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.s9.456

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Meṇakā, an Apsaras. § 21 (Pramadvarā): I, 8, 943, 944 (*Apsarāḥ*), 945 (do., with the Gandharva king Viçvāvasu the mother of Pramadvarā, whom she dropped near the hermitage of Sthūlakeça).—§ 134 (Viçvāmitra): I, 71, 2915, 2916, 2918, (2921); 72, 2937, 2938, 2945 (*M*. was sent by Indra to tempt Viçvāmitra; on her Viçvāmitra begot Çakuntalā).—§ 135 (Çakuntalop.): I, 74, 3055 (among the foremost Apsarases), 3056 (*Brahmayonivarā*, mother of Çakuntalā), 3061, 3063 (*Apsarasām çreshṭhā*), 3065, 3067, 3070.—§ 191 (Arjuna): I, 123, 4820 (sung at the birth of Çakuntalā).—§ 269 (Vaiçravaṇasabhāv.): II, 10, 392 (in the palace of Kubera).—§ 336 (Indralokābhigamanap.): III, 117, 3975 (*reme . . . M°āyam yathorṇayāḥ*).—§ 775 (Anuśāsanik.): XIII, 166β, 7541 (enumeration).