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.s9.131

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Mahābhīṣa, a king. § 161 (Mnhābhīṣop.): I, 96, 3843 (Ikṣvākuṃcaprabhavaḥ), 3845, 3847, 3848, 3850 (cursed to be reborn on earth).—§ 162 (C̣āntanūp.): I, 97, 3882 (reborn as C̣āntanu).—§ 376 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 85, 8268 (yathā rāja M°ḥ).—§ 706 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 310, 11540 (rājarṣir adhyīḥ svargāt patito hi M°ḥ, all. to § 161).—§ 775 (Anuṣāsanik.): XIII, 166η, 7681 (enumeration). [Mahābhīṣopākhyāna(m)] ("episode relating to king Mahābhīṣa"). § 161 (Sambhavap.): The rājarṣi Mahābhīṣa, of the race of Ikṣvāku, had gratified Indra by 1,000 horse sacrifices and 100 rājasūyas and attained to Svarga. One day, when the gods and rājarṣis were worshipping Brahmán, the Wind loosened the garments of Gaṅgā. The gods bent down their heads, but Mahābhīṣa rudely stared at her, and for this Brahmán cursed him, saying that he should be reborn on earth, [as should also Gaṅgā, but when his wrath should be provoked by her, he should again attain to heaven] (the words in brackets are only to be found in B.). He then wished to be born as a son of Pratīpa. The Vasus had cursed by the ṛṣi Vasiṣṭha, whom they had crossed when he was engaged in his twilight adorations, that they should be born among men. They chose to be born of Gaṅgā as sons to C̣āntanu, who should be borne to Pratīpa, and Gaṅgā promised that she would throw them into the water as soon as they were born, except one, upon whom they would each contribute one-eighth of their energies, but who should be childless (I, 96). (For continuation v. C̣āntanūpākhyāna.)