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.s7.377

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Kauçika, various brahmans, descendants of Kuçika. § 264 (*Sabhākriyāp.*): II, 4a, 107.—§ 277 (*Jarāsandhavadhap.*): II, 21, 887 (*°o Maṇimāṃc* ea, had favored the country of the Māgadhas, = Caṇḍakauçika?, = Viçvāmitra?).—§ 479 (*Pativratop.*): III, 206, 13652, 13700.—§ 608g (*Karṇap.*): An ascetic *K.* lived near a village where many rivers met. He made a vow always to speak the truth, and became celebrated as a speaker of truth. From fear of robbers, certain persons entered that wood. The robbers came and asked *K.* by which path the men had gone, and he told them the truth; the robbers finding out the persons slew them all. *K.* fell into a grievous hell: VIII, 69, 3489, 3446, 3448, 3449, 3451, 3452, 3454.—§ 641 (*Rājadh.*): XII, 109, 4030 (? Nil. and PCR. take *kauçikaḥ* in the sense of 'an owl', but this verse seems to allude to VIII, 69, although the text is in disorder).—§ 662b (*Jāpakop.*): XII, 199, 7201 (*Paippalādiḥ sa-Kauçikaḥ*).