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.s2.143.1

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angry, but was gratified and granted him a boon. He asked that those sons of his should revive that were born by him as a woman, because the affection entertained by a woman is much greater than that which is entertained by a man. *Indra* revived all his children, and told him to choose whichever sex he liked, that of woman or that of man. He chose to remain a woman, because in sexual intercourse the pleasure that women enjoy is always much greater than what is enjoyed by men. *Indra* proceeded to heaven (XIII, 12). Bhānu¹. § 102 (*Amçāvat.*): I, 65, 2555 (*a Devagandharva Prādheya*). Bhānu² (*= the Sun*): I, 42, 1103 (*or 1098*), 1273; III, 154 (*in the enumeration of Dhaumya*), 191; *XII, 150; XVIII, 162. Bhānu³ = Çiva (1000 names¹). — Do.² = Vishnu (1000 names). (*Mārkaṇḍeyas.*): III, 183, †12584. Bhānu⁴ (*a man*). § 262 (*Bhagavad-yāna*): II, 2, 56 (*Bhānuñ ca Janārdanaḥ*).—§ 402 (*Tīrthay.*): III, 120, 10277.—§ 452 (*Mārkaṇḍeyas.*): III, 183, †12584. Bhānu⁵. § 552 (*Goharaṇap.*): IV, 56, 1769 (*regarded the battle from a vimāna*). Bhānu⁶ (*a son of Aṅgiras*). § 491 (*Aṅgirasa*): III, 220, 14164 (*Bhānur Aṅgiraso dhīraḥ putro*).—§ 493 (*do.*): III, 221, 14183 (*Bhānuñ cāpy Aṅgiraḥ sṛjat, called by the brahmans Bṛhadbhānu*), 14184 (*Bhānor bhāryā supraja tu Bṛhadbhāsa tu sūrya-jā*), 14186 (*tam Agnim Baladam prāhuḥ prathamam Bhānuṭaḥ sutaṃ*), 14187 (*Agniḥ sa Manumān nāma dvitīyo Bhānutah sutaḥ |