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.s9.307
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.s9.307
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[Manushyagrahakathana(m)] (*"on the demons that possess mankind"*). § 502 (cf. Skandop.). The six divorced wives of tho rṣhis, together with Vinatā, obtained permission from Skanda to become his mothers. At the request of Indra the Kṛttikās (i.e. the six wives of the rṣhis) (together with Vinatā, see v. 14464 and Nil.) are placed among the nakshatras (and presided over by Agni) instead of Abhijit, the younger sister of Rohiṇī, who from jealousy had repaired to the woods. Brahmán ordered that time should be reckoned from Dhanishṭhā, while it had formerly been reckoned from Rohiṇī (so Nil.). Then (these seven) mothers asked Skanda that they might become the mothers of the worlds instead of the old mothers (Brāhmī, Maheçvarī, etc.; Nil.) and devour the progeny of those old mothers, because they had slandered them before their husbands, and always dwell with Skanda. Skanda granted that until the age of 16 years they should have the power of afflicting the human kind, and he loosed from his body his Raudra nature, under the name of Skandapasmāra, that they might dwell with him. Enumeration of several grahas (the number 18 in v. 14490 is difficult to explain), among others (*a*) the male and female children of Skanda (the males are the husbands of the females); they are all named Skandagrahas; they are propitiated with offerings, ablutions, unguents, etc., and particularly by the worship of Skanda; and when they are propitiated they bestow good on men.
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Then are mentioned the grahas, that afflict men from the 16th to the 70th year; after the 70th year fever takes the place of the grahas. These evil spirits always avoid those who have subdued their sense, etc., and those who are devoted to Maheçvara (III, 230). *manvantara* (*"the period of a Manu"*): III, 186 (*°ūṇām* sarveṣām īvarāṇām tvam īvaraḥ, sc. Sūrya): XII, 2236 (pl.), ††13206 (sg., pūrve Svāyambhuve), 13679 (pl.), 13693 (sg.); XIII, 626 (pl.). Mānya¹ = Çiva (1000 names²).—Do.² = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Manyanti, a fire. § 490 (Aṅgirasa): III, 219, 14151 (= Svāhā; only in C., B. has manyetām instead of Manyantim). Manyu, name of a fire(?). § 490 (Aṅgirasa): III, 219, 14151 (yaḥ prācīnteṣu bhūteṣu Manyur bhavati pāvakaḥ; Nil. takes pāvakaḥ = Bṛhaspati and manyuḥ = krodharūpī). Manyumat, a fire. § 493 (Aṅgirasa): III, 221, 14187 (yaḥ prācīnteṣu bhūteṣu bhavati dāruṇaḥ || agniḥ sa M°ān nāma dvitīyo Bhānuḥ sutaḥ). Mārdamarshi, v. Mārgamarshi. Mārga¹ = Çiva (1000 names¹).—Do.² = Viṣṇu (1000 names). Mārgaçirsha, name of a month. § 576 (Bhagavadgītā.): VI, 34, 1239 (māsānām M°ḥam, sc. asmi, says Kṛṣṇa).—§ 759 (Anuçāsanik.): XIII, 1063, 5149 (māsam); 109, 5372 (dvādaçyām M°e, then one should worship Kṛṣṇa as Keçava); 110, 5389 (māsasya, description of the cāndravrata). Mārgaçirshī, the day of full moon in the month of Mārgaçirsha. § 378 (Tīrthayātrā.): III, 93, 8484 (°yām atitāyām Puṣyeṇa prayayuḥ, sc.
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the Pāṇḍavas on their tīrthayātrā).—§ 641 (Rājadh.): XII, 100, 3691 (Caitryām vā M°yām vā senāyogaḥ praçasyate). Mārgaamarshi, a son of Viçvāmitra. § 721b (Viçvāmitrop.): XIII, 43, 256 (only C., B. has Mārdamarshiḥ). Mārgaṇapriyā, one of the daughters of Prādhā. § 102 (Amçāvat.): I, 65, 2553. Mārīca¹, a Rākshasa, friend of Rāvaṇa. § 425 (Hanūmad-Bhīmasamvāda): III, 147, 11200 (all. to § 529).—§ 528b (Rāvaṇagamana): From fear of Rāma M. adopted an ascetic mode of life: III, 277, 16000.—§ 529 (Sītāharaṇa): III, 278, 16001, 16006, 16009, 16010, 16014, 16017 (in order to assist Rāvaṇa in robbing Sītā, M. transformed himself into a deer which Rāma pursued). Cf. Rakshas. Mārīca² ("son of Mārīci") = Kaçyapa: V, 3819 (maharsheḥ K°sya); VII, 2445; XII, 7538 (K°, C. by error Kā°); XIII, 2561 (K°), 4124 (K°), 7643 (K°). Mārīci¹, a ṛshi, son of Brahmán and father of Kaçyapa. § 86 (Amçāvat.): I, 65, 2518 (the first of Brahmán's six mind-born sons), 2519 (father of Kaçyapa).—§ 109 (do.): I, 66, 2558 (the first of Brahmán's six sons).—§ 118 (do.): I, 66, 2598 (father of Kaçyapa).—§ 191 (Arjuna): I, 123, 4808 (present at the birth of Arjuna).—§ 266 (Çakrasabhāv.): II, 7, 298 (in the palace of Indra).—§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 436 (among the prajānām patayaḥ in the palace of Brahmán).—§ 421e (Ākāçagaṅgā): III, 142, 10904 (at Ākāçagaṅgā).—§ 524c (Viṣṇu): III, 272, 15822 (°pramukhān maharshin asrjan nava, sc.
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Brahmán).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītā.): VI, 34, 1225 (°r Marutām asmi, says Kṛṣṇa).—615u (Skanda): IX, 457, 2512 (came to the investiture of Skanda).—§ 637 (Rājadh.): XII, 477, 1597 (among the ṛshis who surrounded Bhīshma as he lay on his arrow-bed).—641 (do.): XII, 122, 4505 (Aṅgiras gave the rod of chastisement to Indra and M.; M. again gave it to Bhṛgu).—§ 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.): XII, 166a, 6135 (ṛshim, the first of Brahmán's sons), 6186 (Viṣṇu gave the sword to M., from M. it passed over to the maharshis).—§ 664 (Mokshadh.): XII, 2078, 7534 (the first of Brahmán's sons), 7535 (father of Kaçyapa), 7536.—§ 665 (do.): XII, 208a, 7570 (the first of Brahmán's sons), 7574 (father of Kaçyapa).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 335a, 12685 (among the twenty-one Prajāpatis).—§ 717c (Uparicara): XII, 336, 12724 (one of