[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s2.1362 # 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.s2.1362 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.s2.1362 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.1362](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.1362) Çukakṛtya(m) (“the works of Çuka”). § 714 (Mokshadh.): XII, 328-9 (12312-12421) (continuation of Çukakṛti). Bhīshma said to Yudhishṭhira: Having heard the words of Janaka, having entered Soul by \[his\] soul and having seen Solf by his self (ātmānam ātmasthāya dṛshṭvā cātmānam ātmanā), Çuka without putting further questions to Janaka, proceeded northwards to Çaiçira (through the air). At that time Nārada proceeded to Himavat. (b). Then Çuka came to the asylum of Vyāsa. One day the disciples asked Vyāsa to let no sixth disciple be skilled in the Veda. Vyāsa answered that they ought to multiply, and the Veda to be spread, and taught them the qualifications of persons that can be accepted as disciples, and the rules in respect of the study of the Veda (XII, 328). The disciples of Vyāsa took leave of him and descended from the mountain to the earth for the purpose of subdividing the Vedas; there they performed the agnishṭoma, etc., at the sacrifices of Brahmans, Kshattriyas, and Vaiçyas, and taught the Veda. Vyāsa remained with Çuka, passing his days in anxious thoughtfulness. Nārada came and asked him why Vedic sounds were silent now, so that the mountain now resembled a hamlet of Nishādas, and R., D., and G. did no longer shine as before; and exhorted Vyāsa to recite the Veda and thereby dispel the fears arising from Rā. Vyāsa and Çuka then set themselves to recite the Veda. One day a violent wind arose which Vyāsa declared to be an omen that the recitation of the Veda should be suspended; and he explained the Devayāna and the Pitryāna, and the Winds (Samāna, etc. \[g\]; cf. Sādhyāḥ), especially Pravaha (h), Āvaha (i), Udvaha (j), Samvaha (k), Vivaha (l), Parivaha (m), Parāvaha (n); “this wind is the breath of Vishṇu’s nostrils.” Having said this Vyāsa plunged into the celestial Ganges. (For continuation v. Çuka-Nāradasamvāda.) - [Previous: c5.s2.1361](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.1361) - [Next: c5.s2.1363](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.1363) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.1362](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.1362) · Pramāṇa