[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.s2.50.3 # 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.s2.50.3 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.s2.50.3 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.50.3) Thence to the abode of Baka, where Dalbhya Baka had practised austerities (IX, 40); which resounded with the chanting of the Vedas (brahmaghoṣhair avākīrṇam; B. has Brahmayoner Avākīrṇam “from Br. to Av.,” Nīl.), where the R. Baka Dālbhya (o) poured tho kingdom of Dhṛtarāṣhṭra Vaicitravīryi (? Vaicitravīryiṇaḥ, genitive) as a libation into the sacrificial fire. In that tīrtha Bṛhaspati also poured libations into the sacrificial fire, by means of flesh, in order to destroy the Asuras, and tho As. began to waste away and were destroyed by the gods. Thence to Yuyāta tīrtha, where, at a sacrifice of king Yayāti Nāhuṣha, the Sarasvatī produced milk and clarified butter, whereafter Yayāti went to heaven. Once again Yayāti performed a sacrifice there, and Sarasvatī gave to each of the brahmans everything for which he cherished a wish; they regarded the gifts as made to them by the king, and praised and blessed him; D. and G. were pleased. Thence Baladeva proceeded to the tīrtha Vasiṣhṭhāpavāha (IX, 41). Requested by Janamejaya, Vaiçampāyana told the history of Vasiṣhṭhāpavāha (p), and why it is so rapid, and the brahmanicide of Indra (s), who was purified by bathing in that tīrtha. Thence Baladeva went to the tīrtha of Soma, where in days of yore Soma had performed the Rājasūya sacrifice, with Atri for his hotṛ, after which the great battle took place between D. and Dā., Dai., and a Rū. - [Previous: c5.s2.50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.50.2) - [Next: c5.s2.50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.50.4) - [Up: c5.s2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.50) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.50.3) · Pramāṇa