[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.s3.23 # 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 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.s3.23 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s3.23) 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. - [Previous: c5.s3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s3.22) - [Next: c5.s3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s3.24) - [Up: c5.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s3.23) · Pramāṇa