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Bhīṣmaparva
The Book of Bhīṣma — the Bhagavadgītā, the first ten days of battle.
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Volume I: Part I 3 references
14 Arthashastra Of Kautilya 1
...one-third than one's own army.15 Bhīsma-parva quotes the dictum of Bṛhaspati that one who has a small army should present a compact front, while one who has a large army should spread it out
32 The Two Epics 2
...Viṣṇusahasranāma and on Udyoga 42.1 he refers to the commentary of Bhāsyakāra on Sanatsujātiya; he refers to the Saṅkṣepaśārīraka on Udyoga 43.42; On Bhīṣmaparva 3.13 and 31 he quotes a work called Narapativijaya on astrology; on Sānti 306.8 he mentions a work on Yoga called Yogacintā-maṇi and Bhoja’s work on Poeti...
...wers of Lakṣmaṇa who was the ornament of a family of persons well-versed in knowledge of brahman explains that verse differently. At the beginning of Bhīṣmaparva, chap. 25 (i.e. the Bhagavadgītā ) he performs an obeisance to Śrīdhara and others as ‘sadgurūn’. This Śrīdhara is, it appears, the commentator of th...
Volume II: Part II 1 references
General Index 1
...ra was Vaiyaghra-padya, 494; forcibly carried off three daughters of king of Kāśī, 501n, 523; refused to raise issue from widows of Vicitravīrya 603. Bhīṣmaparva, 138n, 139, 710. Bhīṣmatarpaṇa, 494, 695. Bhoja, a caste, 90. Bhojana (see under ‘food,’ ‘pāṅkti’) 757–799; about removing plates after, 769; ācamana...
Volume III 13 references
Chapter Iii Duties And Responsibilities Of The Ruler 1
...t is a sinful act for a kṣatriya to die in his house from some disease; the ancient code of conduct for him is that he should meet death from steel’ (Bhīṣmaparva 17 11) The same idea is presented in Śalyaparva 5 32, Śānti 97 23 and 25
Chapter Viii Bala The Army 5
...hariots and the other arms of an army are described everywhere. In the Virāṭaparva (65. 6) Vikarṇa was seated on an elephant when he attacked Arjuna; Bhīṣmaparva 20. 7 refers to Duryodhana as riding an elephant and (95. 32-33) Bhagadatta is described as seated on an elephant when he attacked Bhīma. In this respect t...
...42-73 for vyūhas Though Kauṭilya recommends all sorts of tricks and treachery for securing a victory, the III] Mahābhārata holds up a high ideal. The Bhīṣmaparva 15 21. 10 remarks that conquerors ...
...r-viii-bala-the-army-14">14 Each commander had some distinguishing device as his banner e. g Bhīṣma had a golden tāla tree as his standard (Bhīṣmaparva VI 17 18, tālena mahatā Bhīṣmaḥ pañcatāreņa ketunā). In X 6 Kauṭilya speaks of several formations (vyūhas) called danda, bhoga, mandala, asanihata and t...
...couraging words 13 (Kaut X. 3) The Bhīṣmaparva 120 55 also states that doctors well-versed in extracting splinters or arrow-heads (from the body) approached with their surgical instruments to extract ...
In the Bhīṣmaparva (I. 27–32) certain rules of war agreed upon between the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas are set out, such as one should fight only with one similarly equipped (i e. a...
Chapter Xxxiv Kalivarjya Actions Forbidden In The Kali Age 6
...n-in-the-kali-age-5">5 and in the Śat. Br. XIII. 6. 2. 9-10 (S. B. E. vol. 44 p. 416). In later literature Kali is also called Tisya (as in Bhīṣmaparva 10. 3). In the Tai Br. III. 4. 16 the word Kali is used
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10.3
...lanets, were so clumsy as to allow a mistake of two tithis to occur in their calendar with respect to the occurrence of a solar eclipse. The words in Bhīṣmaparva 3. 28 and 32-33 appear to be a mere exaggerated statement of portentṣ If real observed eclipses are meant they would have to be taken in the order of the w...
...ereon); it is several times said that the Moon and the Sun are seized (i.e. eclipsed) at an unusual season (apartaṇī) or simultaneously by Rāhu (vide Bhīṣmaparva 3. 28 and 32-33 and Āśvamedhikaparva 77. 15)
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3.28
...Śalya 34.6 the war commenced when the moon was in or near Mrgaśirsa (18 naksatras before Śravana). This would be in direct conflict with a passage in Bhīṣmaparva 17.2 that
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17.2
...hinī and also the sun and the moon’. The description of the Ketu called Śveta in Brhat- saṃhitā 11 39 agrees very closely with the description in the Bhīṣmaparva and Parāśara quoted by Utpala thereon states that the Ketu called ‘Śveta’ becomes visible after 115 years and portends the destruction of two-thirds ...
...solar eclipse, that there was a fortnight of 13 days which was looked upon as very unusual and a very evil omeṇ Vide Bhisma 3 28 quoted in n 1767. In Bhīṣmaparva 3 31–32 Vyāsa is reported as saying, 'I have known amāvāsyā occurring on the 14th, 15th or 16th day (of a pakṣa), but I do not know an amāvāsyā occurri...
General Index 1
...72, 203, 210, 232, 937. Bhīṣma 79, advice of, to soldiers 58, had a golden tāla tree as flagstaff 208, performed Aśvamedha, though not married 845-46 Bhīṣmaparva 58, 135, 203, 205, 208-9, 211, 903, 905, 906, 908n, 909, 912, 915, 918-920, 922. Bhoja, author of Yuktikalpataru 13 Bhoja, see under Dāndakya 52 Bhojaka...
Volume IV 2 references
Chapter Xvi List Of Tīrthas 1
...s list. The Brahmāpurāṇa (chap. 26 verses 8-83) contains a string of over 520 tīrthas without hardly any certain indication of their location and the Bhīṣmaparva in chap. 9 mentions about 160 rivers with practically no indication about their location in most caseṣ Similarly, the Garuḍa (I. 81. 1-31) enumerates a...
Abbreviations Employed In This List Alone 1
...ological Survey of India Reportṣ B.—Brahmapurāṇa. Bār. S.—Bārhaspatya-sūtra edited by Dr. F. W. Thomaṣ Bh.—Bhāgavatapurāṇa. Bhav.—Bhaviṣyapurāṇa. Bhī—Bhīṣmaparva of the Mahā- bhārata. Bom G—Bombay Gazetteer volumeṣ Br.—Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Br. S—Bṛhatsaṁhitā with Utpala's coṃ, edited by Sudhākara Dwivedi. BV.—Brah...
Volume V: Part I 2 references
Chapter Xv Units Of Kāla 2
...23 for consideration of the astronomical data in the Mahābhārata. Here we are concerned only with the beliefs about certain omens and portentṣ In the Bhisma-parva we read87 'a white celestial body stan...
...e Udyogaparva says 'Mars having been retrograde in Jyeṣṭhā seeks (to reach or afflict?) Anūrādhā presided over by Mitra, as if bringing death'; while Bhisma-parva remarks 'Mars is retrograde in Maghā and Jupiter is in Śrāvaṇa and Saturn afflicts the nakṣatra presided over by Bhaga (i. e. Pūrvā Phalguni). About ...
Volume V: Part II 8 references
Chapter Xx Vedic Meaning And Procedure Of Shāntis 1
...used in a wider sense as in Gītā (I. 31) ('nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni Keśava' 'O Keśava! I see adverse omens), Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa. 4. 17–19, Bhīṣma-parva 2. 16–17, Virāṭa 46. 30, Atharva-pariśiṣṭa LXIV (Utpāta-lakṣaṇa) 10. 9–10.
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2.16-17
Chapter Xxi Individual Shāntis 2
...emādri on Vrata vol. II (pp. 1078-79) and Madanaratna (on śānti, folio 54b) is the trembling, dancing, laughing and weeping of the images of godṣ The Bhīṣmaparva1243 refers to the images in the temples of the Kaurava king doing these actṣ In the encounter of Hiraṇyakaśipu with the Man-lion form of V...
...ts destruction of the country or family'. The Matsyapurāṇa 235. 1-3 and Viṣṇudharmottara II. 140. 1-3 have identical verses similar to the above. The Bhīṣmaparva58 (chap. 3. 2-7) refers to...
Chapter Xxvi Tāntrik Doctrines And Dharmashastra 1
...shastra-25" id="fnref-chapter-xxvi-tāntrik-doctrines-and-dharmashastra-25">25 viz. in Virāṭaparva (chap. 6) by Yudhiṣṭhira and the other in Bhīṣmaparva (chap. 23) by Arjuna, but they are discarded as apocryphal in the Poona critical editioṇ The Gaṅgādhara stone inscription of Viśvavarman of 480 of th...
Chapter Xxxiv Cosmology 1
...rated in Viṣṇu II, 3. 15-18, Vāyu 45. 109-136, Brahmāṇḍa II. 16. 40-68, Matsya 114. 34-56, Mārkaṇḍeya 54, Padma (Ādi 6. 34-59), Vāmana 13. 36 ff. The Bhīṣmaparva (chap. 9) mentions countries and peopleṣ In the Nakṣatrakūrmādhyāya of the Bṛhatsaṁhitā of Varāhmihira (chap. 14. 1-33) numerous names and countries ...
Index To Vol V 3
...69ṇ Bhīma, fight of, with Duryod- hana 767. Bhīmaparākrama, a work of king Bhoja, 62n, 710, 762. Bhīṣma, though unmarried, per-formed Aśvamedha 1280. Bhīṣmaparva 129, 532n, 743–44, 769 (images of gods trembling), 774 (portentous births), 900n, 1470n, 1528. Bhoja, king of Dhārā (1st half of 11th century A. D.); com...
...Geraldine, a. of 'Yoga and Western Psychology' 1394, 1427, 1455. Countries, ṃ in the Upaniṣads 1522-23; ṃ in Purāṇas 1527-28; ṃ by Pāṇini 1528n; ṃ in Bhīṣmaparva and nakṣatra-kūrmādhyāya of Brhat-saṃhitā 1527-28; Ptolemy's treatment of, 555. Cows, honoured on certain tithis called Yugādi, Yugāntya etc. 293-94;...
**Durgā**, antiquity of pūjā of, 185-86; Arjuṇa's and Yudhisthira's praise of D. in Bhīṣmaparva and Virāṭaparva, 85, 104610; killed Śumbha and Niśumbha 18...