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# 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.s2.1069

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.s2.1069

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Çibi¹ (C. Çivi), a king, son of Uçīnara. § 149 (Yayāti): I, 86, 3539; 93, (†3669), †3669 (Auçīnaraḥ), (†3671), †3672, †3680 (Auçīnaraḥ), †3681 (Uçīnarasya putraḥ), †3682 (when Yayāti fell down from heaven, his daughter's sons, Çibi, etc., offered him their worlds, but he would not accept them; then they all ascended to heaven).—§ 232 (Svayamvarap.): I, 186, 6996 (Auçīnaraḥ, present at the svayaṃvara of Kṛṣṇa).—§ 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II, 8, 320 (in the palace of Yama).—§ 378 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 94, 8503 (Ç°r Auçīnara yathā).—§ 463: Questioned by the Pāṇḍavas about the greatness of the rājanyas, Mārkaṇḍeya related: Suhotra, one of the Kurus, on his return from a visit to the great ṛṣis, met Çibi Auçīnara seated on his chariot; each of them regarding himself to be the equal of the other, refused to give way. Nārada appeared and prevailed upon Suhotra to give way, quoting three çlokas (v. 13251-8; v. 13253: "one should conquer the mean by charity, the untruthful by truth, the man of wicked deeds by forgiveness, and the dishonest by honesty") and declaring Çibi to be superior: III, 194, ††13249 (Auçīnaraḥ, C. has °iḥ), ††13255.—§ 466: Mārkaṇḍeya tells the history of Çibi Auçīnara (Sauratheyām, v. 13297, i.e. son of Suratha, Nil.) being tried by Indra and Agni (cf. § 411 (Çyenakapotīya, where the same is told of Uçīnara); v. 13278, the purohita says that the falling (nipātam) of a pigeon forebodes a great danger; the pigeon says he is a muni; v. 13283, Çibi wonders that the birds speak a polished language (vāg ucyamānā saṃskṛtā); of the gashes (peçim) which the sword had caused on Ç.’s body Agni made an auspicious mark of golden hue and sweet odour; Çibi should have a son Kapotaroman, v. 13299, see Nil.): III, 197, ††13274 ††13325, ††13326, (††13329), ††13330 (in order to try Ç., Vidhātṛ, in the disguise of a brahman, had ordered Ç. to cook his own br̥hadgarbha as food to him. Ç. did so).—§ 480 (Pativratop.): III, 208, 13808 (ātmamīṃsapradānena Ç°r Auçīnaro nr̥paḥ svargaṃ ca duṣkaram prāptaḥ kṣamāvān, all. to § 466).—§ 545 (Pativratāmāhātmyap.): III, 294, 16674 (Ç°r Auçīnaro yathā).—§ 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 56δ, 1768 (came to see the encounter between Bhīshma and Arjuna).—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 90ν, 3146 (Yayāti): V, 121, 4057 (Auçīnaraḥ); 122, 4085 (Auçīnaraḥ, the sons of the daughter of Yayāti, viz. Çibi, etc., caused him to ascend again to heaven by means of their good deeds, cf. § 149).—§ 574 (Jambukh.): VI, 9αα, 314 (Auçīnarasya).—§ 595 (Shoḍaçarājīka): King Ç. Auçīnara girded the earth round himself as if it were a leathern girdle (carmavat paryaveṣṭayat, i.e. svādhīnām akarot, Nil.), performed many sacrifices, etc., and acquired enormous wealth; Çiva granted him the hoon that his wealth, etc., should be inexhaustible. Then he left this world for heaven: VII, 58, 2209 (Auçīnaram), 2210, 2214, 2216, 2222.—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 143, 5998 (Ç°r Auçīnaro yathā).—§ 632δ (Shoḍaçarājop., cf. § 595): XII, 29, 932 (Auçīnaram), 934 (Auçīnaraḥ).—§ 651 (Āpaddh.): XII, 143, 5461 (prabhṛtayo, rājan, rājānaḥ caraṇāgatān | paripālya mahātmanaḥ saṃsiddhim paramāṃ gataḥ).—§ 656 (Khadgotpattik.): XII, 166δ, 6199 (received the sword from the Yadus, from him it came to Pratardana).—§ 677 (Mokshadharm.): XII, 235, 8593 (Ç°r Auçīnaro ’ṅgani sutaṃ ca priyam aurasam brāhmaṇārtham upāhutya nākapr̥ṣṭham ito gataḥ, all. to §§ 466 and 467).—§ 746 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 61, 3093 (a sentence of this is quoted); 67, 3384 (all. to § 466).—§ 751δ (Çapathavidhi): XIII, 94α, †4551, (4572).—§ 760 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 115γ, 5663 (Auçīnareṇa, abstained from meat during the month of Kārttika).—§ 767 (do.): XIII, 137, 6248 (Ç°r Auçīnaraḥ praṇān priyasya tanayasya ca brāhmaṇārtham upākr̥tya nākapr̥ṣṭham ito gataḥ, all. to § 467).—§ 786δ (Nakulākhyāna): XIV, 90, 2790 (Auçīnaraḥ, all. to § 466). Cf. Auçīnara, Çaihyaˢ.

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