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.s1.570
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.s1.570
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slay Bhīshma. The Pāṇḍavas and Kṛshṇa went away with rejoicing hearts.—§ 587 (do.), VI, 108-120: TENTH DAY: 108, 5011; 110, 5094, 5114, 5115, 5125, 5139; 111, 5195; 112, 5213, 5218; 113, 5284, 5287, 5289, 5290; 114, 5298, 5308, 5324; 115, 5340, 5341; 116, 5428, 5429, 5430, 5433, 5434, 5435; 117, 5455, 5459, 5465, 5470, 5472; 119, 5627, 5632, 5642: The Pāṇḍavas went out for battle, placing Çikhaṇḍin in their van; Bhīmasena and Arjuna became the protectors of his wheels, etc.; headed by Arjuna, they proceeded against Bhīshma; Arjuna urged Çikhaṇḍin (ś); A. defeated the Kuru army; Duryodhana complained of A. before Bhīshma, etc. Urged by A., Çikhaṇḍin, etc., attacked Bhīshma; Duḥçāsana attacked Arjuna and Çikhaṇḍin; A. could not advance further than to the chariot of Duḥçāsana; A. compelled Duḥçāsana to turn back, and then crushed the Kuru troops; Duḥçāsana again resisted him; Arjuna and Çikhaṇḍin approached Bhīma (for aid); Duryodhana urged the Trigarta king Suçarman to slay Arjuna and Bhīmasena; A. fought Çalya, etc. (κ); Droṇa, etc., fought Arjuna and Bhīmasena; so did Bhīshma; Droṇa, etc. (ξ), fought the Pārthas, especially Arjuna, etc. (o); the sons of Dhr̥tarāshṭra fought with Çikhaṇḍin and A.; A. fought with Bhīshma and Bhagadatta, and urged Çikhaṇḍin to slay Bhīshma; the Kurus attacked Arjuna; no chariot-warrior ventured to approach Bhīshma except Arjuna and Çikhaṇḍin; Bhīshma did not defend himself against Çikhaṇḍin, whom Arjuna urged quickly to slay Bhīshma;
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Duḥçāsana fought with Arjuna and all the Pārthas, but was vanquished by A.; the Videhas, etc. (ρ), attacked Arjuna, who defeated them all by means of celestial weapons; then A. fought with Duḥçāsana, etc., Bhīshma, etc.; Kṛshṇa urged A. to slay Bhīshma; the Pāñcāla king Dhr̥shṭaketu, etc. (v), were afflicted by Bhīshma and rescued by Arjuna; protected by Arjuna, Çikhaṇḍin rushed against Bhīshma; A. slew all Bhīshma's followers, and then rushed at him himself; Droṇa, etc. (employing celestial weapons), fought with A.; Bhīshma said to Duḥçāsana that A. was invincible, and that he himself was not able to be vanquished by D., Dā., and Rā.; Dhr̥tarāshṭra's sons surrounded Bhīshma, but fled before Arjuna. Bhīshma fell down from his chariot a little before sunset, but put off his death, as the sun was in the southern solstice; both parties desisted from battle; as Bhīshma's head hung down he asked for a pillow; Arjuna supported his head with three arrows shot from the Gāṇḍīva and consecrated by means of mantras, at which Bhīma was highly gratified.—§ 588 (do.), VI, 121-122: ELEVENTH DAY: 121, 5776, 5780, 5781: The next morning, as Bhīshma asked for water, Arjuna mounted his chariot and from the Gāṇḍīva shot an arrow consecrated with mantras and identified with the Pārjanya weapon, therewith pierced the earth, and there arose a jet of pure and cold water. Bhīshma praised Arjuna: "even Nārada spoke of you, ancient rshi . . .";
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he said to Duryodhana that weapons appertaining to Agni, etc., were Arjuna and Kṛshṇa. Bhīshma tried to the side of his uterine brothers, by fight Arjuna, etc., though prot (Droṇābhiṣ.), VII, 1-11: 9 197; 8, 226; 10, 327; 11 Bhīshma, mentioning th Arjuna with the Gāṇ Yudhishṭhira dispo (crane), with Kṛ and Sṛñjayas were defeated by Droṇa; Yudhiṣṭhira asked A. to check Droṇa. Dhṛtarāṣṭra regretted that Duryodhana did not know Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna.—§ 590 (do.), VII, 12-16: ELEVENTH DAY (Sañjaya begins his narrative in detail): 12, 453; 13, (472): Droṇa promised to seize Yudhiṣṭhira, if he was not protected by Arjuna (with his weapons received from Indra and Rudra, etc.); Arjuna must therefore be withdrawn from Yudhiṣṭhira. Yudhiṣṭhira learnt through his spies that Droṇa had promised to seize him; A. consoled him. A fierce battle commenced; protected by Droṇa and Arjuna, both hosts seemed to stand inactive. In order to rescue Yudhiṣṭhira, A. attacked Droṇa's division. When the sun set, both parties withdrew their troops. The Pāṇḍavas, etc., praised Arjuna.—§ 591 (Saṃcaptakadhap.), VII, 17, 680, 688, 709: Droṇa confessed his inability of seizing Yudhiṣṭhira if Arjuna were by; the Trigarta king, saying that Arjuna had always injured them, said that they would take an oath that either Arjuna or the Trigartas should be slain. Then they summoned Arjuna to the southern part of the field.
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Arjuna told Satyajit to guard Yudhiṣṭhira, and went out against the Trigartas.—§ 592 (do.), VII, 18-32: TWELFTH DAY: 18, 728, 733, 734, 736, 737; 19, 753, 756, 763, 764, 765, 770, 773; 23, 1017; 26, 1130; 27, 1208, 1212, 1219; 28, 1232, 1234, 1235, 1241; 29, 1265, 1266, 1274; 30, 1303, 1306, 1312, 1319, 1321, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1328, 1329, 1336, 1339; 32, 1418, 1423, 1425, 1428, 1443: The Saṃcaptakas rejoiced at the prospect of fighting with A., who terrified them with the sound of Devadatta, and attacked them; Subāhu and Suçarman, etc. (a), fought with A.; they fled to Duryodhana, but, urged by the Trigarta king, they once more returned to the field with the Nārāyaṇa cowherds. Kṛṣṇa conveyed Arjuna to the Saṃcaptakas. The Nārāyaṇas fought with Arjuna. A. blew the Devadatta and employed the Tvāṣṭra weapon, that confounded the foes, who began to strike each other; Arjuna crossed the Lalitthas, etc. (β), and used the Vāyavya weapon to frustrate the downpour of arrows shot by his foes, and Vāyu bore away crowds of Saṃcaptakas with their steeds, etc. Yudhiṣṭhira disposed his troops in the form of a semicircle. Yudhiṣṭhira fled. Arjuna's son Çrutakīrti fought with the son of Duḥçāsana. A., etc. (v), fought with Bhagadatta (upon his elephant). Urged by Arjuna, Kṛṣṇa began to proceed against Bhagadatta;
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the Saṃcaptakas (14,000, including 10,000 Gopālaḥ or Nārāyaṇāḥ) challenged Arjuna, and he encountered them, discharged the Brāhma weapon, defeated and slew them, and then turned against Bhagadatta; but as Suçarman with his brothers followed him from behind, he again attacked Suçarman, and then again Bhagadatta; Bhagadatta, at last, consecrated his hook with mantras so as to become the Vaiṣṇava weapon; Kṛṣṇa received it on his breast, and it became a garland. A. taxed Kṛṣṇa for fighting himself, Kṛṣṇa related the origin of the Vaiṣṇavāstra (c); "the great Asura has been divested of that supreme weapon; now slay that enemy of the gods, just as I formerly slew Naraka for the good of the worlds"; slew Bhagadatta and the elephant. Then A. fought Vṛṣa and Acala. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son Vṛṣasena and Karṇa employed magics in order to slay A., producing clubs, etc., and asses, and other weapons; then darkness, which his A. dispelled with the Jyotiṣa weapon, the water, which were dried up, and the fire, which he quenched. A. slaughtered