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.s1.82.1

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Açvin (No. 90), the surgeons of the gods; they are, because of their beauty, often mentioned in comparisons. § 3 (Anukramaṇik.): I, 1, 215 (sprung from the mundane egg).—§ 4 (Pauṣyap.): 3, 721 (*devabhiṣajau*), 722 (born of a quail, etc.; cf. Ṛgveda passim), 723 (restore Upamanyu, who was blind, to sight).—§ 5 (Adīvap.): 63, 2445.—§ 6 (Saṃbhavap.): 66, 2553 (sons of Sūrya and the nymph Saṃjñā, who had assumed the form of a female horse).—§ 7 (do.): 67, 2635.—§ 8 (do.): 67, 2746.—§ 9 (do.): 67, 2750.—§ 10 (do.): 95, 3816 (Vicitravīryop.): 102, 4141 (*rūpasaurṇo*).—§ 191 (Saṃbhavap.): 123, 4827.—§ 192 (do.): 124, 4850, 4852 (they in Mādrī procreate Nakula and Sahadeva).—§ 194 (Pāṇḍu): 126, 4922.—§ 221 (Caitrarathap.): 170, 6500 (= Nakula and Sahadeva).—§ 233 (Svayaṃvarap.): 187, 7010 (present at the Svayaṃvara of Kṛṣṇa).—§ 238 (Pañcendrop.): 197, 7277, 7302.—§ 254 (Khāṇḍavap.): 222, 8079 (*iva*).—§ 258 (do.): 227, 8265 (with the other gods they fight Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa in order to defend the Khāṇḍava wood from being burnt; their weapons are flaming herbs).—§ 259 (do.): 229, 8360 (Maṇḍapāla, praising Agni, identifies him with the Açvins, etc.).—§ 270 (Lokapālas.): II, 11, 460 (in the palace of Brahmān).—§ 309 (Āraṇyakap.): III, 3, 127 (it is by their wealth of yoga that R., S., Ā., V., and A. rule the creatures).—§ 336 (Indralok.): 43, 1768 (on the Suravīthī Arjuna met with S., Vi., M., Ā., V., B.-r., etc.);