Karṇaparva

...naṣ In the Karṇaparva it is said that a certain Vyūha (array of army) was arranged according to the opinion of Bṛhaspati and Uśanas (31. 12-13). Vide Karṇaparva 46. 27 for Barhaspatya Vyūha. Śalyaparva states that, acc. to Bṛhaspati’s view, a king who is weak should desire to make peace (with a stronger one) or with...

...by Bṛhaspati¹⁷ and Uśanaṣ In the Karṇaparva it is said that a certain Vyūha (array of army) was arranged according to the opinion of Bṛhaspati and Uśanas (31. 12-13). Vide Karṇaparva 46. 27 for B...

...d Nala's young son's name was Indrasena. It is therefore likely that A. is correct and the epic story was tempered with slightly later. In the extant Karṇaparva (91. 13) it is again affirmed that Nala was defeated in gambling by Puṣkara. Yudhisthira was defeated in gambling with Duryo-dhana and Śakuni (Sabhāparva, Cha...

...57 and Pāṇini IV. 1. 178 ‘na prācya–Bhargādi yaudheyādibhyaḥ’. The Brhat-saṃhitā (IV. 25, XIV. 28, XVI. 21 ) refers to Yaudheyas and Arjunāyanaṣ Vide Karṇa parvan 5. 48 and Sabhā 52. 14–15 for Yaudheyaṣ Another distinctive feature of K’s work is the division of the administration into two branches, viz. the ru...

... the Mahābhārata or from Vyāsa. In the Mahābhārata itself 'Ākhyāna' is frequently mentioned as the 5th Veda, as in Vanaparva 58. 9, Udyoga 43. 41-42, Karṇaparva 87. 42, Śālya 6. 14. The Arthaśāstra I. 5 14 ( Purāṇam-itivṛttam-ākhyāyikā-udāharaṇam-dharmaśāstram-arthaśāstram cetihāsaḥ ) produces a jarring note, includ...

.... 397; duties of ideal, in Sabhāparva, p. 399; conduct or life of, different from common men, p. 159; Bṛhaspati’s views about, as stated in Śānti and Karṇaparvans, pp. 160–62; Uśanas on pp. 163–64; coronation of, in Rājyābhiṣeka-dī- dhiti, p. 957; deserves special honour with five others, p. 95. Kiñjalka, an ...

...bes on the north- west, the countries on the rivers of the Punjab came to be looked upon in the whirligig of time as unworthy of the Āryas to live iṇ Karṇaparva 43. 5-8 abuses those who live on the Sindhu and the five rivers of the Punjab as impure and dharmabāhya. ^{Read in context → 43.5-8}

...?) is cited by Pat. as an example derived from Ambaṣṭha (a country). It is a question whether the caste of Ambaṣṭhas derived its name from a country. Karṇaparva (6. 11) mentions a king Ambaṣṭha. In Bauḍ Dh. S. I. 9. 3, Manu X. 8, Yāj. I. 91, Uśanas 31, Nārada (stripuruṣa v. 107) Ambaṣṭha is an anuloma sprung from the...

...4) he is a kṣatriya reduced to the status of a śūdra. Anusāsana (35.17–18) says the same about Mekalas, Drāviḍas, Lātas, Pauṇḍras, Yavanaṣ and otherṣ Karṇaparva 73. 20 speaks of kirātas as men of fiery valour. Aśvamedhika 73. 25 shows that Arjuna met kirātas, yavanaṣ and Mlecchas when proceeding to the north with th...

...ing the king of his duties and by cooking food for hiṃ Uśanas (v. 3) also says that his business is to remind (a king) of his dutieṣ According to the Karṇaparva (32. 48) sūtas are the attendants of brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas and the latter need not carry out what the sūta sayṣ According to the Vāyupurāṇa (vol. I. I. 33-3...

...ibed as about to start for battle it is said that carts, markets and courtezans also accompanied them (Udyoga 151. 58 ). Vide also Vanaparva 239. 37, Karṇaparva 94. 26. Yāj. ³ II. 290 divides concubines into two sorts, a...

...ef-general-index-9">9. Karmakāra, a caste, 75; distinguish- ed from Karmāra in some works, 75. Karmanda, 422. Karmāra (vide karmakāra), 75. Karṇa-parva, 16¹⁰, 71, 77, 88, 638. Karṇavodha, a saṁskāra, 196, 254-255...

...a, Padma and Vajra described in the work of Uśanas Kauṭilya X 6 also refers to Auśanasa and Bārhaspatya arrangements of armieṣ Droṇa 75 27, 87 22-24, Karṇaparva 11 14 and 28 mention certain vyūhas like Makara, Śakaṭa &c Vide also Mānasollāsa II. 20 verses 1170-1181 pp 134-135, Agnipurāṇa 242 7-8 and 42-73 for vy...

...hat a friend is of four kinds, one who has the same goal, one who comes for protec- tion or security, one who is naturally so and one who is acquireḍ Karṇaparva 88. 28 gives the four kinds somewhat differently viz. natural (sahaja), acquired by conciliatory words,

...roup of statements and another from another group and then say that it is proved that the war was fought at a particular time. It is further noted in Karṇaparva 37. 4 that on Karna's death ( i. e. 17 days after the war began ), the seven planets were seen going away from the Sun ^{Read in context → 37.4}

MERCURY— Karṇaparva 94. 49 says that on Karna's death the son of the Moon (i. e. Mercury), the white luminary, rose slantingly resembling in hue fire and the Sun The Śalyaparva...

Karṇaparva 94. 51 says: 'Bṛhaspati having entirely covered Rohiṇī has become like the Sun and the Moon'. If at the beginning of the war Bṛhaspati was retrograde and wa...

..., 917–918, 920–21. Kārīri, sacrifice for bringing down rain 838 Karmavipāka, doctrine of 392 Karna 204, a kānīna son 660. Karṇadeva, a Ceḍi king 126. Karṇaparva 88ⁿ, 127, 205, 208, 209, 214, 216, 917, 918 Kārṣāpaṇa, of silver was in vogue in the Sonth 123, ordinarily means a copper piece used as a coi...

...riplakṣa—(śrāddha most efficacious here) Br III 13 69 Tripurā—A (a very fit place for śrāddha) M 22, 43, B (capital of Bāṇāsura) P. I chapters 14-15, Karṇaparva 33 17 ff and 34 113- 114, M. chapters 129-140 (give the story of Tripurādāha at great length). Vide also Anu. 160 25-31 and an interesting paper on ‘The...

...n the Mahābhārata there are plenty of references to the evil influence of planets, but that is restricted to nakṣatraṣ Both Rāhu and Ketu are said in Karṇaparva to rise in the sky for (i. e. portending) the destruc- tion of the world ⁸⁴⁹ Kauṭilya offers the curious information that a foreknowledge ...

...la 50. **Karmaśabda**, means ‘*dhātus*’ ( verbal forms such as ‘*yajati*’, *juhoti* ), 1236. **Karmadāya** (in Y. S.) means ‘*Dharmādharman*’ 1917ṇ **Karṇaparva**, 90n, 129, 569, 744, 821, 829 ( on Yavanas ). **Karpuramañjarī** of Rājaśekhara ( about 900 A. D. ), a *prākṛt* play in which the caricature of a c...

**Yavanas**, composed in Sanskrit works on astrology 563, 600; described in Karṇaparva as all-knowing, valiant and different from mlecchas 829n; generously praised by Varāhamihira for proficiency in astrology but he says hardly anything...