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.s4.38.5
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.s4.38.5
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the plantain forest (kadalī-skandham), etc.; the Siddhas; the eeven Rṣis with Arundhatī; Svātī; Brahmán near Yajña . . . the munis named Dhāmā (? so B.) (whose origin, etc., are not known) guarding Gāyantikādvāra (B. Gaṅgāmahādvāram); the man who passes beyond them will certainly meet with destruction, except Nārāyaṇa and Nara or Jiṣṇu; here ie Kailāsa, the abode of Ailavila; the origin of the ten Apsarases Vidyut-prabhāḥ; Viṣṇupada, made by Viṣṇu, when he, in his covering the worlds with three steps, stepped on the northern regioo; here took place king Marutta's sacrifice at Uçīrabīja, by the side of the golden lake; here was Himavat's gold-mine, that exhibited itself to the viprarṣi Jīmūta, who gave away the whole wealth to the brahmans, and had it called after his name (Jīmūta); here morning and evening the Lokapālas (diçām pālāḥ) proclaim "what business of what person shall we do?"; it is called uttara (North) because it is superior (uttara) to all (V, 111). At the request of Gālava, Garuḍa carried him (description) to the East, and laughed at his foolish thoughts of casting away his life. At the mountain Rṣabha they rested for some time (V, 112). On the peak of the Rṣabha they met with a brahman lady, Caṇḍīlī, engaged in penances; she gave them cooked food; they fell asleep. As Garuḍa awoke, his wings had fallen off. It was because he had, out of pity, thought of carrying the lady to the place where Mahādeva, Vishnu, etc. (a), live together.