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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.s6.17.1

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.s6.17.1

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c5.s6.17.1

Indra, the chief of the devas, lord of rain, esp. named Çakra. [§ 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 112 (*Çakrasya, father of Arjuna*), †161 (*Çakrāt*), †185 (*Çakra-Sūryau*), †191 (*Devarājena*).] § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, [441 (*Purandaraḥ*)], 448 (*°pāgni*), [476 (*Purandaraḥ*)], 499 (*vijayam*), 500 (do.), [638 (*Devarājaḥ*)], 639 (*sendraiḥ suragaṇaiḥ*). § 17 (Uttaṅka): I, 3, ††794, ††830, ††831 (*praised, with the çlokas 810 ff., by Uttaṅka, I. helped Uttaṅka to recover the ear-rings which had been stolen by Takshaka*). § 19 (Bhṛgn): I, 4, 867 (*devaiḥ sendraiḥ*). § 28 (Amṛtamanthana): I, 18, 1123 (*placed the mountain Mandara on the back of the tortoise, when the gods intended to churn the ocean*), 1136 (*vāriṇā meghajenendro çamayam āsa*), [1151 (*Vajrabhṛt, got the elephant Airāvaṇa, who emerged at the churning of the ocean*), 19, 1188 (*Balabhid*)]. § 33 (Garuḍa): I, 23, 1250 (*Garuḍa is identified with I.*). § 37 (cf. Kadrū): I, (Çakra, v. 1285) was praised by Kadrū with the hymn vv. 1285b-1295.] § 38 (Kadrū): I, 26, 1295 (*Harivāhanaḥ*), 1301 (*Vāsave, caused an immense downpour of rain*). § 44 (Garuḍa): I, 30, 1415 (*1422*), 1428 (*Vajri, fought with Garuḍa*). § 45 (Vālakhilya, pl.): I, 31, 1448, 1449, 1453, 1457, 1468 (*had formerly disregarded the Vālakhilyas, who cursed him that there should arise another I.; Kaçyapa, however, pacified the Vālakhilyas, who consented that the coming Indra—i.e. Garuḍa—should become the Indra only of the winged creatures*).