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.s4.251.1
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.s4.251.1
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Bhīma & Aṣvatthāman + Duryodhana; Yudhishṭhira slew the Ambaṣṭhas, etc. (εε), Bhīma the Abhiṣāhas, etc. (εε), Arjuna the Yaudheyas, etc. (ζζ). Droṇa employed the Vāyavya weapon; the Pāñcālas fled, but were rallied by Bhīma and Arjuna, who attacked Droṇa from both sides together with the Sṛñjayas, etc.; the Kauravas fled; Duryodhana and Droṇa endeavoured in vain to rally them (VII, 161). Sātyaki (with white steeds of the Sindhu breed) + Bhīmasena & Somadatta (Bāhlīka's son), who was slain by Sātyaki. Yudhishṭhira + Pāṇḍavas + Prabhadrakas & Droṇa; Droṇa and Yudhishṭhira employed the Vāyavya weapon. Kṛshṇa dissuaded Yudhishṭhira from fighting with Droṇa; he should go to Duryodhana, Arjuna, and Bhīma (VII, 162). Droṇa, etc. (ηη), afflicted one another and the troops; both armies were dejected. The remnants of the slaughtered army were once more disposed in array; Droṇa in the van, Ṣalya in the rear, Aṣvatthāman and Ṣakuni on the right and left flanks; Duryodhana protected all the troops. Duryodhana ordered his troops to take up lighted lamps and torches. D., R., G., D.-ṛ., V.-D., Aps., N., Y., U., and K. also took np lamps, and many lamps came from Nārada and Parvata for Duryodhana's sake. (Description); the glare reached the skies, and awakened by it, D., G., Y., R., etc., and Aps. came there (VII, 163). Duryodhana appointed his brothers Vikarṇa, etc. (θθ), to protect Droṇa from the rear; Kṛtavarman should protect his right wheel, and Ṣala his left.