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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.s7.293.8

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.s7.293.8

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Yudhishthira against Krpa; the Draupadeyas with Çikhandin against the rest of the Dhartarashtras, etc. Çalya pointed out to Karna the chariot of Arjuna (θ) and various omens, etc. (ζ); how the Sunçaptakas threatened to slay Arjuna and the other heroes of the Pandava army (η), and he dissuaded him from trying to slay Arjuna. Meanwhile the two armies mingled fiercely in battle (VIII, 46). Dhrtarashtra asked Sanjaya about Arjuna, the Sançaptakas, and Karna. Sanjaya related: Arjuna arrayed his troops, headed by Dhrṣṭadyumna (with steeds white as pigeons); by the side of Dhrṣṭadyumna the Draupadeyas. Arjuna & the Saṃcaptakas. The Pāñcālas, etc. (θ), & the Kurus; Kṛpa, etc. (ι), & the Kośalas, etc. (κ); the battle became conducive to fame, heaven, and virtue in the kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra heroes that engaged in it. Duryodhana, etc. (λ) + Karṇa & the Pāṇḍavas, etc. (μ); Karṇa harassed Yudhiṣṭhira; fierce battle between the Kurus and the Sṛñjayas (VIII, 47). Dhṛtarāṣṭra inquired about the particulars of Karṇa's encounter with Yudhiṣṭhira. Sañjaya related: Karṇa attacked the Pāñcālas (and Prabhadrakas and Cedis) and made a great slaughter; among others he slew the five Pāñcālas Bhānudeva, etc. (ν). The protectors of Karṇa's chariot-wheels were his sons Suṣeṇa and Satyasena, and his eldest son Vṛṣasena protected his rear. Dhrṣṭadyumna, etc. (ξ), & Karṇa & Karṇa's sons; Suṣeṇa & Bhīmasena, who pierced him with seventy arrows and then slew Karṇa's son Bhānusena;