[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s6.217 # 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.s6.217 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.s6.217 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s6.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.217) Janaka, pl. (°āḥ), the family of Janaka. § 412 (Aṣṭāvakriya): III, 133, †10637 (°āṇāṃ variṣṭha, i.e. Janaka). Janakanṛpa, Janakarāja, v. Janaka. Janakātmaja = Vasumat: XII, 11518. Janakātmajā = Sītā, q.v. Janakendra, v. Janaka. Jānakī, a prince. § 130 (Amçavat.): I, 67, 2675 (incarnation of the Asura Vināçanaḥ Candrasya).—§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 47, 83 (among the princes to whom the Pāṇḍavas ought to send messengers). Jānakī = Sītā, q.v. Janamejaya¹, son of Parikṣit and Mādravatī, and the husband of Vapuṣtamā, at his snake-sacrifice Vaiçampāyana recited the Mhbh. for the first time (cf. Jasamejaya ¹⁰). § 1 (Anukram.): I, 1, 9 (°sya rājarṣeḥ sarpasattre), 20 (rājñaḥ).—§ 4 (do.): I, 1, 97.—§ 10 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 303 (°sya . . . sattre).—§ 12 (Paushyap.): I, 3, †661 (Pārikṣitaḥ), †663, ††665, ††668, ††671 (together with his brothers Çrutasena, Ugrasena, and Bhīmasena, J. is cursed by Saramā).—§ 13 (do.): I, 3, ††673 (Pārikṣitaḥ), ††675 (do.), ††677, ††680 (gets Somaçravas as his purohita).—§ 16 (Veda): I, 3, ††746 (makes Veda his upādhyāya, C. has by error Janameyak).—§ 17 (Uttaṅka): I, 3, 833 (rājānam), 837 (rājā), (†838) (coming to Hāstinapura, Uttaṅka urges J. to burn Takṣaka in a snake-sacrifice, reminding him that Takṣaka had stung Parikṣit dead).—§ 25 (Paulomap., Sahasrapad): I, 11, 1012 (°sya yajñe 'smin sarpāṇāṃ hiṃsanam purā), 1014 (rājā).—§ 26 (Āstīkap.): I, 13, 1020 (rājā); 15, 1058 (°sya . . . yajñe, the serpents will be hurt there).—§ 29 (Kadrū): I, 20, 1196 (sarpasattre . . . J°sya rājarṣeḥ - [Previous: c5.s6.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.216) - [Next: c5.s6.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.218) - [Up: c5.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.217) · Pramāṇa