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.s2.1256

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Çravaṇa, a nakṣatra (v. Sū. Si.). § 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 3, 81 (*°ne ca Bṛhaspatiḥ, so. vakraḥ, omens*, 85 (*vakrānuvakram kṛtvā ca Çravaṇam pāvakaprabhaḥ | Brahmā-rāçim samāvṛtya Lohitāṅgo vyavasthitaḥ*, where according to Nil. *Brahmārāçi* is another name of Ç., omens).—§ 614 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 34, 1952 (*catvārimçad ahāny adya dve ca me nihṛtasya vai | Puṣyena samprayāto 'smi Çe punar āgataḥ*).—§ 746 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 64, 3279 (the merit acquired by gifts under the constellation Ç.).—§ 749 (do.): XIII, 89α, 4265 (the merit of performing çrāddhas under the constellation Ç.).—§ 759 (do.): XIII, 110, 5393 (description of the candravrata).—§ 782g (Guruçhīyasmv.): XIV, 44, 1213 (*Ç. is the first of the constellations—ṛkṣāṇi*).