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.s1.597

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Arṣṭisheṇa¹, a rshi. § 11 (Parvas.): I, 2, 456 (°āçrame). —§ 22 (Pramadvarā): I, 8a, 962.—§ 434 (Saugandhikāḥ.): III, 156, 11445 (°āçrame).—§ 436 (Yakshay.): III, 158, 11626 (°sya rājarsher āçramam), 11627; 159, (11643).—§ 437 (Yakshay.): III, 160, 11661 (°āçrame; here the Pāṇḍavas dwelt for some time), 11666, 11672 (°āçrame).—§ 438 (do.): III, 161, 11741 (the Pāṇḍavas entrusted Draṇpadī to him); 162, 11812 (°sya rājarsheḥ āçramam).—§ 439 (do.): III, 163, 11841, 11842.—§ 448 (Ājagarap.): III, 176, †12338.—§ 615 (Baladevatīrth.): IX, 39, 2270 (had formerly undergone austere penances and acquired Brahmanhood at a certain tīrtha), 2281; 40, 2285, 2287, 2293 (§ 615m). In the Kṛta age Ā. (dvijottamaḥ), though residing for a long time in his preceptor's house, and attending to his lessons every day, could not master any branch of knowledge or the Vedas. By austere penances he then acquired the mastery of the Vedas and great learning and became perfect (siddhaḥ) in that tīrtha, and bestowed three boons on it: (1) from this day a person who bathes in this tīrtha, shall obtain the benefit of a horse-sacrifice; (2) from this day no fear from snakes and wild beasts will he in this tīrtha; (3) small exertions in this place will lead to great results. Then the muni proceeded heaven.—§ 707 (Mokshadh.): XII, 319β, 11783.—§ (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 25, 1741 (by touching water hermitage one is cleansed from all sins).