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.s4.141

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.s4.141

Language: English

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Gaṅgā¹, the river Ganges. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 386.—§ 17 (Uttaṅka): I, 3, 799 (bahūni nāgareṇāmi G°ayās tīra uttare).—§ 71 (Ādivamçāvatāraṇap.): I, 61, 2241.—§ 79 (Bhīṣma): I, 63, 2420 (mother of Bhīṣma).—§ 130 (Amçāvat.): I, 67, 2710 (the eight Vasus were born as sons of Gaṅgā and Çāntanu, cf. § 163).—§ 133 (Duṣhyanta): I, 70, 2872 (Nara-Nārāyaṇasthānam G°ayopacobhitam).—§ 149 (Yayāti): I, 87, 3555 (Yayāti gave to Pūru the whole country G°-Yamunayor madhye).—§ 156 (Pūruvamç.): I, 95, 3800 (Çāntanuḥ khalu Gaṅgām Bhāgīrathīm upayeme | tasyām asya jajñe Devavrato nāma yam āhur Bhīṣmam iti, cf. § 163).—§ 161 (Mahābhiṣop.): I, 96, 3846, v. 7 (only B., one çloka and a half are wanting in C. after v. 3848), (together with Mahābhiṣa G. is cursed to become born among men) (3857), (3859), (3861), 3864 (the Vasus made the arrangement with G. that, having born them to Çāntanu, she should throw them into the water, the eighth child excepted).—§ 162 (Çāntanūp.): I, 97, 3865, 3866 (settled with Pratīpa that she should marry his son, i.e. Çāntanu), 3889.—§ 163 (Bhīṣmotpatti): I, 98, 3903 (Tripathagāminī), 3908, 3913 (Jahnusutā), 3919 (°dattam, i.e. Bhīṣma; Çāntanu married G.; seven of the eight children whom Çāntanu begot with G. she threw into the water, the eighth (Bhīṣma) was saved by Çāntanu).—§ 164 (Apavop.): I, 99, 3923 (Jāhnavī), (3924), 3961 (G.

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told Çāntanu the history of the Vasus, then she disappeared, taking the child with her).—§ 165 (Satyavatīlābhop.): I, 100, 3989 (Bhāgīrathīm), 3993, 3996, 3997, (3999) (G. restored Bhīṣma to Çāntanu).—§ 170 (Dīrghatamas): I, 104, 4204, 4205.—§ 195 (Pāṇḍu): I, 127, 4947.—§ 197 (Bhīṣmasenarasapāna): I, 128, 4992, 4999.—§ 200 (Droṇa): I, 130, 5103.—§ 207 (do.): I, 133, 5299.—§ 209 (Drupadaçāsana): I, 138, 5512 (Makaṇḍim atha G°ayās tīre).—§ 213 (Jatugṛhop.): I, 149, 5851, 5853, 5854, 5855; 150, 5874.—§ 217 (Caitrarathap.): I, 166, 6329.—§ 218 (do.): I, 167, 6360.—§ 221 (do.): I, 170, 6439, 6440, 6449, 6452, 6454 (b: G. issues from Hemaçṛṅga (cf. Harivaṃça, v. 12850, PCR.: 'the golden peaks') of the Himavat, and falls into the ocean divided into seven streams. Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī (plakṣajātām, i.e. who issues from the plakṣa, v. BR.), Rathasthā, Sarayū (C. Ç°), Gomatī and Gaṇḍakī destroy the sins of those who drink of their water; in the celestial regions G. is called Alakanandā, and among the Pitṛs it becomes the Vaitaraṇī, which is difficult to cross for sinners (such is the statement of Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana);

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this celestial river (devanadī is without hindrance).—§ 238 (Pañcendrop.): I, 197, 7284 (devīm), 7285 (do.).—§ 248 (Arjunavanavāsap.): I, 214, 7786.—§ 249 (do.): I, 215, 7818.—§ 258 (Khaṇḍavadh.): I, 228, 8316 (°odadhicarā jhaṣaḥ).—§ 263 (Sabhākriyāp.): II, 3, 68 (Bhāgīrathīm).—§ 275 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 17, 695 (°Yamunayor madhye).—§ 276 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 20, 796.—§ 290 (Çiçupālavadhap.): II, 42, 1484 (Trikuṭasthām . . . Tripathagām).—§ 317 (Arjunābhigamanap.): III, 12, 542.—§ 335 (Indralokābhigamanap.): III, 42, 1733.—§ 339 (do.): III, 47, 1891 (Siddha-Caraṇasevitā, its source near Badarī).—§ 364 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 6071.—§ 370 (do.): III, 84, 8013 (°Yamunayor madhye), 8016 (°ayāç ca . . . Sarasvatyāç ca saṅgama), 8059 (Gomatī G°ayoç caiva saṅgame); 85, 8146 (°ayāḥ sāgarasya ca saṅgame).—§ 372 (do.): III, 85, 8209.—§ 373 (Prayāga): III, 85, 8217 (Yamunā G°ayā sārdham saṅgatā, at Prayāga), 8218 (°Yamunayor madhye (so C., but read madhyam with B.) pṛthivyā jaghanam amṛtam), 8228 (°Yamunā-saṅgame).—§ 374 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 85, 8230.—§ 375 (do.): III, 85, 8230, 8231, 8232, 8233 (Gaṅgā Kaliyuge smṛtā, sc. puṇyā), 8234 (Magadheṣhu), 8236, 8238, 8239, 8240.—§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 87, 8310 (yasyās tīre Bhāgīrathāḥ | ayajat), 8314 (°Yamunayor . . . saṅgamam); 88, 8331;

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90, 8392 (bibheda tarasā Gaṅgā Gaṅgādvāram), 8397 (uṣṇatoyavahā G°ā ṭitatoyavahā purā).—§ 378 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 93, 8467.—§ 379 (do.): III, 95, 8515 (°Yamunayoç caiva saṅgame).—[§ 383b (do.): Issuing from the matted locks of Çambhu (i.e. Çiva) G. floods the southern country: III, 99, 8648 (Samudra mahiṣī).—§ 389 (Gaṅgāvataraṇa): III, 107, 9917 (°āvataraṇe); 108, 9923, 9933, (9934), 9940, 9946; 109, 9952, 9954 (Himavataḥ sutā), 9955 (gayanamekhalam), 9962, 9963, 9964 (G. promised to Bhagīratha to descend and besprinkle the bodies of Sagara's sons; Bhāgīratha gratified Çiva, who received the weight of G. when she fell from the sky on his forehead; G.

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fell down to the earth divided into three streams, and was led by Bhagīratha to the ocean where the bodies of Sagara's sons lay, then Bhagīratha adopted her as his daughter).—§ 392 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 114, 10096 (falls into the ocean).—§ 395 (Jamadagni): III, 115, 10153 (°āyām (so B.) Kānyakubje).—§ 412 (Aṣṭāvakrīya): III, 134, †10656 (nadīshu Gaṅgā pravarā yathaiva).—§ 413 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 135, 10696.—§ 414 (Yavakritop.): III, 135, 10723, 10727.—§ 418 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 139, 10821 (saptavidhā, b: there Agni blazes forth without intermission, a wonder which no man is able to see), 10833, †10835.—§ 436 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 158, 11622 (*mahā°, b: the celestial river, frequented by ṛṣis and Kinnaras).—§ 457 (Vairasvatop.): III, 187, 12764 (*Samudramahiṣīm*), 12766, 12768, 12769.—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 188a, 12907 (seen by Mārkaṇḍeya in the stomach of Nārāyaṇa).—§ 488 (Āṅgirasa): III, 217, 14103 (*yathā Rudrāc ca sambhūto G°ayām Kṛttikāsu ca*, sc. Skanda).—§ 494 (do.): III, 222, 14230 (among the rivers who are mothers of fires).—§ 514 (Ghoṣayātrāp.): III, 252, 15201 (*°aughapratimā).—§ 547 (Karṇa): III, 308, 17150 (the basket with Karṇa passed from Yamunā into the G.).—§ 555 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 19, 599 (*°kulaṃ ca*, is filled up by the army of Duryodhana).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 51, 2052 (*°rega iva).—§ 565 (Gālavacaritra): V, 111, 3828 (*aśra—i.e. in the north—G°ām Mahādevaḥ patantīṃ gaganāc cyutāṃ | pratigṛhya dadau loke mānuṣe, cf. § 389);

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120, 4026 (*°Yamunā-saṅgame).—§ 566 (Yayāti): V, 121, 4060 (*°ām gām iva gacchantīm ālambya*, sc. Yayāti).—§ 568 (Vidulā-putraśāsana): V, 135, 4598 (*gatvā Gaṅgeya sāgaram).—§ 569 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 139, 4714 (*°rega iva); 144, 4912 (*°tire).—§ 570 (Sainyaniryāṇap.): V, 151, 5151 (*°eva pūrṇā); 158, 5362 (*°ayeva pravṛddhayā).—§ 579 (Ulūkadūta-gamanap.): V, 160, 5422 (*°tire).—§ 572 (Rathātiratha-saṅkhyānap.): V, 166, 5757 (*makarā iva . . . G°ām vikṣobhayiṣyanti).—§ 573 (Amhopakhyānap.): V, 178, 7122 (appeared to Bhīṣma in order to make him desist from fighting with Rāma Jāmadagnya); 196, 7633 (*°eva pūrṇā).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 6, 223 (*c: coming from the summit of the mountain, Gaṅgā Bhāgīrathī falls into the lake of Candramas. Śiva kept the G. on his head for 100,000 years).—§ 574f (Bindusaras): VI, 6, 239 (Bhāgīrathīṃ, (η) 243 (coming from Brahmaloka, G. divided herself into seven streams: Vasvaukasārā, etc.), 245 (pl., sapta).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9λ, 321, 344 (only B.).—§ 575b (Cākadvīpa): VI, 11, 432 (in Cākadvīpa).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 18, 694 (*adṛṣyata . . . G°eva Yamunāntare (B. °rā)); 19, 708 (*°eva pūrṇā).—§ 584 (Bhīṣmavadhop.): VI, 83, 3643 (*°ayāḥ suranadyā vāi śrādubhūtaṃ yathodakam).—§ 587 (do.): VI, 119, 5664 (Himavataḥ sutā).—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 10, 370 (*°srotaḥsu).—§ 591 (Saṃcaptakavadhap.): VII, 17, 721 (*°śarayau vegena prarvṛṣva).—§ 592 (do.): VII, 30, 1331 (iva).—§ 594 (Mṛtyu): VII, 54, 2096.—§ 595 (Shoḍaçarāj. v.

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Bhāgīratha): VII, 60, 2249 (Bhāgīrathī), 2254 (*tasyāṅke niṣasāda ha | tathā Bhāgīrathī G°ā Urra-ṇī cābhavat purā), 2256 (became the adopted daughter of Bhāgīratha); (do., v. Bharata): VII, 68, 2384.—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 80, 2847 (in the north).—§ 600 (Ghaṭot-kacavadhap.): VII, 156, 6795 (*iva).—§ 605 (Karṇap.): VIII, 28, 1162 (unmalta-G°pratimām).—§ 606 (Tripurā-khyāna): VIII, 34, 1477.—§ 607 (Karṇap.): VIII, 44η, 2029 (*bahishkṛtāḥ . . . G°ayā),—§ 608 (do.): VIII, 46, 2209 (*°Yamunavat); 60, 3048 (iva).—§ 611 (Çalyap.): IX, 18, 965 (iva).—§ 615 (Baladevātīrthayātrāp.): IX, 37, 2168 (iva).—§ 615u (Skanda): IX, 44, 2457, 2458, 2463, 2469, 2484, 2489, 2492 (the hirth, etc., of Skanda); 46, 2668 (gave to Skanda a kamaṇḍalu), 2717 (some call Skanda the son of G.).—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 11, 307; 12, 317; 14, 363.—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 239, 676.—§ 620 (Çrāddhap.): XI, 26, 799; 27, 800, 804, 805 (*°tiram), 828.—§ 621 (Rājadh.): XII, 1, 23 (*°srotasi).—§ 632b (Shoḍaçarāj., cf. § 595 v. Bharata): XII, 29, 939; (do. v. Bhāgīratha): XII, 29, 961 (*yasyāṅke niṣasāda ha | Gaṅgā Bhāgīrathī tasmād Urvaçī hyabhavat purā), 962 (*trilokapathaṅgā*, became the adopted daughter of Bhāgīratha); (do., v. Gaya): XII, 29, 1011 (*yāvatyaḥ sikatāḥ . . . G°ayāḥ).—§ 637 (Rājadh.): XII, 46η, 1568 (*yam G°ā garbhavidhina dhārayām āsa, i.e. Bhīṣma).—§ 638b (Rāmop.): XII, 49, 1796 (*°kūle).—§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 109, 4030;

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113, 4202, (4203) (discourse between the ocean and the rivers).—§ 658b (Kṛtaghnop.): XII, 170, 6345 (*deçān G°niṣevitān).—§ 674b (Çrī-Vāsavasamv.): XII, 229, 8338 (*Dhruvadvāra-bharām).—§ 678c (Mṛtyu-Prajāpatisamv.): XII, 259, 9208.—§ 694b (Jvarotpatti): XII, 284, 10224 (*saritām çreṣṭhā sarvatīrthajalodbharā).—§ 712 (Çukotpatti): XII, 325, 12198 (*saritām çreṣṭhā Merupṛṣṭhe).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 348, 13500 (*Gaṅgā and Sarasvatī are the hips of Nārāyaṇa).—§ 718b (Uñchavṛttyup.): XII, 354, 13775 (*Mahāpadme purottame G°ayā dakṣiṇe tīre); 356, †13810 (*hrada-).—§ 721b (Viçvāmitrop.): XIII, 4, 202 (became the daughter of Jahnu); 215, 216 (near Kānyakubja is situated the tīrtha Aṅvatīrtha on the bank of the G., there the 1000 horses which Varuṇa gave to Reīka, arose from the river).—§ 733f (Gaṅgādvāra): XIII, 25, 1702 (*yatra Bhāgīrathī G°ā patate diçam uttaram).—§ 734 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 26, 1784 (Bhāgīrathī), 1785, 1788, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1836, 1837, 1838, †1839, †1840, †1841, †1842, †1844, †1846, †1847, †1848, †1849, †1850, †1852, †1853, †1854, †1856, †1858, †1859, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 (very copious description).—§ 736b (Vitahavyop.): XIII, 30, 1950 (*the country between the G.

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and the Yamunā ruled by the Kāçi king Haryaçva), 1957 (*°āyā uttare kūle), 1977.—§ 739 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 35, 2161 (*adhāryā setunō).—§ 743b (Vipulopākhyāna): XIII, 43, 2394 (*kūle).—§ 745b (Çyavanop.): XIII, 50, 2646 (*°Yamunayor madhyē), 2648, 2655 (*°Yamunayor vāri).—§ 745c (Çyavana-Kuçikas.): XIII, 53, 2810 (*tīram), 54, 2847 (*kūlam).—§ 746 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 68, 3397 (*grōmaḥ . . . G°Yamunayor madhye Yamunasya girer adhaḥ); 73, †3596 (*yathā hi G°ā saritām variṣṭhā); 77, †3703 (do.).—§ 747b (Suvarṇotpatti): XIII, 85, 4026 (*Rudrasya retaḥ . . . Agniḥ . . . G°āyām janayishyati), 4070 (Bhāgīrathīm), 4072, 4073, 4074, 4085, 4088 (the birth of Skanda).—§ 757m (Goloka): XIII, 102a, 4888.—§ 758 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 103, 4929 (*srotasaḥ ca yāvad G°āyāḥ), (a), 4932 (*dīrghakālam Himavatī G°āyāç ca durutsahām | mūrdhnā dhārām Mahādevaḥ çirasā yām adhārayat, cf. § 389), (β), 4944.—§ 766 (do.): XIII, 125, 5967.—§ 768b (Umā-Maheçvarasamv.): XIII, 1468, 6765 (*gagaṇād gām gatā devī), 6767 (*°ādyāḥ saritām varāḥ), 6770 (devanadī), 6772, 6778.—§ 772l (Vasiṣṭha): XIII, 156, 7287.—§ 775 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 166a, 7638, 7646.—§ 777 (Svargārohaṇikam p.): XIII, 169, 7794 (the mother of Bhīṣma).—§ 778 (Açvamedhikap.): XIV, 1, 2 (tīre G°āyāḥ).—§ 782g (Guruçīṣyasamv.): XIV, 44, 1225 (*Tripathagā G°ā nadīnām agrajā smṛtā).—§ 785 (Anugītap.): XIV, 81, 2413 (after the fall of Bhīṣma G.

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sanctioned the Vasus' curse upon Arjuna), 2414.—§ 787 (Āçramavāsap.): XV, 19, 523, 525 (*tīram).—§ 789 (Putradarçanap.): XV, 31, 862, 864.—§ 792 (Nāradāgamanap.): XV, 37, 1015, 1016 (*tīravāsinah), 1028, 1043 (*kūle); 39, 1088.—§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVf, I, 27,—§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 3, 119 (*trilokaṅām, in heareo), 121 (*devanadī). Cf. Ākāçagaṅgā, Bhāgīrathasutā, Çailarājasutā, Cailasutā, Devanadī, Haimavatī, Jāhnavī, Jahnukanyā, Jahnusutā, Samudramahiṣī, Tripathagā, Tripatbagāminī. Gaṅgā² = Śiva (1000 names¹).