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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.s2.53.4

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.s2.53.4

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c5.s2.53.4

the head of that lord of all the worlds will be shaded with great snakes; [all] weapons of attack and defence will come to him as soon as he thinks of them; he is called Ananta; once Garuḍa, son of Kaśyapa, was addressed by the gods in these words: “Do thou see if this one has any end”; Garuḍa, however, failed to find out the end of this highest god (devasya paramātmanaḥ); supporting the earth on his head (bhogena), he resides in the nether regions (antar vasati) = Ҫeṣa = Viṣṇu = [Bala-] Rāma = Kṛṣṇa (XIII, 147).]—[§ 798 (Mausalap.): XVI, 1, 8 (R.), 20 (R.), 29 (R.), 32 (R.); 2, 43 (R.); 3, 62 (R.), 72 (R.), 104 (R.); 4, 105 (R.), 111 (R.), 112 (R.), 114 (R.), 116 (R.); 5, 142 (R.); 6, 172 (R.); 7, 207 (R.); 8, 261 (R.).]—[§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 1, 10 (R.).]