[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s9.352.2 # 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 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.s9.352.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s9.352.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352.2) 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. - [Previous: c5.s9.352.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352.1) - [Next: c5.s9.352.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352.3) - [Up: c5.s9.352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352.2) · Pramāṇa