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.s4.62
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.s4.62
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Gandhamādana, a mountain. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 451, 452, 462.—§ 43 (Garuḍa): I, 30, 1392 (parvataçreshṭham, there Kaçyapa was engaged in austerities).—§ 48 (Çesha): I, 36, 1567 (there Çesha performed austerities).—§ 184 (Pāṇḍu): I, 119, 4637 (having crossed Himavat, Pāṇḍu went to G.).—§ 269 (Vaiçravaṇasabhāv.): II, 10, 412 (among the mountains in the palace of Kubera).—§ 317b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 471 (Kṛṣṇa dwelt 10,000 years on G.).—§ 330 (Indradarçana): III, 37, 1496 (on the way to the world of Indra Arjuna crossed Himavat and G.).—§ 419 (Gandhamādanapr.): III, 140, 10861 (the Pāṇḍavas set out for G.).—§ 420 (do.): III, 141, 10892 (b: G. cannot he reached by means of vehicles, nor by bad people; the impure alone meet with flies, gadflies, etc.), 10898.—§ 423 (do.): III, 143, 10964 (b: G. is inhabited by rṣis, Siddhas, gods, Gandharvas, Apsarases, and Kinnaras), 10969, 10985.—§ 423 (do.): III, 145, 11015.—§ 424 (Bhīmakadalikhaṇḍap.): III, 146, 11084, 11088 (b: G. is frequented by Kinnaras, Yakshas, Gandharvas, gods, Brahmarshis, and Apsarases), 11099, 11119 (°sānushu, on G. Bhīmasena met with Hanūmat).—§ 432 (Saugandhikāharaṇap.): III, 152, 11337 (near G. Bhīmasena slew the Krodhavaças).—§ 435 (do.): III, 155, 11429 (°sānushu).—§ 436 (Yakshayuddhap.): III, 158, 11540, 11542 (the hermitage of Vṛshaparvan was situated on the slope of Himavat and near G.).—§ 436b (do.): G. is frequented by Kimpurnshas, Siddhas, Cāraṇas, Vidyādharas, Kinnaris, etc.
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(very copious description): III, 158, 11561, 11563, 11571, 11582 (°sānushu), 11600 (°kananam), 11603 (°sānushu), 11608.—§ 436 (do.): III, 159, 11656.—§ 437 (do.): III, 160, 11662, 11702 (°sambhavah . . . mārutaḥ, Bhīma there slew the Rākshasa Maṇimat, etc.).—§ 438 (do.): III, 161, 11768.—§ 440 (do.): III, 164, 11902 (Arjuna came from the slope of Indra to G.).—§ 446 (Nivātakavacayuddhap.): III, 174, 12283.—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 188, 12918 (seen by Mārkaṇḍeya in the stomach of Nārāyaṇa).—§ 512 (Ghoshayātrāp.): III, 244, 11965 (°vāsinah, i.e. the Gandharvas).—§ 526 (Rāmopākhyānap.): III, 275, 15901 (°parvate, the abode of Viçravas), 15921 (having lost Laṅkā, Kubera began to live on G.).—§ 535 (Setubandhana): III, 283a, 16273 (°vāsi . . . Gandhamādanaḥ).—§ 561e (Bhīma): V, 50, 1991 (Kṛshṇayāc carato prītim yena—i.e. Bhīma—Krodhavaça hatāḥ | pravicya vishamam ghoram parvataṃ G°m, all to § 432 or § 437).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 64, 2471 (description).—§ 563 (Dambhodbhavap.): V, 96, 3162 (on G. Nara and Nārāyaṇa practised austerities), 3164.—§ 570d (Rukmin): V, 158, 5352 (Kīmpurushasimhasya G°vāsinah, i.e. Druma).—§ 571 (Ulīkadūtāgamanap.): V, 160, 5501 (ūrurukshur yathā | mandaḥ parvataṃ G°m), 161, 5546 (do.).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 6, 203 (param Mālyavataḥ), 204 (the half-verse not in B.).—§ 574e (do.): On the summits of G. Kubera, the lord of the Guhyakas, many Rākshasas and Apsarases live in joy. Beside G. there are many smaller mountains and hills.
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The measure of human life there is 11,000 years. There the men are cheerful and endued with great energy and strength, and the women are all of the complexion of the lotus and highly beautiful: VI, 6, 229, 230.—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9, 318 (among the seven kulaparvatāḥ in Bhāratavarsha; B., however, has Ṛkshavān).—§ 581 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 65, 2939 (on G. the gods, rshis, etc., worshipped Pitāmaha, i.e. Brahmān).—§ 585 (do.): VI, 92, 4099 (aṭivishā iva kruddhāḥ parvate G°e).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 125, 5022 (mahāmegho yathā varsham vimuñcan G°e).—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacadhap.): VII, 183, 8324 (°yūtrāyāṃ durgebhyaḥ ca sma tāritāḥ | Pāñcālīn ca parigrāntā(m) prshṭhenodvahātātmanā, sc. Ghaṭotkaca, all. to § 423).—§ 603d (Tripura): VII, 202, 9562 (Çiva made G. and Vindhya his vamça-dhrajau when he proceeded against Tripura).—§ 607 (Karṇap.): VIII, 45, 2104 (protected by Guhyakas).—§ 611 (Çalyap.): IX, 11, 584 (yayā māyāmayān dṛpṭān subahūn G°e | jaghāna Guhyakān kruddho mandarārthe mahābalāḥ, sc. Bhīmasena, all. to § 432 or § 437).—§ 638b (Rāmopākhyāna): XII, 49, 1748 (Rāma gratified Mahādeva on G.).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 335, 12662; 343, 13267 (the Rshis Nara and Nārāyaṇa practised austerities on G. (in Badarī)); 344, 13336 (do.).—§ 731b (Ashṭāvakra-Dīksamv.): XIII, 21, 1526 (in the north).—§ 733e (Indratoyā): XIII, 25, 1698 (°sunnidhau Indratoyam).—§ 768b (Kṛshṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 147, 6850 (Sanatkumāra, etc., dwell on G.).—§ 775 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 166a, 7658.