[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.s2.395.4 # 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.s2.395.4 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.s2.395.4 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.395.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.395.4) in his rear were the \*Draupadeyas\* and \*Abhimanyu\*, protected by \*Sātyaki\* and \*Cekitāna\*; behind them was \*Dhrishṭadyumna\*, protected by the \*Pāñcālas\*; next to him was Yudhishṭhira with the twins; next behind him \*Virāṭa\*; next to him \*Drupada\*; the five \*Kekaya\* brothers and \*Dhrishṭaketu\* protected the rear. At their head the \*Kurus\* had Bhīshma (β), protected by \*Dhṛtarāshṭra's\* sons; next behind them \*Droṇa\* and \*Açvatthāman\*; next behind was \*Bhagadatta\* with his elephant division; behind him \*Kṛpa\* and \*Kṛtavarman\*; behind them the \*Kāmboja\* king \*Sudakshiṇa\*, etc. (α). The \*Pārthas\* with \*Arjuna\* at their head, placing \*Çikhaṇḍin\* in the van, proceeded against Bhīshma. \*Bhīma\*, etc. (β), slew many. Bhīshma & Pāṇḍavas, etc. (γ); Bhīshma & \*Çikhaṇḍin\* (who mentioned Bhīshma & \*Rāma Jāmadagnya\*); \*Arjuna\* urged \*Çikhaṇḍin\* to slay Bhīshma, while \*Arjuna\* would check \*Droṇa\*, etc. (δ) (VI, 108). \*Bhīshma\* slew the \*Pāñcālas\* and the Pāṇḍava army. \*Arjuna\* slew the \*Kuru\* army. \*Duryodhana\* complained of \*Arjuna\* before \*Bhīshma\*, and of \*Sātyaki\*, etc. (ε). \*Bhīshma\* said he would "to-day" either be slain or slay the Pāṇḍavas, and he slew hundreds of thousands (VI, 109). Urged by \*Arjuna\*, \*Çikhaṇḍin\*, and so also \*Dhrishṭadyumna\*, etc. (ζ), attacked \*Bhīshma\*; \*Citrasena\* & \*Cekitāna\*; \*Kṛtavarman\* & \*Dhrishṭadyumna\*; \*Somadatta's\* son & \*Bhīmasena\*; \*Vikarṇa\* & \*Nakula\*; \*Kṛpa\* & \*Sahadeva\*; \*Durmukha\* & \*Ghaṭotkaca\*; \*Duryodhana\* & \*Sātyaki\*; - [Previous: c5.s2.395.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.395.3) - [Next: c5.s2.395.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.395.5) - [Up: c5.s2.395](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.395) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.395.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.395.4) · Pramāṇa