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.s6.255

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Jarāsandha, king of the Māgadhas, son of Bṛhadratha. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 129, †153 (Māgadhānām varishṭham).—§ 130 (Amçāvat.): I, 67, 2640 (incarnation of the Asura Vipracitti).—§ 232 (Svayamvarap.): I, 186, 7003 (present at the svayamvara of Draupadī).—§ 233 (do.): I, 187, 7030.—§ 273 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 14, 571, 574, 576, 582, 588, 589, 593, 599, 602, 608, 610, 618, 626, 628, 631, 633 (J.’s great might, his allies; many peoples fled from fear of him; Kamsa married the daughters of J., Asti and Prāpti, who, when he had been Kṛshṇa, urged J. to attack the Yādavas, who fled from Mathurā to Dvārakā; J. worshipped Çiva; the defeated kings he kept enclosed in Girivraja).—§ 274 (do.): II, 15, 641, 651 (Bṛhadrathah), 653, 655, 658, 659 (kept the kings in the temple of Çiva in order to sacrifice them, and must be defeated that Yudhishṭhira might perform his rājasūya); 16, 662, 673.—§ 275 (do.): II, 17, 686, 687 (J.’s birth; the two wives of Bṛhadratha bore each one-half of a child; the Rākshasī Jarā united the two halves); 18, 739 (because he had been united (sandhitah) by Jarā he was named J.); 19, 756, 757, 758, 760 (after the slaughter of Kamsa, J. hurled a mace toward Mathurā).—§ 276 (Jarāsandhavadhap.): II, 20, 768, 778, 791 (Kṛshṇa, Arjuna, and Bhīma set out for Girivraja to slay J.); 21, 808, 815, 818, 819, 821, 824, 829, 835, 837, 839 (receives Kṛshṇa, Arjuna, and Bhīma disguised as brahmans); 22, (854), 865, (880), 884, 888 (challenged to fight, J. installed his son Sahadeva as king); 23, 890, 892 (Māgadhah), 893, 894, 897, 898, 923, 924 (engaged in a wrestling encounter with Bhīmasena); 24, 925, 927, 928, 929, 932 (Bhīmasena at last killed J.), 935 (description of his chariot), 950, 955, 969, 972 (kshine), 975.—§ 289 (Arghāharaṇap.): II, 37, 1360 (had been slain by Kṛshṇa (!)).—§ 290 (Çiçupālavadhap.): II, 42, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1478 (all. to § 277); 44, 1529 (had been vanquished by Karṇa in a wrestling encounter and slain (? dehabhedaṃ ca lambhitah, cf. XII, 132)).—§ 307 (Anudyūtap.): II, 81, 2706 (had been slain by Bhīmasena).—§ 315 (Maitreyacāpa): III, 10, 371 (do.).—§ 317b (Kṛshṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 489 (had been slain by Kṛshṇa (!)).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 51, 2055 (Māgadhendreṇa, had subdued the whole earth and had been slain by Bhīmasena).—§ 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 130f, 4411 (had been slain by Kṛshṇa (!)).—§ 588 (Bhīshmavadhap.): VI, 122, 5834 (could not vanquish Karṇa).—§ 589 (Droṇābhishekap.): VII, 11, 387 (Kamsaḥ . . . J°ena pālitah), 393 (°ṃ . . . Janārdanaḥ . . . ghātayām āsa).—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 180, †8210 (had been slain by Kṛshṇa (!)); 181 88, 8213 (do.), 8217, 8220, 8224, 8225, 8227, 8228 (J. hurled a mace against Balarāma, who baffled it with his Sthūṇākarṇa weapon; the mace fell down on earth and slew the Rākshasī Jarā (who had united J.), together with her sons and relatives. Deprived of his mace, J. was afterwards slain by Bhīmasena).—§ 621 (Rājadh.): XII, 4c, 113 (present at the svayamvara of the daughter of the Kalinga king Citrāṅgada); 5, 129 (rājā Māgadhah, challenged Karṇa, whn in a wrestling encounter — § 788 (Āçramavāsap.): XV, 25, †668 (Magadhādhipasya sutā J°a iti çrutasya, i.e. the wife of Sahadeva Pāṇḍava). Cf. Bārhadratha, Māgadha, Magadhādhipa, Magadhādhipati, Magadheçvara.