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.s4.231

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Gāyatrī, name of a metre, and also of a certain verse (= Sāvitrī?). § 289 (Arghāharaṇap.): II, 38, 1395 (*chandasām mukham*).—§ 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 85, 8172.—§ 472 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 200, 13432 (*devīm G°īm Vedamātaram* = Sāvitrī?, but cf. the note of PCR.).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 4, 172, 173 (the universe consisting of nineteen classes of beings and five elements is spoken of as the G. (of twenty-four aksharas).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 34, 1239 (*G°ī chandasām aham, sc. asmi, says Kṛṣṇa*).—§ 603d (Tripura): VII, 202, 9567 (Çiva made the G. and the Sāvitrī his reins).—§ 606 (Tripurākhyāna): VIII, 34, 1489 (Çiva made the G. his goad-string).—§ 772δ (Pavanārjunasamv.): XIII, 153, 7204 (*kanyaya*, spoke from heaven to Arjuna Kārtavīrya).