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.s1.669

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Jaratkāru, q.v.); I, 15, 1060 (his mother was Jaratkāru, q.v.), 1063 (rescued the Serpents at the Snake-sacrifice of Janamejaya, etc.), 1067.—§ 27: I, 16, 1069: *Āsya kaveḥ sādhoḥ*.—§ 49 (Vāsuki): I, 38, 1634: Destined by Brahmán to rescue the harmless (*dharmacāriṇaḥ*) among the Serpents. *Ā*. was born and reared in Vāsuki's house; etymology of his name (*astityuktva gato yasmāt pitā garbhastham eva tam | vanam, tasmād idam tasya nāmāstiketi vicrutam*).—§§ 60-62 (Sarpasattra): How he appeared at the Snake-sacrifice and rescued the remaining Serpents: I, 53, 2065; 54, 2069 2083, 2089, 2090, 2093, 2094; 55, 2097; 56, 2135, 2138, 2139.—§ 68: The reason why Takshaka had not fallen into the fire was that *Ā*. had said thrice, "Stay." Janamejaya let the sacrifice come to an end; he bestowed wealth upon Lohitāksha, etc. *Ā*. returned home after having promised that he would become a *sadasya* at Janamejaya's horse-sacrifice; he obtained the boon from the Serpents that those, who in the morning or the evening cheerfully read the sacred account of his act, should have no fear from them; nor should those who recall Asita, Artimat, and Sunītha to their minds; nor those who would say, "I recall the famous *Āstika*, etc., to my mind." *Ā*. at last died, leaving sons and grandsons behind him. I, 58, 2166, 2170, 2172, 2173, 2174, 2180, 2182, 2184, 2186, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2196: *Āstikasya kaver caritam*.—§ 790 (Putradarçanap.): XV, 35 (on the occasion of the account how Dhṛtarāṣṭra, obtaining eyesight, beheld his children, Vyāsa brought Parikshit from Heaven and showed him to Janamejaya; Janamejaya addressed *Ā*., who praised Vyāsa and mentioned the Snake-sacrifice, etc.); XV, 35, 948 (*Āṃm Yāyāvarakulotpannam Jaratkārusutam*), 949, 950.—§ 795b (Janamejaya): XVIII, 5, 179 (Sauti said: Hearing this (i.e. the Mahābhārata) at the intervals of sacrificial rites, king Janamejaya became filled with wonder. *Ā*., having rescued the Snakes, became filled with joy).