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.s1.660

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Asita¹ or Asita Devala (very often A°o D'aç caiva) or Devala, a rshi. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 106 (A.D.).—§ 59 (Sarpasattra): I, 53α, 2048 (A.D.).—§ 68 (Astika): I, 58, 2188 (Asitam cārtimantañ ca Sunītham cāpi yaḥ smaret, a mantra?).—§ 116 (Amçāvat.): I, 66, 2590 (Pratyushasya viduḥ putram rshim nāmnā 'tha Devalam; the same?).—§ 165 (Satyavatī.): I, 100, 4045 (devarshih; Parāçara had rejected A. when he asked for the hand of Satyavatī).—§ 230 (Dhaumya-puroh.): I, 183, 6914 (D., the elder brother of Dhanmya).—§ 264 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 4α, 105 (A.D.).—§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11α, 441.—§ 296 (Dyūtap.): II, 53, 1917 (A.D.; sprinkled Yudhishṭhira with sacred water).—§ 298β (Dyūtap.): II, 59, 2038: A.D. ("who always perambulates these doors of the worlds") has said that gambling is sinful, as is all deceitfulness.—§ 301 (Dyūtap.): II, 72, 2420 (D.).—§ 317 (Arjunābhigam.): III, 12, 510 (A.D.).—§ 378 (Tirthay.): III, 85, 8263 (A.D.; among the rshis who expected Yudhishṭhira at the tīrthas).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 34, 1217 (A.D.).—§ 581 (Bhishmav.): VI, 68p, 3042 (D.).—§ 599 (Jayadrathav.): VII, 94ε, 3453 (Droṇa invoked A.D., ete., when casing Duryodhana in invulnerable armour).—§ 615 (Bulavatīrth.): IX, 49, 2852 (A.D. obtained great yoga powers in Ādityatīrtha); 50, 2854 (A.D.), 2859 (D°asyāçrame), 2861 (D.), 2862 (D.), 2863 (D.), 2864 (D.), 2865 (D.), 2868 (D.), 2870 (A.), 2875 (A.D.), 2878 (D.), 2880.—(A.D.), 2887 (D.), 2889 (D.), 2891 (D.), 2892 (D.), 2893 (A.), 2894 (A.), 2895 (A.), 2896 (A.), 2897 (D.), 2898 (A.), 2900 (D.), 2902 (A.D.), 2903 (D.), 2905 (D.), 2906 (D.), 2907 (D.), 2908 (D.), 2912 (D.), 2914 (D.), 2916 (D.), 2917 (D.), 2920 (A.) (B.; C. has yoshitam), 2922 (A.): In Ādityatīrtha R. A.D. lived in days of yore, observant of the duties of a householder (description); he always practised the vow of brahmacarya. Once the ascetic mendicant (bhikshukaḥ) Jaigīshavya, devoted to yoga, came to Devala's hermitage and attained to success (siddhim). Devala always kept his eyes on him. After a long time, Devala on one occasion lost sight of Jaigīshavya; at the hour of dinner, however, he approached Devala in order to solicit alms, and D. worshipped him, after the rites laid down by R., for many years; but Jaigīshavya never spoke a single word to him. D. proceeded to the shore of the ocean, journeying through the welkin and bearing his earthen jug with him; there he saw Jaigīshavya, who had arrived there before him, at which M.-r. A. wondered much. Having finished his ablutions and silent prayers, D. returned to his hermitage, bearing with him his earthen vessel filled with water. Entering his own hermitage, he saw Jaigīshavya seated there. D. then soared aloft into the sky in order to ascertain who Jaigīshavya really was. He saw crowds of sky-ranging Si. rapt in meditation, and he saw Jaigīshavya, reverentially worshipped by them, and he became filled with wonder at the sight. He saw Jaigīshavya set out for the Pitrloka > Yamyaloka, etc. (μ). At last he was seen to pass into the regions of the brahmasattvins, then through three other regions to those of chaste women and such as are devoted to their husbands. At this point A. lost sight of him, and