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.s9.126

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Māgadha¹⁶ (adj.) ("belonging to the Magadhas")—§ 273 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 14, 617 (girimukhyam ?).—§ 276 it is called Bhārata, and on account of this and of its greatness it is called M. (v. 192); this history is called Jaya, it should be heard by everyone who desires emancipation," etc. Blessing to the reader. Vyāsa made an abstract of the Bhārata (saṃhitām) of six millions of verses; three millions of these verses are placed in Devaloka, 1,500,000 among the Pitṛs, 1,400,000 among the Yakṣas, and 100,000 among men. Nārada recited it to the gods, Asita Devala to the Pitṛs, Śuka to the Rākṣasas and Yakṣas; Vaiśampāyana to men; it is equal to the Vedas; blessing to the reader; the Sāvitrī of the Bhārata (i.e. vv. 2036-207) is quoted; "what need has that man of a sprinkling of the waters of Puṣkara who attentively listens to this Bhārata . . . ?" (v. 211 + one verse in B.) (XVII, 5).—Asked by Janamejaya according to what rites one should listen to the Bhārata, etc., Vaiśampāyana expounded what gods, etc., are found in the Mahābhārata (f); śrāddha offerings should be made after the hearing of it, likewise gifts to the brahmans (specification); one should appoint as reciter one who is pure, etc.; the reciter, seated at his ease, free from all bodily complaints, with rapt attention should recite the text without too much slowness, etc.; (o) the merit won at the conclusion of each purāṇa (π); the gifts that should be made at the conclusion of each parvan (p), its topic (σ) and fruits (τ) (XVIII, 6): XVIII, 5, 190, 191, 192 (etymology); 6, 299 (ākhyānam). Cf. Bhārata ¹⁸, Jaya ¹⁴.