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.s3.227
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.s3.227
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Devāsuragaṇādhyakṣa = Çiva: VIII, 1574; XIII, 1259 (1000 names²). Devāsuragaṇāgraṇī = Çiva (1000 names²). Devāsuraguru¹ = Brahmán: XIII, 7634. Devāsuraguru² = Çiva (1000 names²). Devāsuramahāmātra = Çiva (1000 names²). Devāsuranamaskṛta = Çiva (1000 names²). Devāsuraparāyaṇa = Çiva (1000 names²). Devāsuravaraprada = Çiva (1000 names²). Devāsuravinirmātṛ = Çiva (1000 names²). Devāsureçvara = Çiva (1000 names²). Devasya tīrtham = Brahmasaras: XIII, 4553. Devatātman = Çiva (1000 names²). Devātideva¹ = Brahmán: XII, 10681 (B⁰). Devātideva² = Çiva (1000 names²). Devātithi, a prince. § 158 (Pūruvamç.): I, 95, †3775 (son of Akrodhana and Karambhā), ††3776 (husbaod of Maryādā and father of Ariha). Devavana, name of a sacred place. § 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 87, 8322 (rāmyam tāpasair upaçobhitam, in the east). Devavara¹ = Sūrya: III, 161. Devavara² = Viṣṇu: III, 13580. Devavara³ = Brahmán: XIII, 4949. Devavara⁴ = Çiva: XII, 10805 (Ç⁰). Devavrata = Bhīṣma, q.v. Devavṛdha, a prince. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1a, 228 (in Sañjaya's enumeration of departed kings).—§ 608 (Karṇap.): VIII, 85p, †4307 (Krātha-Dau, among the Kuru warriors; but should we not read Daivavṛdha? cf. Devavṛdhasuṇuḥ, v. 4322).—§ 677 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 235, 8595 (by having given a costly umbrella to a brahman D. attained to heaven).—§ 767 (Anuças.): XIII, 137a, 6251 (do.). Devavṛdhasuṇu = Babhru: VIII, †4322. Devayājin, a warrior of Skanda. § 615u (Skanda): IX, 45η, 2572. *Devayāna, subst. (or adj., sc.
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pathin) ("the way that leads to the gods"): I, 3681; III, 123 (sc. caturvargaḥ?), 10100, 10104, 10106, 15442 (*caraḥ*); V, †793; XII, 525, 9609 (pl.), 12394 (*caraḥ*); XIII, 1081 (*ānām ādityo dvāram ucyate*), †4312, †4318; XIV, 980 (pl.); XV, 930 (pl.). Devayānī, daughter of Uçanas (Çukra) and wife of Yayāti. § 143 (Nahuṣa): I, 75, 3159 (mother of Yadu and Turvasu).—§ 145 (Kaca): I, 76, 3186, 3197, 3198, 3205, 3206, 3207, 3208, 3212, (3213), 3222, 3226, †3229, (†3231), †3233, †3239, (†3240), †3241 (prevailed upon Uçanas to revive Kaca); 77, (3256), 3263, (3264), (3271), 3273, 3276 (*Kaca* would not accept her as his wife, because he, being a disciple of Uçanas, regarded her as his sister; *D.* then cursed *Kaca*).—§ 146: When Kaca had imparted to the gods the Sañjīvanī they set out with Indra at their head to defeat the Asuras. In a wood like Caitraratha, Indra transformed himself into wind and mixed up the clothes of some bathing maidens. A quarrel about the clothes resulted in *D.*'s being thrown into a well by Çarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan. Yayāti found her and drew her up by her right hand, and then returned to his capital. Devayānī sent Ghūrṇikā to inform Çukra of what had passed (I, 76-79). Çukra threatened Vṛṣaparvan that he would leave the Asuras, until Çarmiṣṭhā, together with 1,000 maidens, was given to *D.* (I, 80).
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Surrounded by Çarmiṣṭhā and 2,000 maidens, Devayānī one day again met Yayāti, who at her request received her in marriage from Çukra, and promised that he would never invite Çarmiṣṭhā to share his bed (I, 81): I, 78, 3284, 3285, (3285), 3290, (3297), 3302, (3303), 3307, (3309), 3314; 79, 3319, 3321, (3326); 80, 3341, 3343, 3344, (3345), 3346, (3347), 3348, 3350, 3351, (3354), 3356, (3357); 81, 3359, 3363, 3364, (3367), (3370), (3373), (3375), 3376, (3377), (3379), (3382), (3385), 3386, (3388), 3392, 3395.—§ 147: Devayānī gave birth to a son. After 1,000 years had elapsed, Çarmiṣṭhā attained to puberty and prevailed upon Yayāti to beget a son also with her (I, 82); to Devayānī she said that she had born the child to a *ṛṣi* whose name she had not dared to ask. The sons of Devayānī were Yadu and Turvasu, those of Çarmiṣṭhā were Druhyu, Anu, and Pūru. One day, when Devayānī was walking in the wood together with Yayāti, she met the children of Çarmiṣṭhā and asked them: "Who is your father?" They then pointed to Yayāti. Devayānī in anger withdrew to Uçanas, followed by Yayāti. Uçanas cursed Yayāti to be overcome by decrepitude, yet with the permission of transferring it to someone else, and he added that that son of Yayāti who would give him his own youth should succeed Yayāti on the throne, etc. (I, 83): I, 82, 3397, 3398, 3400, 3401, 3404, 3411, 3419;
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83, 3424, 3425, (3425), (3428), (3430), 3432, 3434, (3436), (3437), 3439, (3442), 3446, (3451), 3461.—§ 148 (Yayāti): I, 85, 3519 (*°yaḥ sutam Yadum*).—§ 156 (Pūruvamç.): I, 95, ††3781 (*Uçanaso duhitā*), 3762 (Yaduṁ ca Turvasuṁ caiva D°r vyajayata).—§ 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 149, 5045 (*Yaduḥ D°yāḥ sutaḥ*).—§ 595 (Ṣoḍaçarāj., v. Yayāti): VII, 63, 2297 (wife of Yayāti).—§ 599e (Çinī): VII, 14, 6080 (*Yayāter D°yān tu Yadur jyeṣṭho 'bhavat sutaḥ*). Cf. Auçanasī, Bhārgavī, Çukratanayā.