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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.s2.1378

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.s2.1378

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Çūrpāraka, name of a place. § 284 (Sahadeva): II, 31, 1169 (in the south, conquered by Sahadeva on his digvijaya). —§ 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 85, 8183 (*Jamadagnyasevitam*). —§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 88, 8337 (in Ç. are two sacrificial platforms (*vedī*) belonging to Jamadagni and named *Pāṣāṇatīrtha* and *Puṇyacandra*).—§ 400 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 118, 10221 (C. Sū°; Yudhiṣṭhira saw the sacrificial platform (*vedī*) of Reika's son, i.e. Jamadagni, etc.), 10227 (C. Sū°).—§ 638δ (Rāmopākhy.): XII, 49, 1781 (the ocean created for Rāma Jāmadagnya the region Ç.). —§ 733w (Narmadā): XIII, 25, 4736 (*°odake, a tīrtha*; C. has Sū°). Çvaitya¹ = Sṛñjaya: VII, 2183, 2195, 2208, 2223, 2248, 2262, 2271, 2291, 2302, 2320, 2333, 2355, 2376, 2393, 2426; XII, 1052. Çvaitya²: I, 224 (so B. for Çuivya, q.v.). Çvāsā. § 116 (Vasu, pl.): I, 66, 2583 (wife of Prajāpati and mother of Çvasana, i.e. Vāyu). *Çvasana = Vāyu (the Wind): I, 1489, 2583 (son of Çvāsā); III, 770; VIII, 1511. Çvāvillomāpaha, a tīrtha. § 364 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 6031. Cf. next. Çvāvillomāpanayana = Çvāvillomāpaha: III, 6032. Çveta¹, one or more ancient kings. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1a, 226 (in Sañjaya's enumeration of departed kings).—§ 653δ (Gṛdhra-gomāyusamv.): XII, 153, 5743 (*rājarṣeh*, had revived his dead son).—§ 761 (Ānuçāsanik.): XIII, 115δ, 5668 (among the kings who abstained from meat during the month of Kārttika).—§ 770 (do.): XIII, 151μ, 7130 (*rājarṣim*; in C. and B.

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then follows the half-śloka *Sāgarasyātmajā (C. °jo) yena plūvitās tāritās tathā*, which would refer to Ç., but PCR. inserts two çlokas, the first stating that Ç. gratified Çiva, who for his sake slew Andhaka, the second mentioning Bhagiratha, to whom then the half-śloka quoted above must refer (and so, as a matter of fact, it does, vide under the heading Bhagiratha, § 389)).—§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166η, 7681 (*rājarṣisattamah*). Çveta², a muni. § 22 (Pramadvarā): I, 8α, 962. Çveta³, one of the elephants of the quarters. § 127 (Amçavat.): I, 66, 2630 (*diçām gajam, son of Çvetā¹*). Çveta⁴, a prince. § 290 (Çiçupālavadhap.): II, 44, 1539. Çveta⁵, a mountain. § 418 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 139, 10820 (*girim*, passed by the Pāṇḍavas), 10824 (do.).—§ 436 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 158, 11527 (*parvatarājānam*, description), 11540, 11554 (*parvatam*).—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 188, 12917 (seen by Mārkaṇḍeya in the stomach of Nārāyaṇa).—§ 496 (Skandotpatti): III, 225, 14309 (*parvatam*; Svāhā deposited the seed of Agni in a golden lake near Ç.; from that seed Skanda was born), 14331 (*mahāgirau*), 14335 (*gireḥ*; Skanda cleft the peak of Ç. in twain, then the mountain fled).—§ 501 (Skandopākhyāna): III, 14429 (*Rudreṇa çukram utsṛṣṭam tac Çvetaḥ parvato 'bhavat |

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Pācakasyendriyam Çvete Kṛttikābhiḥ kṛtam nage*).—§ 541 (Indrajīdvadha): III, 289, 16473 (a Guhyaka came from Ç.).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 48, †1879 (*girim = Kailāsa, PCR.*).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 6β, 198 (*gaçisannibhaḥ*, one of the varṣaparvatāḥ).—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 60, 3349 (*syera mahāgireḥ*).—§ 619 (Strīvilāp.): XI, 19, 567 (*bhāti* . . . *agnineva ǰ giriḥ*).—§ 775 (Ānuçāsanik.): XIII, 166α, 7657 (*rajatānvitaḥ*).—§ 782γ (Guruçchyasamv.): XIV, 43γ, 1174 (among the foremost of mountains). Cf. Çvetācala, Çvetaparvata. Çveta⁶ = Çvetagraha. § 559 (Prajāgarap.): V, 37, †1376 (Çveto grahas tiryag ivāpatan khe, "like a comet," PCR.).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 3, 79 (Çveto grahas tathā citram samatikramya tiṣṭhati, omens; [= Ketu, Nil., and PCR.]). Cf. Çvetagraha. Çveta¹, a varṣa. § 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 6γ, 232 (north of the mountain Nīla). Çveta², a Pāṇḍava warrior. § 578 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 47, 1850 (Vairāṭiḥ (!) [Nil. takes Vairāṭiḥ = Çaṅkha, and is right, the whole episode of Çveta being an interpolation, cf. the note of PCR., p. 170, and the note in B. to 47, 43]), 1852, 1855, 1860; 48, 1868, 1870, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1905, 1907 (fights Bhīṣma), 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1947, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977 (is slain by Bhīṣma), 1980; 49, 1985 (nihate), 1997, 2010. Çveta³, a warrior of Skanda. § 615u (Skanda): IX, 45η, 2566. Çveta¹⁰, an island (= Çvetadvīpa).

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§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 336, †12703 (Kṣīrodadher yottarato hi dvīpaḥ Çḥ sa nāmnā, it is more than 32,000 yojanas distant from Meru, description of the inhabitants).—§ 717c (Uparicara): XII, 337, 12783 (mahādvīpam, had been visited by Ekata, Dvita, and Trita).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 338, 12859 (dvīpam); 339, 12861 (mahādvīpam, Nārada saw there Nārāyaṇa); 340, 12994 (mahādvīpam); 344, 13334 (do.). Cf. Çvetadvīpa. Çveta¹¹ = Viṣṇu: XII, 13516, 13612. Çveta¹², pl. (°āḥ) = "the inhabitants of Çvetadvīpa" (?). § 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 349, 13633 (Çvetānāṃ Yatināṃ cāha ekāntagatim avyayam). Çvetā¹. § 127 (Amçavat.): I, 67, 2625 (daughter of Krodhavaçā), 2630 (mother of Çveta³). Çvetā² = Umā: VI, 801. Çvetā³, a mātṛ. § 615u (Skanda): IX, 46θ, 2640. Çvetabhadra, a Yakṣa. § 269 (Vaiçravaṇasabhāv.): II, 9, 397 (among the Yakṣas in the palace of Kubera). Çvetācala, a mountain (= Çveta¹⁰). § 564β (Çeṣa): V, 103, 3619 (°nibhakāraḥ, sc. Çeṣa). Cf. Çveta¹, Çvetaparvata. Çvetāçva = Arjuna, q.v. Çvetadvīpa, an island (= Çveta¹⁰). § 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 336, †12709 (°vāsinām).—§ 717c (Uparicara): XII, 337, 12778 (Kṣīrodadher uttarataḥ), 12781 (°vāsināḥ, description).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 344β, 13313, 13327, 13330, 13331, 13344, 13350, 13360 (Nārada had seen Nārāyaṇa on Ç.); 345, 13393. Cf. Çveta¹⁰. Çvetagraha = Çveta⁶. § 584 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 82, 3588 (Çvetagraham evoditam = Çukra, PCR.). Çvetahaya = Arjuna, q.v. Çvetaketu¹, a muni, son of Uddālaka.

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§ 59 (Sarpasattra): I, 53α, 2047 (among the sadasyas at the snake sacrifice of Janamejaya).—§ 187δ (Pāṇḍu): The muni Ç., son of Uddālaka, established the present usage among men that the sin of violating matrimonial chastity is regarded like to that of killing an embryo; this Ç. established from anger, as one day, in the presence of his father, a brahman came and seized his mother by the hand and took her away; Uddālaka, however, excused the fact as it was the practice sanctioned by antiquity: I, 122, 4724, 4725, 4726, 4728, 4730, 4735 (Uddālakasya putreṇa).—§ 266 (Çakrasabhāv.): II, 7, 294 (in the palace of Indra).—§ 412 (Aṣṭāvakrīya): III, 132, †10597 (Auddālakiḥ), †10598, †10599 (Auddālakiḥ), †10609, †10614, †10615, †10617 (Ç. was of the same age as Aṣṭāvakra, the son of Uddālaka's daughter, who regarded Ç. as his brother; Ç. informed Aṣṭāvakra that Uddālaka was not his father, then they both repaired to the sacrifice of Janaka).—§ 635 (Rājadharm.): XII, 34, 1229 (Uddālaka caused his son Ç. to be begotten by a disciple).—§ 640 (do.): XII, 57, 2056 (Uddālaka cast off Ç. because he deceived brahmans).—§ 775 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 166ζ, 7671 (Auddālakiḥ, among the ṛṣis of the north). Çvetaketu² = Çvetaki: I, 223, v. 69 (the çloka is wanting in C.). Çvetaki, an ancient king. § 255 (Agniparābhava): I, 223, 8098 (Hārihayopamaḥ), 8116, 8119, 8127, 8129, 8137 (Çvetaki could not get any priests to assist him in his sacrifice;

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he then applied to Çiva, who caused Durvāsas to complete the sacrifice on the condition that Ç. poured libations of clarified butter into the fire for twelve years; from this Agni (fire) became sick; after the completion of the sacrifice Ç. ascended to heaven (only B.)). Cf. Çvetaketu². Çvetaparvata, a mountain (= Çveta⁶). § 279 (Arjuna): II, 27, 1037; 28, 1038 (crossed by Arjuna on his digvijaya).—§ 506 (Skandayuddhap.): III, 231, 14540.—§ 532 (Sītāsāntvana): III, 280, 16158, 16159 (in a dream Vibhīṣaṇa is seen to ascend Ç. together with his consellors).—§ 555 (Indravijaya): V, 11α, 353.—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 60, 247 (the abode of the gods and the Asuras).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 80, 2845 (passed by Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna on their way to the abode of Çiva).—§ 615f (Çaṅkhatīrtha) IX, 37, 2138 (°saṅkāçam, sc. Mahāçaṅkha).—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 10, 278 (°rūpebhyo gṛhebhyaḥ). Cf. Çveta⁵, Çvetācala. Çvetapiṅgala = Çiva (1000 names²). Çvetapiṅgalanetra = Çiva (1000 names¹). Çvetasiddhi, a warrior of Skanda. § 615u (Skanda): IX, 45η, 2570. Çvetavāha, Çvetavāhana = Arjuna, q.v. Çvetavaktra, a warrior of Skanda. § 615u (Skanda): IX, 45η, 2575. Çvetopākhyāna. § 10 (Parvasaṅgrahap.): I, 2, 333 (mentioned among the parvans of the fifth book, but it may perhaps refer to ch. 47-49 in the sixth book; B. has Viçropākhyānam, which may refer to ch. 65-68 in the sixth book). Çyāma, a mountain in Çākadvīpa. § 575b (Çākadvīpa): VI, 11, 419 (mahāgiriḥ), 426. Çyāmā = Draupadī: V, 3215, 4661.

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Çyāmāyā ācrama(h), a tīrtha. § 733m (Citrakūṭa): XIII, 25, 1716. Çyāmāyana, son of Viçvāmitra. § 721δ (Viçvāmitrop.): XIII, 4β, 254. Çyena, a ṛṣi. § 266 (Çakrasabhāv.): II, 7, 293 (in the palace of Indra). *Çyena, pl. (°āḥ) ("hawks"). § 126 (Amçavat.): I, 66, 2621 (the offspring of Çyenī). Çyenacitra, an ancient king. § 761 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 115δ, 5665 (among the kings who abstained from meat during the month of Kārttika). Çyenajit¹, son of Dala. § 461 (Vāmadevacar.): III, 192, †13202. Çyenajit², a prince. § 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 141γ, 4781 (has sided with the Pāṇḍavas). [Çyena-kapotākhyāna(m)] ("the story of the hawk and the pigeon"). § 738δ (Anuçāsanik.): Bhīṣma said: Once a pigeon, pursued by a hawk, dropped down from the skies and sought the protection of the Kāçi king R.-r. Vṛṣadarbha (or Uçīnara), etc. [cf. Çyenakapotīya (§ 411 = III, 130 foll.), but here the birds are not Indra and Agni]. The three worlds together with Indra came to behold the king; he was bathed in a shower of nectar, etc.; D., G., and Aps. began to sing and dance around him, just as they do around Brahmán; he then ascended a celestial chariot and proceeded to the eternal heaven. Blessing upon the reader.