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.s1.615

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Arundhatī, the wife of Vasiṣṭha. § 240 (Vaivāhikap.): I, 199, 7352 (*Vasiṣṭhe cāpy A°*).—§ 259 (Çarigop.): I, 233b, 8456: *A.* became jealous of Vasiṣṭha, one of the seven ṛṣis, etc.; in consequence of this her presumption she has become a little star, like fire mixed with smoke, sometimes visible and sometimes invisible: *apadhyānena sā tena dhūmāruṇasamaprabhū | lakṣyā 'lakṣyā nabhirupā nimittam iva paçyati*.—§ 270 (Brahma-sabhā-v.): II, 11, 459 (in the palace of Brahmán).—§ 391 (Rṣyaçṛṅga): III, 113, 10092 (*Vasiṣṭham yathā*).—§ 410 (Plakṣāvataraṇagam.): III, 130, 10558 (*sahāyaḥ Vasiṣṭho*, obtained tranquillity at Ujjānaka).—§ 496 (Skandotp.): III, 225, 14313 (*A.* was the only one of the wives of the seven ṛṣis whose form Svāhā was unable to assume, as a consequence of her ascetic merit and devotion to her husband).—§ 497 (do.): III, 226, 14346 (the only one of the wives of the seven ṛṣis who was not divorced).—§ 565 (Gālavacar.): V, 111, 3834.—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 2a, 65 (*yā caishā viçrutā, rājams! trailokye sādhu-sammata | Arundhatī taya 'py eṣa Vasiṣṭhaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtaḥ*, an omen).—§ 599 (Jayadrathav.): VII, 84c, 3452 (was invoked by Droṇa to bless Duryodhana).—§ 615x (Badarapacana): IX, 48: Indra related to *Çrutāvatī*: In this very tīrtha the seven *R.* had, on one occasion, left *Arundhatī* while they went to *Himavat* in order to gather fruits and roots. A drought occurred extending for twelve years; the *R.*, having made an asylum for themselves, continued to live there in a forest of *Himavat*. Seeing *Arundhatī* devoted to penances, Çiva in the form of a brahman came to her and asked for alms, and, as her store of food was exhausted, he told her to cook jujubes. While she listened to his discourses and cooked, without food, that twelve years' drought passed away to her as if it were a single day. Then the seven *R.* returned; *Mahādeva*, in his own form, said that the ascetic merit of *Arundhatī* was much greater than theirs, and granted her the boon that this spot should become an excellent *tīrtha* named Badarapacana, resorted to by Si. and D.-ṣ., and that he who observes a fast and resides there for three nights after having cleansed himself should obtain the benefit of a twelve years' fast. Then he repaired to heaven. *R.* wondered at the sight of the god and because *Arundhatī* was unfatigued and still possessed the hue of health: 2795, 2798, 2805, 2810, 2814, 2818.—§ 707 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 318, 11711 (one who, having previously seen [the star] *A.*, fails to see it . . . has but one year left to livn).—§ 750 (Bisastainyop.): XIII, 93, 4416, (4445), 4455, 4460, (4497), (4528).—§ 751 (Çapathavidhi): XIII, 94, β, 4551, (4584).—§ 764 (Anuçāsan.): XIII, 123, 5877 (*Arundhatīva . . . Svargaloke mahīyate*).—§ 766 (do.): XIII, 130, 6102, (6103), 6112: *A.* once explained to *R.*, *P.*, and *D.* the mysteries of Dharma; Brahmán granted her that her penances would continually increase.