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.s4.221

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Gaya¹, an ancient king, son of Amūrtarayas. § 5 (Anukram.): I, 1a, 220 (in Nārada's enumeration of deceased kings).—§ 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 441 (yajñavibhūtiḥ ca G°sya, all. to § 381).—§ 61 (Sarpasattra): I, 55, †2100 (°sya yajñaḥ, comparison).—§ 243 (Vidurāgamanap.): I, 205, 7492 (anavarau ... G°at).—§ 267 (Yamasabhāv.): II, 8, 329 (in the palace of Yama).—§ 378 (Tīrthayātrūp.): III, 94, 8504 (has practised austerities and visited tīrthas).—§ 379 (do.): III, 95, 8518 (*mahidharam* . . . *abhisamskṛtam* . . . *G°ena*), 8527 (*Amūrtarayasam*).—§ 381 (*Tīrthayātrāp.*): At Brahmasaras the *rājarṣi* *G°*., the son of Amūrtarayas, many times performed sacrifices distinguished by hundreds of mountains of food and thousands of lakes of clarified butter, many hundred rivers of curds, and streams of curries by the thousand; at the time when the gifts (*dakṣiṇāḥ*) were given nothing could be heard but the chaunting of the Vedas (*brahmaçabdena*) and in all lands people sung these songs: "In the sacrifice of Gaya," etc. (v. 8535-8539a): III, 95, 8528, 8535, 8536, 8539 (*°yajñe*).—§ 403b (Payoṣṇī): III, 121, 10297 (performed sacrifices on the Payoṣṇī), 10300, 10303.—§ 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 56ζ, 1768 (came to see the fight between Bhīṣma and Arjuna).—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 83η, 2946 (among the *ṛṣis* who worshipped Kṛṣṇa).—§ 595 (Ṣoḍaçarāj. v. Māndhātr): VII, 62, 2281 (vanquished by Māndhātr).—§ 595 (Ṣoḍaçarāj.): *G*. Amūrtarayasa did not eat anything during a hundred years but remains from libations of clarified butter. Agni offered to grant him a boon. *G*. then desired to have a thorough knowledge of the Vedas through ascetic penances, etc., inexhaustible wealth without injury to others, always to be able to make gifts to brahmans, and to have sons begotten of wives of his own order. (Description of his sacrifices and gifts.) In his horse-sacrifice the sacrificial stakes were of gold decked with gems, and were given to the brahmans, etc. His sacrificial altar was 30 yojanas long by 26 yojanas broad and 24 yojanas high, of solid gold, decked with pearls, etc.; upon the completion of that sacrifice twenty-five hills of food remained and also many lakes and rivulets of savoury drinks, etc. In consequence of his glory [the place named] Gaya became renowned in the three worlds; there is the eternal-making banyan-tree (*vaṭaç cākṣhayyakaraṇaḥ*) and Brahmasaras: VII, 66, 2334 (*Amūrtarayasam*), 2235, 2239, 2345, 2346, 2348, 2350.—§ 615i (Saptasārasvata): IX, 38, 2205 (performed a sacrifice in Gayā), 2206.—§ 632b (Ṣoḍaçarāj. v. Māndhātr, cf. § 595): XII, 29, 981 (vanquished by Māndhātr).—§ 632 (Ṣoḍaçarāj., cf. § 595): XII, 29, 1004 (*Amūrtarayasam*), 1005, 1011 (*Amūrtarayasah*).—§ 677 (Mokshadh.): XII, 235, 8600 (gave the earth to the brahmans).—§ 761 (Ānuçāsanik.): XIII, 115γ, 5661 (among the kings who abstained from meat during the month of Kārttika). Cf. Amūrtarayasa (III, 8527, 10293; VII, 2334; XII, 1004, 1011).