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.s2.20

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Baka³ (a Ṛṣi, ordinarily called Baka Dālbhya). § 264 (*Sabhākriyāp.*): II, 4a, 106 (D.).—§ 324 (*Dvaitavanaprav.*): III, 26, 968 (D.), 984 (D.).—§ 615 (*Baladevatīrthay.*): IX, 40, 2316 (*Bakaśyācramam*), 2317 (D.).—§ 615o: IX, 41, 2318 (D.), 2322 (D.), 2330 (D.), 2337 (*muniḥ*), 2339: In former times the R. residing in the Naimiśa forest had performed a sacrifice which extended over twelve years. After the Viṣvajit had been completed, the R. went to the country of the Pāñcālas and solicited the king to give them twenty-one calves to be given away as dakṣiṇā. Dālbhya Baka gave them his, and then applied to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who, as some of his kine had died, angrily told him to take these. B. set his heart upon the destruction of king Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Cutting the flesh off from the dead animals, having ignited a fire on the tīrtha of the Sarasvatī, he poured those pieces as libations for the destruction of king Dhṛtarāṣṭra's kingdom, which began to waste away, until he, reminded by his counsellors, repairing to the bank of the Sarasvatī, had gratified R. B., who, in order to free his kingdom, again poured libations into the fire. Receiving many animals as a gift, he once more proceeded to the Naimiśa wood, and Dhṛtarāṣṭra returned to his capital.