[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.s9.352.3 # 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.s9.352.3 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.s9.352.3 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s9.352.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352.3) \*Mātali\* said: “No one here seems to be eligible” (V, 99). In \*Pātāla\* is \*Hiraṇyapura\*, built by the \*Dānava\* (so PCR.; B. and C. \*Viçvakarmaṇā\*) \*Maya\*, belonging to the \*Daityas\* and \*Dānavas\*, who in days of yore lived here having obtained boons, exhibiting 1,000 different kinds of illusion, incapable of being vanquished by \*Çakra\*, \*Yama\*, \*Varuṇa\*, or \*Kubera\*, etc. The \*Kālakhañjas\* (Asuras, who sprang from \*Vishnu\* (?), so PCR.: \*Asurāḥ Kālakhañjāç ca tathā Vishnupadodbhavāḥ\*; C. \*Kālaka°\*) and the \*Yātudhānas\* (\*Rākshasas\*, who sprang from the feet of \*Brahmán\* (?), so PCR.: \*Nairṛtā Yātudhānāç ca Brahmapadodbhavāç ca ye\*) (description); the \*Nirātakavacas\* (\*Dānavas\*); “many times, O Mātali! thon with thy son Gomukha and Indra hadst to retreat before them"; description of their abodes (the gems arkasphaṭika, vajrasāra, padmarāga, etc.). Mātali would not choose a son-in-law among the Dānavas, the enemies of the gods; "as regards thyself (i.e. Nārada), I know that thy heart is ever set on fomenting quarrels (himsātmakam)" (V, 100). Then the world of the Suparṇas, who subsist on snakes and have sprung from the six sons of Garuḍa: Sumukha, etc. (a), of Kaçyapa's and Vinatā's race, adorned with the Çrīvatsa, belonging to the kshatriya order, for they never attain to brahmanhood (brāhmaṇyam) in consequence of their preying upon their kinsmen; they are shown favour by Vishnu, and adore Vishnu. The names of the principal are: Suvarṇacūḍa, etc. (β) (V, 101). - [Previous: c5.s9.352.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352.2) - [Next: c5.s9.352.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352.4) - [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.s9.352.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s9.352.3) · Pramāṇa