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.s1.574.4

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(γγ), fought with Aṣvatthāman (VII, 200). *A.* addressed Aṣvatthāman in harsh words (δδ), though *A.* and Aṣvatthāman loved each other. Aṣvatthāman became angry with *A.* and especially with Kṛṣṇa, touched water, and invoked the Āgṇeya weapon, the result being sinister omens and a great slaughter in the Pāṇḍava army; *A.* invoked the Brāhma weapon; the darkness was dispelled, etc., a full akshauhiṇī of the Pāṇḍava troops had been felled; Kṛṣṇa and *A.* were unwounded; Aṣvatthāman lost heart and ran away; he met Vyāsa, who told him the history of Nārāyaṇa (β); "Nara and Nārāyaṇa are *A.* and Kṛṣṇa" (VII, 201). *A.* met with Vyāsa and inquired of him about the invisible person who aided him in the battle. Vyāsa said that it was Mahādeva himself, and related the tale of the sacrifice of Daksha, the destruction of Tripura (δ), etc. — § 604 (Karṇap.), VIII, 1-9: THE NIGHT AFTER DROṆA'S DEATH, AND THE SIXTEENTH MORNING, AND BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH DAY: 3, 72; 5, 101, 143, 146; 9, 267, 313: The Kurus made Karṇa their leader; he fought for two days and was then slain by *A.* (VIII, 1). Sañjaya related to Dhṛtarāshṭra that Karṇa was made generalissimo and slain by *A.* on the second day (VIII, 3). — § 605 (do.), VIII, 10-32: SIXTEENTH DAY: 11, 428; 16, 610, 611, 616, 618, 621, 627, 628, 633, 639, 640, 641, 642; 17, 663, †665, †666, †667, †674, †675, †677, †679, 686; 18, 688, 694, 695, 697, 708; 19, 715, 718, 719, 721, 729, 731, 762; 20, 772, 774; 21, 821, 824;