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.s3.85.1

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Damayantī²: XII, 8604 (error in C. instead of Madayantī, q.v.). Damayitr = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Dambara, a companion of Skanda. § 615u (Skanda): IX, 45k, 2541 (given to Skanda hy Dhātṛ). Dambha = Ṣira (1000 names²). Dambhodbhava, an ancient king. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1a, 227 (in Sañjaya's enumeration).—§ 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 508 (*°sya cākhyānam*, i.e. Dambhodbhavāpākhyāna).—§ 61 (Sarpasattra): I, 51, 2112 (*°enāsi sambalena*, sc. Janamejaya).—§ 277 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 22, 877 (*çreyaso hy avamanyeha vineṣuḥ*, cf. § 563).—§ 563 (Dambhodbhavop.): V, 96, 3452, 3473, (3476), 3477. Dambhodbhavāpākhyāna(m) ("the episode relating to Dambhodbhava"). (Cf. Dambhodbhavasya ākhyānam.) § 563 (Bhagavady.): There was a king of yore named Dambhodbhava, who was at the head of the earth; his sovereignty extended over the whole world. Every morning he used to ask if there were anyone superior or even equal to himself. Certain brahmans counselled him to curb his pride; and as he continued to ask the brahmans the same question day after day, some high-souled brahmans mentioned to him the ascetics Nara and Nārāyaṇa, "who have taken their birth in the race of men, and are now practising penances on Gandhamādana." The king marched to the spot with a large army, and found them emaciated with hunger and thirst, etc. He desired a battle with them. The Ṛṣis declined;