[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s1.637 # 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.s1.637 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.s1.637 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s1.637](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.637) Asamāñjas¹. § 388 (Tirthay.): III, 107, 8888, 8891, 8892: At the request of Yudhiṣṭhira, Lomaça related: Asamāñjas, the son of Sagara and Ḉaibya, used to seize the children of the citizens by the throat and throw them into the river. At the request of the citizens, Sagara caused his ministers (sacivān) to drive Asamāñjas immediately from the city.—§ 640 (Rājadh.): XII, 57, 2054, 2055 (the eldest son of Sagara, who exiled him, because he used to drown the children of the citizens in the Sarayū). - [Previous: c5.s1.636](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.636) - [Next: c5.s1.638](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.638) - [Up: c5.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.637](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.637) · Pramāṇa