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.s9.167

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Mahāmakha = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Mahāmāla = Çiva (1000 names ²). Mahāmanas = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Mahāmati, a daughter of Aṅgiras. § 489 (Aṅgirasa): III, 218, 14128 (mahāmakheṣv Aṅgirasi dīptamastu mahāmate | M°iti vikhyātā saptamī kathyate sutā). Cf. Aṅgirasi. Mahāmātra = Çiva (1000 names ²). Mahāmāya¹ = Çiva (1000 names ²).—Do.² = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Mahāmāyādhara = Mahāpuruṣa (Mahāpuruṣastava). Mahāmegha, a Kuru warrior. § 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 48χ, 1899 (slain by Abhimanyu). Mahāmeghacayaprakhya = Çiva (1000 names ¹). Mahāmeghanivāsin = Çiva (1000 names ²). Mahāmeru¹⁻² = Meru ¹⁻², q.v. Mahāmukha¹, a warrior of Jayadratha. § 522 (Draudipahiranap.): III, 271, 15871 (Kṣemaṅkara-M°au, slain by Nakula). Mahāmukha², Mahāmuni, Mahāmūrdhan = Çiva (1000 names ²). Mahāmūrti¹ = Çiva (1000 names ¹).—Do.² = Mahāpuruṣa (Mahāpuruṣastava).—Do.³ = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Mahānada¹ ("the great river") = Sindhu: XIII, 1695.—Do.² = Çiva (1000 names ²). Mahānadī¹, one or more rivers. § 219 (Arjunavanavāsap.): I, 215, 7818 (visited by Arjuna).—§ 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 84, 8062.—§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 87, 8307 (near Gayā).—§ 379 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 95, 8519 (do.).—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 188a, 12909 (among the rivers seen by Mārkaṇḍeya in the stomach of Nārāyaṇa).—§ 606 (Tripurākhyāna): VIII, 34, 1473 (became the jaṅghā of Çiva's chariot).—§ 775 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 166a, 7646. Mahānadī², a river in Çākadvīpa. § 575b (Çākadvīpa): VI, 11γ, 433. Mahānadīsuta ("the son of the great river [i.e. Gaṅgā]") = Bhīṣma: XII, 2120. Mahānagahana, Mahānakha, Mahānana = Çiva (1000 names ²). Mahānanda, a tīrtha. § 733u (Punarāvartanandā): XIII, 25, 1731. Mahānāsa, Mahānetra, Mahāṅga = Çiva (1000 names ²). Mahānidhi = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Mahāniyama = Mahāpuruṣa (Mahāpuruṣastava). Cf. XII, 13052. Mahānrtya, Mahāntaka, Mahāpāda = Çiva (1000 names ²). Mahāpāda¹, an elephant. § 581 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 64μ, 2866 (one of the world's elephants, followed Ghaṭotkaca).—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 121ξξ, 4830 (°kuṭe, se. jātā nāgāḥ). Mahāpadma², a city. § 718b (Uñchavṛttyup.): XII, 354, 13775 (purottame Gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe tīre). Mahāpārçva¹, an Asura. § 268 (Varuṇasabhāv.): II, 9, 366 (among the Daityas and Dānavas in the palace of Varuṇa). Mahāpārçva² = Çiva (1000 names ¹). Mahāpāriṣadeçvara, a warrior of Skanda. § 615u (Skanda): IX, 45η, 2568. Mahāpatha = Çiva (1000 names ²). Mahāpavitra, Mahāprajāpati = Mahāpuruṣa (Mahāpuruṣastava). Mahāprasāda = Çiva (1000 names ²).