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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.s3.85.2

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.s3.85.2

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but as he repeatedly summoned them to fight, Nara took up a handful of grass-blades, and therewith baffled all their arrows and cut off the eyes and noses of the warriors. The king fell at the feet of the Ṛṣis and said, "Let me be blessed." Nara then told him to be obedient to the brahmans and be virtuous. The king returned to his city, and that time began to practise righteousness. Damça, an Asura. § 621 (Rājadh.): XII, 3, 93 (*mahāsuraḥ*, cursed by Bhṛgu to become the worm Alarka, because he had ravished the wife of Bhṛgu). Damin, a tīrtha. § 358 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 82, 5014. Dāmodara = Kṛṣṇa, q.v.—Do.² = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Dāmoṣṇīṣa (B. *°iṣa*), a muni. § 264 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 4a, 108 (among the munis who were present when Yudhiṣṭhira entered his palace). Damṣṭrin = Ṣiva: XII, 10371 (1000 names¹); XIV, 205. Dānapati = Akrūra: I, 7989 (A°). Dānava, pl. (*°āḥ*) ("sons of Danu"), a class of the enemies of the gods. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 369 (*°ānām . . . samudbhavāḥ*), 460 (*Nivātakavacaiḥ*).—§ 28 (Amṛtamanthana): I, 18, 1125 (*Asura-D°āḥ*, partako in the churning of the ocean), 1141, 1150, 1155, 1157 (*°Daiteyāḥ*); 19, 1158 (*Daitya-D°āḥ*, battle with the gods about the amṛta), 1159 (*°endrebhyaḥ*), 1167, 1177 (*cakram . . . D°sūdanam*).—§ 43 (Garuḍa): I, 30, 1396 (*ajeyaḥ ca deva-D°Rākṣasaiḥ*, i.e. Garuḍa).—§ 84 (Ādivamçāvatāraṇap.): I, 64, 2492 (re-born on earth).—§ 85 (Amçāvat.): I, 65, 2518, 2514, 2515 (*deva-D°saṅghānām . . .