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.s2.840.3

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Duryodhana & Dhrshṭadyumna; Kṛpa & the Draupadeyas (IX, 22). The Kurus were broken by the Pāṇḍavas, but rallied by the sons of Dhṛtarāshṭra; Yudhishṭhira & Kṛpa and Kṛtavarman (who was carried away by Açvatthāman); Duryodhana despatched 700 chariots against Yudhishṭhira; Çikhaṇḍin, etc., came to aid Yudhishṭhira; an awful battle ensued; tho 700 were slain; the Pāṇḍavas and Pāñcālas resisted; terrifying omens in nature wore seen. Çakuni exhorted the others to fight in front; he would himself slay the Pāṇḍavas from behind; the Madrakas rejoiced, but were slain; Çakuni with 10,000 horsemen assailed the Pāṇḍava army in the rear; the force of the Pāṇḍavas broke down. Yudhiṣṭhira urged Sahadeva to slay Çakuni, aided by the Draupadeyas; Yudhiṣṭhira, with the Pañcālas, would himself destroy the chariot-force. Sahadeva (with 700 elephants, 5,000 horses, and 3,000 foot-soldiers) + the Draupadeyas & Çakuni, who, with 6,000 horses, went away; similarly, the Pāṇḍava force, which was reduced to 6,000 horses; the Draupadeyas proceeded to Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Sahadeva to Yudhiṣṭhira; Çakuni & Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s division; after a terrible battle the Pāṇḍavas encompassed Çakuni (IX, 23). Çakuni exhorted the remainder of his following, 700 horses, and urged Duryodhana to attack the Pāṇḍavas (µµ); the remnant of the Kuru army attacked the Pāṇḍavas;