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.s7.939
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.s7.939
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Kurukṣetra ("the country of the Kurus"). § 12 (Paushyap.): I, 3, 661 (Janamejaya performed a sacrifice at K.).—§ 17 (Uttaṅka): I, 3, 802, 803 (Takṣaka lived in K. in Ikṣumatī).—§ 154 (Pūruv.): I, 95, 3739 (°m sa—i.e. Kuru—tapasā puṇyam cakre mahātāpaḥ).—§ 166 (Citrāṅgadop.): I, 101, 4074 (in K. Citrāṅgada fought with the Gandharva of the same name).—§ 173 (Pāṇḍurājyābhiṣeka): I, 109, 4337 (Kurujāṅgalam Kuravo K°n).—§ 246 (Sundopasundop.): I, 210, 7678 (Sunda and Upasunda took up their abode in K.).—§ 258 (Khāṇḍavadahanap.): I, 227, 8236 (Takṣaka had gone from Khāṇḍava to K.); 228, 8300 (do.).—§ 312 (Āraṇyakap.): III, 5, 240 (the Pāṇḍavas went from the bank of the Gaṅgā to K.).—§ 361 (cf. Tīrthayātrāp.): At the sight of K. (Brahmakṣetra, v. 5076) all creatures are freed from sin, as also he who constantly says "I will live in K." has his sins destroyed and goes to *Brahmaloka*; the mere dust of K. leads even a sinful man to bliss (*paramāṃ gatim*); it lies to the south of the Sarasvatī and to the north of the Dṛṣadvatī; there one should reside for a mouth on the Sarasvatī, where the gods headed by Brahmān, the ṛṣis, the Siddhas, the Cāraṇas, the Gandharvas, the Apsarases, the Yakṣas, and the Pannagas repair to the highly sacred *Brahmakṣetra*; a visit there ensures the merit of the *rājasūya* and the horse-sacrifice: III, 83, 5071, 5072, 5073, 5077, 5078.—§ 362 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 5094 (°sya tad dvāram, sc.
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Yakṣiṇī).—§ 364 (do.): III, 83, 6080 (the ṛṣis had gone from the Naimiṣa forest to K.).—§ 367 (Pṛthūdaka): III, 83, 7015 (*puṇyam*). — § 369 (cf. Tīrthayātrāp.): Naimiṣa is the foremost tīrtha with regard to merit on earth, Puṣhkara with regard to merit in the firmament, K. with regard to merit in the three worlds (so Nil. and PCR.; Nil. takes K. in this ҫloka to be another name of Kāҫi, cf. also the note of PCR.); the mere dust of K. leads even a sinful man to bliss (*paramāṃ gatim*); they who reside in K., which lies to the south of the Sarasvatī and to the north of the Dṛṣadvatī, really reside in heaven (*Tripiṣṭhape*). He who merely expresses the wish to go to K. becomes cleansed of his sins. K. is the altar of Brahmān (*Brahmavedī*) worshipped by the Brahmaṛṣis; the country between Tarantuka and Arantuka and Rāma's lakes and Macakruka, that *Kurukṣetra-Samantapañcaka* is styled the northern altar (*uttaravedī*) of Pitāmaha: III, 83, 7073, 7074, 7075, 7076, 7077, †7078 (*Tarantukārantukayor yad antaram Rāmahradānāṃ ҫa Macakrukasya ҫa | etal Kurukṣetra-Samantapañcakam Pitāmahasyottaravedī ucyate*).—§ 375 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 85, 8230 (*sama Gaṅgā*), 8233 (*dvāpare ’pi, sc.
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puṇyam*), 8234.—§ 407 (Māndhātṛup.): III, 126, 10467 (*Māndhātṛ performed a sacrifice, K°sya madhyataḥ*).—§ 409 (Plakṣāvataraṇap.): III, 129, 10523 (*dvāram etad K°sya*).—§ 520 (Mudgala): III, 260, 15407 (*Mudgala lived in K.*).—§ 549 (Pāṇḍavapraveҫap.): IV, 5, 161.—§ 569 (Bhagavadjñap.): V, 141, 4808 (*puṇyatame*); 150, 5079, 5095 (*the great battle shall be fought in K.*).—§ 570 (Sainyaniryāṇap.): V, 151, 5165, 5166 (*the Pāṇḍava forces marched to K.*); 152, 5176 (*saritam puṇyām K°e Hiraṇvatīm*); 153, 5188, 5201; 156, 5311 (*the army of Duryodhana marched to K.*); 159, 5391.—§ 571 (Ulūkadūtāgamanap.): V, 160, 5500; 161, 5545.—§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 178, 7048, 7083, 7085, 7099, 7106, 7108 (*Rāma Jāmadagnya challenged Bhīṣma to an encounter which took place in K.*); 195, 7613.—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 1, 3 (*tapakshetre*), 4, 24 (*the battle-field*).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 25, 830 (*Dharmakṣetre*).—§ 607 (Karṇap.): VIII, 44, 2029 (*bahiṣkṛtā . . . Sarasvatyā Yamunayā K°ena, sc. the Bāhikas).—§ 611 (Ҫalyap.): IX, 23, 1203 (*the battle-field*).—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 35, 2005.—§ 615 (Baladevatīrthay.): IX, 37, 2175.—§ 615i (Saptasārasvata): IX, 38, 2211, 2213 (*the river Sarasvatī appeared in K. as the Oghavatī*).—§ 615 (Baladevatīrthay.): IX, 52, 3006, 3007.—§ 615kk (Kurukṣetrakathana): IX, 53, 3009 (*named after Kuru, also named Samantapañcaka*), 3029 (*its sanctity*), 3032 (*Tarantukārantukayor yad antaram Rāmahradānāṃ ҫa (C. tu) Macakrukasya (C. °kra° ) ҫa |
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etal Kurukṣetra-Samantapañcakam. Prajāpater uttaravedī ucyate*).—§ 615 (Baladevatīrthay.): IX, 54, 3035 (*visited by Balarāma*).—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 55, 3083, 3092 (*the encounter between Bhīmasena and Duryodhana took place in K.*).—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 8, 219 (*the battle-field*).—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 16, 437 (do.).—§ 630 (Rājadh.): XII, 27, 806 (*in K. Bhīṣma had encountered Rāma Jāmadagnya, cf. § 573*).—§ 638 (do.): XII, 48, 1699, 1700, 1703, 1711 (*Bhīṣma lay on his arrow-bed in K.*).—§ 639 (do.): XII, 53, 1919 (do.).—§ 641 (do.): XII, 59, 2123 (do.).—§ 652b (Indrota-Pārikṣitīya): XII, 152a, 5645 (*a sacred place*).—§ 720b (Sudarҫanop.): XIII, 2, 124 (*Sudarҫana lived with his wife in K.*).—§ 766 (Āuṅҫanik.): XIII, 125b, 5967 (*a tīrtha*).—§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166a, 7650.—§ 777 (Svargārohaṇik. p.): XIII, 168, 7717.—§ 786b (Nakulākhyāna): XIV, 90, 2695 (*uñchavṛtter vadānasya K°nivāsināḥ*), 2709 (do.), 2712 (*Dharmakṣetre*).—§ 787 (Āҫramavāsap.): XV, 19, 527 (*Dhārtarāṣṭra, etc., repaired to K.*).—§ 788 (do.): XV, 22, 612 (*°āҫramam*); 23, 633; 27, 735 (*°nivāsināḥ*).—§ 789 (Putradarҫanap.): XV, 31, 849 (*the battle-field*).—§ 790 (Nāradāgamanap.): XV, 37, 1020.—§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 7, 243.