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.s9.32

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Madhu², an Asura, slain by Kṛshṇa (Vishnu). § 317b (Kṛshṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 498 (° -Kaiṭabhau, tried to slay Brahmán).—§ 476 (Dhundhumārop.): III, 202, 13532 (°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ putro Dhundhur nāma).—§ 477 (do.): III, 203, 13552 (ºuṣ ca Kaiṭabhaç ca), 13565 (°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ), (13573) (°-Kaiṭabhau), (13580) (°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ, M. and Kaiṭabha terrified Brahmán, but were slain by Madhusūdana, i.e. Kṛṣṇa (Viṣṇu)).—§ 478 (do.): III, 204, 13590 (°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ putro Dhundhuḥ), 13623 (°-Kaiṭabhayoḥ sutaḥ, i.e. Dhundhu).—§ 567 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 130§, 4414 (ekārṇave ca svapatā—sc. Kṛṣṇena—nihatau M°-Kaiṭabhau, cf. § 477).—§ 581 (Bhīṣmavadbap.): VI, 67, 3025 (karṇa-śroṭodbhavaḥ ca M°m nāma mahāsuram . . . Brahmāno 'pacitim kurvan jaghāna Puruṣottamaḥ, i.e. Kṛṣṇa, therefore Kṛṣṇa is called Madhusūdana, cf. § 477 and § 664).—§ 615c (Ādityatīrtha): IX, 49, 2850 (°-Kaiṭabhau, had been slain by Viṣṇu, cf. § 477).—§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 55, 3106 (śarçau tau—i.e. Bhīmasena and Duryodhana—M°-Kaiṭabhayor yudhi).—§ 664 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 207, 7531 (mahāsuraḥ; b: After Brahmán had sprung from the primeval lotus, M. was born from the attribute of darkness (tamasā pūrvajaḥ). In order to gratify Brahmán (Brahmāṇo 'pacitim kurvan), Kṛṣṇa (Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdanaḥ) slew M. engaged even then in the fierce act [of slaying Brahmán]. Therefore all gods, Dānavas, and men call Kṛṣṇa Madhusūdana (cf. § 581)).—§ 673b (Bali-Vāsavasamp.): XII, 227a, 8265 (among the Daityas and Dāuavas who had ruled the earth).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 348, 13474 (sprung from a drop in the primeval lotus; originated from tamas), 13509 (°-Kaiṭabhau, had robbed the Vedas which Viṣṇu recovered), 13519 (rajastamoviṣṭatānā tāv ubhau M°-Kaiṭabhau | Brahmāṇo 'pacitim kurvan jaghāna Madhusūdanaḥ). Cf. Asura, Asurendra, dual, Dānava, dual, Dānavendra, dual, Kaiṭabha.