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.s3.439

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Droṇa², a cāriṅgaka, a son of Maṇḍapāla and Jaritā. § 259 (Cāriṅgakop.): I, 230, 8373 (brahmavidāṃ varaḥ, fourth son of Maṇḍapāla and Jaritā); 232, (8408), (8418), 8423, 8424 (ṛṣiḥ), 8426, (8427); 233, 8434. Droṇa³, a mountain. § 709b (Sulabhā-Janakas.): XII, 321α, 12035 (accompanied Indra). Droṇābhiṣecana(m) ("the inauguration of Droṇa"). § 10 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 338 (°caṃ parva, i.e. Droṇābhiṣekaparvan). [Droṇābhiṣekaparvan] ("the section relating to the inauguration of Droṇa," the 71st of the minor parvans of Mhbhr.; cf. Droṇābhiṣecana). § 589: Janamejaya enquired of the state of Dhṛtarāṣṭra on the receipt of intelligence of Bhīṣma's death. Vaiśampāyana's answer: Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Sañjaya about what the Kauravas did after the fall of Bhīṣma. Sañjaya mentioned the arrow-pillow, etc. (cf. § 587 foll.), and that the warriors once more went to battle. The Kurus desired to make Karṇa their generalissimo (mentioning his enmity with Bhīṣma) (VII, 1). Karṇa eulogised Bhīṣma, and promised to be their leader, mentioning the prowess of Yudhiṣṭhira, etc. (α); he commanded his charioteer to make his chariot ready (VII, 2). Karṇa waited upon Bhīṣma (mentioning the danger to the Kurus from