Mausalaparva

...il Dvaipāyana. The Mahābhārata does not mention the attack on Dvaipāyana. The Mahābhārata states that the Yādavas included Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas, Bhojas ( Mausala-parva I. 14 ) and also Kukuras ( Mausala 5. 2 ). Mausala ( chap. 3 ) shows that Yādavas fought among themselves and perisheḍ In Śānti 81. 25 Kṛṣṇa is said to be ...

...grand eulogies of Śiva in Droṇaparva 80. 39-48 and Sauptikaparva 17 ( this last by Kṛṣṇa ). In Anuśāsana ( 16.8 ) Śiva is identified with Brahmaṇ The Mausalaparva⁵⁶ (chap. 7) narrates that, after Kṛṣṇa passed away, Ar...

*Abhira*. According to Manu X. 15 he is the child of the union of a brāhmaṇa with an ambaṣṭha girl. The Mahābhārata (Mausalaparva 7. 46-63 and 8. 16-17) states that the *ābhiras* were *dasyus* and *mlecchas* who attacked Arjuna after the great war in the land of the five rivers and carri...

...s is no adharma on the part of men, but to violate the duty owed to the first husband would be a great adharma in the case of womeṇ' The Mahābhārata (Mausala-parva V. 6) tells us that Vāsudeva ^{Read in context → V.6}

...molation-of-widows-6">6 just as in ancient times it is said there was a custom to bury a slave or slaves along with the deceased ruler. The Mausala parva ( 7. 18 ) says that four wives of Vasudeva, viz. Devakī, Bhadrā, Rohiṇī and Madirā burnt themselves with him and (chap. 7.73-74) that Rukmiṇī, Gāndhārī, Śaibya...

...lty of the grave sin of brāhmaṇa-murder.⁹⁵ The Mausalaparva (1. 29–30) states that Balarāma prohibited the drinking of surā from the day the musala (iron pestle) for the destruction of the Yādavas was produced and direct...

... Manu VI. 2, Yama and other sages states its view that men of the three varṇas could become forest hermitṣ Women also could repair to the forest. The Mausala parva-(7. 74) states that when Kṛṣṇa left the mortal body, Satyabhāmā and other queens of Kṛṣṇa entered the forest having resolved to undergo severe auster...

..., 324, 380, 395n; has four hundred verses on mahādānas, 870; on gotras and pravvaras, 484. **Mauryas**, established images from greed of gold, 710. **Mausala-parva**, 72, 553, 626, 697, 923. **Maxim** : in conflict between smṛti texts, the rule accepted by the majority of smṛtis, is to be pre- ferred, 464; of at...

...ter-xxxiv-kalivarjya-actions-forbidden-in-the-kali-age-33" id="fnref-chapter-xxxiv-kalivarjya-actions-forbidden-in-the-kali-age-33">33 Vide Mausalaparva chap. 1. 13 and 2. 20 for reference to the lapse of 36 years before Krsna's passing away. The Yugapurāna appears to make Kaliyuga start on the day Drau...

... I do not know an amāvāsyā occurring on the 13th day (of a pakṣa); both the moon and the sun were eclipsed in the same month on the 13th day'. In the Mausala-parva ^{Read in context →}

...and established the people of Mathurā there. When Kṛṣṇa passed away, the city was flooded by the sea and swept away, as stated in a prophetic vein by Mausala-parva 6.23-24 and 7. 41-42, B 210. 55 and 212.9. Vide also Vi. V. 33 9 (the whole of Dvārakā except Kṛṣṇa’s palace was swept by the sea) and BV IV. 129. 44 (except...

...94n, 597, 601, 602n, 605, 606n, 611, 613, 614, 615, 617n, 621, 623, 624n, 625n, 626n, 627, 629, 630n, 638, 639n, 641n, 653n, 654, 691, 703, 706, 708n Mausalaparva, 223 Max Muller 8 Maxims, see under ‘nyāyas’, ‘caturdhā- karana’ 670, ‘Daṇḍavat prāyaścittāni bhavantī’ 75-76, 81, of the power of an authoritative ś...

...1046n, 1075ṇ Mattavilāsaprahasana of Pallava king Mahendravikramavarman 1074ṇ Mauryas, being greedy of gold, manufactured images of gods for sale 36. Mausalaparva 147, 743, 775 (dreams), 969n (on Abhiras). Maxims (some Nyāyas), generally of Mīmāṁsā—vide pp. 1339–1351); about nindā (condemnation) being meant to pres...