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.s2.392.1

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Abhimanyu attacked Citrasena, etc. (θ). (12) Duryodhana attacked Abhimanyu, and so did Lakṣmaṇa (grandson of Dhṛtarāṣṭra), who had his steeds and charioteer slain, and was carried away by Kṛpa on his chariot. The Sṛñjayas fought with the Kurus with their fists; Bhīṣma slew the troops of the Pāṇḍavas with his celestial weapons (VI, 73). (13) Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna) slew innumerable foes with his arrows; but he destroyed them all with his celestial weapons. Bāhlīka & Bhūriṣravas (d); Sātyaki's combatants fled and were joined him; ten sons of Yuyudhāna & Bhūriṣravas (e); Bāhlīka's son Somadatta) towards the afternoon; slew them; Sātyaki & Bhūriṣravas, each of other's chariot-steeds; Bhīmasena took own chariot, and Duryodhana Bhūriṣravas Pāṇḍavas & Bhīṣma; Duryodhana Arjuna, who, however, slew them Kaikeyas surrounded Arjuna and Bhīṣma caused the troops to be Pāṇḍavas and the Sṛñjayas y. After the night had passed away, the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas once more set out for battle. Yudhishṭhira caused Dhrṣṭadyumna to dispose the troops in the Makara array: Drupada and Arjuna = head; Sahadeva and Nakula = two eyes; Bhīmasena = beak; Abhimanyu, etc. (a) = neck; Virāṭa and Dhrṣṭaketu and Cekitāna = right wing; Kuntibhoja and Caṭunika = two feet; Cikhaṇḍin, etc. (β) = tail. Bhīṣma disposed his army io the form of a huge crane: Droṇa = beak; Aṣvatthāman and Kṛpa = two eyes; Kṛtavarman, etc. (γ) = head; Ṣarasena and Duryodhana = neck; the Prāgjyotiṣa king, etc. (δ) = breast;