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.s2.1068

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Çesha, the serpent who carries the earth = Ananta. § 47 (Sarpaṇāmak.): I, 35, 1550 (Çeṣaḥ prathamato jāto Vāsukis tadanantaram). § 48: Ç. left his mother Kadrū and practised hard penances on Gandhamādana, in Badarī, Gokarṇa, the woods of Puṣkara, on the foot of Himavat, in order to be emancipated from his body and avoid companionship with his brothers. Brahmán prevailed upon him to pass through a crevice and support the earth, and gave him Suparṇa to help him: I, 36, 1566, 1570, (1571), 1576, 1578, (1580), 1581, 1582, (†1583), †1584, †1586.—§ 100 (Amçāvat.): I, 65, 2549 (Anantaḥ, son of Kadrū).—§ 132 (do.): I, 67, 2786 (a portion of Ç. incarnate as Balarāma).—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyasamās.): III, 189, 12960 (Çeṣho bhūtvāham evaitāṃ dhārayāmi vasundharām, says Nārāyaṇa).—§ 477 (Dhundhumārop.): III, 203, 13557 (sushvāpa bhagavān Viṣṇuḥ . . . nāgasya bhoge mahati Ç°sya).—§ 524 (Jayadrathavimokṣap.): III, 272, 15815 (Mātalyop.): In consequence of his ascetic austerities Ç. is able to support the earth; he has 1,000 heads; his tongues are blazing like flames of fire, and he is endued with great strength: V, 103, 3618.—§ 581 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 67π, 3023 (Ç°ḥ cakālapayad devam Anantam iti yaṃ viduḥ, yo dhārayati bhūtāni dharāṃ caiva saparvatām).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 94ε, 3458 (pannagaçreṣṭhaḥ).—§ 603δ (Tripura): VII, 202, 9563 (was made the aksha of Çiva's chariot in the battle against Tripura).—§ 692 (Mokshadh.): XII, 281δ, 10076 (°sya sthānam).—§ 717θ (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 340, 12936 (asmanmūrtiç caturthī yā sāsṛjac Çesham avyayam, says Nārāyaṇa).—§ 768θ (Balarāma): XIII, 147, 6866 (= Balarāma). Cf. Ananta.