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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.s7.88

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.s7.88

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Kaitabha, a Dānava. § 317b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 498 (Dānavau Madhu-K°au, tried to slay Brahmán, cf. § 477).—§ 476 (Dhundhumārop.): III, 202, 13532 (Madhu-K°yoḥ putro Dhundhuḥ).—§ 477 (do.): III, 203, 13562 (Madhuḥ ca K°aç ca), 13565 (Madhu-K°yoh), (13573) (Madhu-K°au), 13580 (Madhu-K°yoḥ; when Viṣṇu during the cataclysm slept on the hood of Çeṣa, Madhu and K. terrified Brahmán, Viṣṇu awoke, and obtained from them the boon that he should become their slayer, then Viṣṇu on his thighs cut off their heads).—§ 478 (do.): III, 204, 13590 (Madhu-K°yoḥ putro Dhundhuḥ), 13623 (Dhundhuḥ . . . Madhu-K°yoḥ putraḥ).—§ 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 130, 4414 (ekārṇave ca svapatā—sc. Kṛṣṇa (Viṣṇu) — nihatau Madhu-K°au, cf. § 477).—§ 615ee (Ādityatīrtha): IX, 49, 2850 (Asurau Madhu-K°au, had been slain by Viṣṇu, cf. § 477).—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 55, 3106 (sadrçau tau, sc. Bhīmasena and Duryodhana . . . Madhu-K°yor yudhi).—§ 673b (Bali-Vāsavasamv.): XII, 227a, 8265 (Dānavah, among the ancient rulers of the earth).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 348, 13475 (originated from rajas and arose from a drop in the primeval lotus, K. and Madhu robbed the Vedas from Brahmán), 13509 (Madhu-K°au . . . Dānavau), 13519 (rajastamoviṣṭatunu . . . Madhu-K°au, aro slain by Nārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu)). Cf. Asura, Dānava (dual).