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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.s7.615.5

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.s7.615.5

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It was there that an encounter took place between Naraka and Vishṇu (i.e. Krshna); slain by K., Naraka lay lifeless like a karṇikāra-tree uprooted by the wind. When he had slain Naraka and Muru and recovered the ear-rings, K. came back and the gods granted him boons: "fatigue will never be thine in fight; neither the firmament nor the waters shall stop thy course, nor shall weapons penetrate thy body": V, 48, †1884, †1889, †1891 (Vishṇuḥ), †1892, †1894.—§ 561 (do.): V, 48, [†1895 (Vishṇuḥ)], †1896 (friend of the Pāṇḍavas).—§ 561d (Nara-Nārāyaṇau): V, 49, 1936 (K. is identical with Nārāyaṇa, Arjuna with Nara).—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, [49, 1939 (Caṅkhacakragadāhastam . . . Keçavam)]; 50, 1992 (°dvitīyo vikramya tuṣṭyartham Jātavedasaḥ, sc. Arjuna; all. to Khāṇḍavadahanaparvan), 2009 (°sadrço vīrye, sc. Abhimanyu); [52, 2095 (Hṛshīkeçaḥ, charioteer of Arjuna)]; 53, 2108 (çreshṭha jagataḥ); 55, 2147 (°pradhānaḥ, sc. mahārathāḥ); 575, 2233 (mukhyam Andhaka-Vṛshṇīnām, among the allies of Yudhishṭhira); 59, 2324 (°Dhanañjayau), 2342; 62, †2418 (°dvitīyena Dhanañjayena); 65γ, 2489 (Puṇḍarīkāksham); 68, [2523 (Vāsudevaḥ; m: K. and Arjuna are perfectly equal to each other as to their godlike nature, and they have both taken their births of their own wish. The discus of K.