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.s3.23

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Dadhica, an ancient ṛshi. § 208 (Astradarçana): I, 137, 5430 (Indra’s vajra had been made from the bones of D.).—§ 368 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 7057 (*°sya . . . tīrtham*).—§ 378 (do.): III, 92, 8437 (*°a iva Devendram . . . tathā rakṣasva*)—§ 384 (Agastyop.): III, 100, 8695 (*mahān ṛṣiḥ*), 8701 (*°syāçramam*), 8706 (*°āçramam*), 8707, †8709 (requested by the gods, D. gave up his life, then Tvaṣṭṛ made the vajra from his bones).—§ 615gg (Sārasvata): IX, 51, 2929 (*muniḥ*; when D. saw the Apsaras Alambuṣā his vital seed came out; from that seed Sārasvata was born by the river Sarasvatī), 2952 (the weapons of Indra were made from D.’s bones; § 615hh: D. had been begotten by the paramarshi Bhṛgu (son of Prajāpati) by his penances; of stout limbs and great energy, D. was the strongest of the creatures in the world (*lokasāraḥ*) and became tall as the king of the mountains; Indra had always been afraid of his energy).—§ 717δ (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 343, VII), ††13212 (*Bhārgavaḥ*), ††13213 (Dhātṛ made the vajra from D.’s bones). Cf. Dadhici.