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.s9.352.2

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and that knotty bow that was created for the destruction of the world; it is always protected with great vigilance by the gods, and it is from this how that the one wielded by *Arjuna* has taken its name; it is endued with the strength of 100,000 bows; it punishes all wicked (*raksho-bandhushu*) kings; it was first created by *Brahmán* and praised by *Çukra* (B. *Çakrena*); it is held by the sons of the Lord nf waters. He showed him also *Varuṇa*’s umbrella in the umbrella-house, always dropping water that cannot be seen. Innumerable are the wonders to be seen here (V, 98). In the very centre of the *Nāgaloka* is the city *Pātāla* with *Daityas* and *Dānavas*, the *Asura* fire, fed by water; here the gods, having first vanquished their foes, quaffed the *amṛta* and deposited the residue; the *Aditya* *Hayaçiras*; from here *Airāvata* takes up water in order to impart it to the clouds, and it is that water which Indra pours down as rain; aquatic animals, the *timi*, etc., which subsist on the rays of the moon; here *Mahādeva* practised ascetic austerities for the benefit of all creatures; *maharshis* addicted to the vow of go (*govratinaḥ*); here in the race of the celebrated elephant *Supratīka* were born the elephants *Airāvaṇa* (the king of his tribe), *Vāmana*, *Kumuda*, an egg in the waters from the commencement of the creation, whence, when the end of the world comes, a fire bursts forth and consumes the three worlds, etc.