. reads Açmakāḥ) (cf. Açmakāḥ); LIA. I, 859/1031; II, 129, 137, 142 (probably the 'Assakvοί of the Greeks, iu eastern Kabulistan and the Khonar valley, with the chief town Massaga, i.e. Maçakāvatī). Açvaketu: VII, 48, 1891 (Abhimanyuvadhap.); son of the Magadha king, killed by Abhimanyu on the 13th day of the battle. Açvakranda: I, 32, 1488 (Garuḍa) (killed by Garuḍa when scizing upon the ambrosia). Açvalāyana, a son of Viçvāmitra's: XIII, 4β, 253 (Viçvāmitrop.). Açvamedha ("the Horse-sacrifice"). § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 91 (°āmṛtasaḥ, sc. Bhāratadrumaḥ), i.e. Açvamedhikaparvan. Açvamedhadatta: I, 95 (§ 160), 3838 (Pūruvamç.) (son of Caṭānika and Vaidehī, and grandson of Janamejaya). Açvamedheçvara ("kiug of Açvamedha," PCR.), a king in the East subdued by Bhīma (Rocamānaṃ: II, 29, 1066) (Bhīmasena). Açvamedhika(m) parvan; "the section treating of the Horse-sacrifice"). § 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 6, 278 (°aṃ samāsādya bhojanaṃ sarvakāmikam), i.e. Açvamedhikaparvan. Açvamedhika(m) parva(n) ("the section treating of the Horse-sacrifice," the 93rd of the minor parvans of Mbhb.; cf. Açvamedhika(m) parva(n)). § 778: Vaiçampāyana said (XIV, 1): After Dhṛtarāshṭra had offered libations of water [to Bhīshma], Yudhishṭhira fell down in grief on the bank of Gaṅgā. Incited by Kṛshṇa, Bhīma took him up, surrounded by tho Pāṇḍavas; Dhṛtarāshṭra comforts him, saying that it is he and Gāndhārī who ought to grieve, and referring to Vidura's advice about abandoning Duryodhana and his warnings against Karṇa and Çakuni (XIV, 1). Kṛshṇa also exhorts him, referring to the duties of the kshattriyas expounded by Bhīshma, Vyāsa, Nārada, and Vidura. Yudhishṭhira cannot forget the slaughter of Karṇa. Vyāsa also comforts him (XIV, 2), and reminding him that D. and As. perform sacrifices, and that by sacrifices D. vanquished Dā., he urged him to perform the Rājasūya, the Horse-sacrifice, the Sarvamedha, and the Naramedha; [especially the Horse-sacrifice after the example of Rāma Dāçarathi and Bharata Daushmanti,