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The Book of the Assembly Hall — the dice game, Draupadī's humiliation, exile.
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Volume I: Part I 19 references
12 The Dharmasutra Of Sankha Likhita 1
... ) it is said 'Some hold that conduct or practice is the best characteristic of dharma, others to whom Śaṅkha-Likhita are dear do not like theṃ' Vide Sabhāparva 7. 11 where among the holy sages who graced Indra's sabhā are included Śaṅkha and Likhita.
14 Arthashastra Of Kautilya 9
...tra). A special name (viz. Vārtā) was given to the three viz. agriculture, rearing cattle, trade and commerce (*vāṇijya*) including various artṣ Vide Sabhāparva 5. 83, Vanaparva 150. 30-31, Śāntiparva 59. 33, 68. 35, 268. 3. The epic says ‘Vārtāmūlo hyayam lokastrai yyā vai dhāryate sadā’ ( Śānti 68. 35 ). The Rāmā...
...aspatimata is frequently quoted in the great Epic on politics and connected matterṣ Bṛhaspati is said to be the son of Aṅgiras (Ādiparva 76. 19). The Sabhāparva (55. 6) men-tions the opinion of Bṛhaspati that the conduct or life of kings is different from the (rules of) conduct of common meṇ
... that derived from a frienḍ16 In Sabhāparva (74. 7-8 ) Duryodhana tells his father that acc. to Bṛhaspati enemies should be killed by employing all kinds of meanṣ
... of the principles and phraseology of Arthaśāstra. There is a chapter called Kaccit-praśna in the Rāmāyaṇa (Ayodhyākāṇḍa 100) just as there is one in Sabhāparva (chap. 5). We have ' adevamātrko deśaḥ ' (Rāṃ Ayodhyā 100. 25 as in Kauṭi- liya V. 2. 2 and VI. 1. 8). The same story of king Nṛga, who donated a Brā...
...ord ‘cina’ occurring in II. 11. 114 ‘*tayā kauśeyam cinapaṭṭāśca cinabhū-mija vyākhyātāḥ*. ‘Cina’ here does not mean what is modern China at all. The Sabhāparva ( Arjuna’s conquests ) chap. 26 ( verses 7–8 ) states that Arjuna invaded Prāgjyotiṣa ( i. e. Kāmarūpa ), the king of which was Bhagadatta, who was s...
...few decadeṣ This is nothing but a mere guess or assertioṇ On Naipālakam ( in A. II. 11. 100 ) he observes that even in the digvijaya of Arjuna in the Sabhāparva ( Mahābhārata ) the name of Nepāla does not occur and therefore the Arthaśāstra is a late work ( pp. 114–115 ). Scholars should always be careful and...
...'jaghāna Kamsam kila Vāsudevaḥ,' Kielhorn Vol. II. p. 119 ). The story of Kamsa's defeat and death before the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭhira is mentioned in Sabhāparva 14. 30–34 and in Udyogaparva 128. 38–40. It follows therefore, that the Mahābhārata along with at least some of its ākhyānas was well-known to Pāṇini and the V...
...aparva (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, Chap. 58.77). In A. I. 8. several kings are mentioned as having perished through one of the six fatal vices (Kāma, Kopa &c.). Duryodhana perished
...ratnas* or *ratnins* ( besides the king ) with reference to the *Rājasūya*. Later on these functionaries were called Tīrthas which are referred to in Sabhāparva V. 38, Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ( 100. 36, Boṃ eḍ, 94. 30 (Cr. eḍ Baroda ), Śāntiparva 69. 52. The Arthaśāstra ( I. 12. 6 ) names these and in I. 12. 20 states that t...
23 Devala 1
The name Devala as that of a sage frequently occurs in the Mahābhārata and is closely connected with Asita. Vide Sabhāparva 59. 9-11, Śalya 50 and Śāntiparva 230. In Sabhā ( 72. 5 ) it is stated that Devala declared that a man has three lights viz. sun, actions and correct knowledg...
32 The Two Epics 8
The Romakas are mentioned in Sabhāparva 51.17. One remarkable matter is as followṣ The Āpastamba Dh.S. II. 5. 11.5-6 are ‘ Rājñah panthā brāhmaṇenāsametya ’ and ‘ sametya tu brāhmaṇasyāiva panth...
...7" id="fnref-32-the-two-epics-67">67 ( Mārica ) whose beautiful skin Sitā longed to have ( Araṇyakāṇḍa. chap. 43–44 ) is referred to in the Sabhāparva 76.5. The Vana-parva ( chapters 147.31 to 148.19 ) summarizes the Rāma story and ends with the verse that Rāma ruled the kingdom for eleven thousand yearṣ...
Two interesting chapters in the two epics are known as ‘Kaccit-praśna’ chapterṣ They are Sabhā-parva chap. 5 verses 17–110 and 114–125 ( in all 106 verses ) where the sage Nārada asks Yudhiṣṭhira certain questions about what an ideal king is expected t...
...ropriate. I think the chapter ( 100 ) of the Ayodhyākāṇḍa is based on chap. 5 of the Sabhāparva and about 29 verses were almost bodily taken from the Sabhāparva into the Ayodhyākāṇḍa.
...so ( also as described in Sabhā 33 ff ), those questions were appropriate. I think the chapter ( 100 ) of the Ayodhyākāṇḍa is based on chap. 5 of the Sabhāparva and about 29 verses were almost bodily taken from the Sabhāparva into the Ayodhyākāṇḍa.
...d S = Sabhāparva ) From this analysis it follows that out of 66 verses in which the word *kacvit* occurs in the Rāmāyaṇa 29 are almost the same as in Sabhāparva and there also a few half verses, pādas (quarters of a verse ), which are the same but are not noted here. Another weighty criticism is that at the t...
...īkṛṣṇa asks ‘ Kaccid-ajñāna-sammohaḥ praṇaṣṭaste Dhanañjaya ’ and the reply is 18. 73 ‘ naṣṭo mohaḥ, &c ’ as Kṛṣṇa desireḍ ( A = Ayodhyākāṇḍa and S = Sabhāparva ) From this analysis it follows that out of 66 verses in which the word *kacvit* occurs in the Rāmāyaṇa 29 are almost the same as in Sabhāparva and t...
...epartment of Letters, Vol. 19 ( Calcutta University ) puts down 433 A. D. as its date. The Rāma story occurs frequently in the Mahābhārata e. g. vide Sabhāparva 50. 39, Vanaparva chap. 148–152 ( 31 verses ), chap. 274 293 ( verses about 769 ); several Purāṇas such as Brahma°, chap. 123 and 154, Padmapurāṇa ( several...
Volume I: Part II 1 references
119 Conclusion 1
... of a crowned, p. 12; condemned by both the epics when being engrossed in pleasures does not attend the court of justice, p. 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 p...
Volume II: Part I 9 references
Chapter Ii Varna 2
...at the *ābhiras* were *dasyus* and *mlecchas* who attacked Arjuna after the great war in the land of the five rivers and carried away Vṛṣṇi womeṇ The Sabhāparva (51. 12) mentions *ābhiras* with Pāradas and the Āśvamedhika (29. 15-16) says (just as Manu X. 43-44 do) that the Ābhiras, the Draviḍas and others became śūdr...
...-ing more or less to modern Orissa. Most of the names of people mentioned in Manu X. 44 are derived from countrieṣ Vide note on Khāśa (p. 79) and see Sabhāparva 51. 23.
Chapter V Slavery 1
...sell a human being who is a stranger; how much more one’s own children’. In the Mahābhārata gifts of dāsas and dāsīs are very frequently mentioneḍ In Sabhāparva 52. 45, Vanaparva 233. 43 and Virāṭa 18. 21 gifts of 30 dāsīs to each of 88000 snātaka brāhmaṇas are spoken of. In Vanaparva 185. 34 Vainya is said to have ...
Chapter Ix Marriage 1
...nd laid down the rule that if a woman proved false to her husband or if a husband was false to a chaste wife, very grave sin would be incurreḍ In the Sabhāparva ( 31. 37-38 ) it is said that through the favour of Agni women in Māhiṣmatī did what they liked and could not be restraineḍ These passages cannot be relied upon fo...
Chapter X Madhuparka And Other Usages 1
... gr. I. 2. 65 add ‘ atithi ’ ( guest ). Vide Gaut. V. 25, Āp. gr. 13. 19-20, Āp. Dh. S. II. 3. 8. 5-6, Bauḍ Dh. S. II. 3. 63-64, Manu III. 119, Sabhāparva 36. 23–24, Gobhila gr. IV. 10. 23–24. It is laid down that if the persons enumerated come to one’s house within a year after madhuparka has been once offered, ...
Chapter Xii The Duties Of A Widow Some Privileges Of Women And The Purda System 3
...idow-some-privileges-of-women-and-the-purda-system-31">31 158. 31 says ‘those who know dharma declare that women are not to be killed’. The Sabhāparva 41. 13 prescribes ‘one’s weapons should not be directed against women, cows, brāhmaṇas, against one who gave livelihood or shelter’. In the Śāntiparva (135....
... 74) laments that their ladies whom even the sun did not see in their palaces were seen by the common people who had come to the capital. *Vide* also Sabhāparva 97. 4–7, Śalyaparva 19. 63, Strīparva 9. 9–10, Āśrama-vāsi-parva 15. 13. In the Harṣacarita (IV) princess Rājyaśrī, whom the intended bride-groom Grahavarmā ...
...‘the appearance of a woman in public is not blamable in misfortunes, difficulties, in wars, in svayaṁvara, in a sacrifice, and in a marriage’. In the Sabhāparva
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Chapter Xvii Āhnika And Āchāra 1
...nd Sulabhā ). Among the other sages the first four are frequently mentioned in the Mahābhārata as the pupils of Vyāsa who taught them the Vedas (vide Sabhāparva 4. 11 and Śānti 328. 26–27 where all four are named ). For chronological purposes it is important to note that the Āśv. gr. knew teachers of sūtras, bhāṣya...
Volume III 17 references
Chapter I Preliminary 1
... declaration of war &c ), three śaktis, the four upāyas (sāma, dāna, bheda, daṇḍa), astavarga, and pañcavarga (Manu VII. 155), the 18 and 15 tīrthas (Sabhāparva 5 38)2 For detailed information III ] about the ...
Chapter Ii Seven Angas Of Rājya 2
...ly, character &c In the Paraśurāma- pratāpa 96 qualities are enumerated in the Rājāvallahhakānda (Ms 239 of Viśramabāg collection II, folio 21b). The Sabhāparva 5 107–109 and Rāmāyaṇa II. 100 65–67 require the king to avoid 14 faults viz. atheism, falsehood, hot temper, carelessness, pro- crastination, not seei...
...aser metals, and free labour; by means of vārtā the king secures treasury and army whereby he brings under control his own side and the enemy. In the Sabhāparva⁸³ 5.79 and Ayodhyakāṇḍa 100 47 it is declared that when the world relies on vārttā it easily prosperṣ The Sānti-parva (263. 3) gives the warning that...
Chapter Iii Duties And Responsibilities Of The Ruler 3
...avartins (Harsacarita IV ). In some works the six cakravartins are said to be Māndhātā, Dhundhumāra, Hariścandra, Purūravas, Bharata, Kārtavīrya. The Sabhāparva (15. 15–16 ) mentions five emperors of old viz. Yauvanāśva ( Māndhātā ), Bhagīratha, Kārtavīrya, Bharata and Marutta. Vide Dr. N. N. Law’s ‘ Aspects of Ancient In...
...akravartin, samrāṭ, adhiśvara and mahārāja are synonymṣ Kings aspiring to be called samrāṭ performed the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha in ancient India. The Sabhāparva 13.30 speaks of Rājasūya as fit to be performed by a samrāṭ. Senāpati Pusyamitra (about 180 B C) is said to have performed two Aśvamedhas (vide E. I vol XX...
...c and too rigid to have been practically followed they do convey a sufficiently clear idea about the power of a feudatory, a king and an emperor. The Sabhāparva
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Chapter Iv Ministers 4
...ny works prescribe that the ministers were to be hereditary if the son was capable like his father, e.g. Manu VII 54, Yaj I 312, Rāmāyaṇa II 100 26 (=Sabhāparva 5. 43), Agni. 220 16–17, Śukra II 114. The Matsya 215 83–84 and Agnipurāṇa (220 16–17) add the very sensible remark that such hereditary ministers should n...
...100. 71 ) Rāma whom Bharata came to meet in the former's exile asks him whether he held consultation with three or four *mantrins* and (in verse 18 = Sabhāparva 5. 30 ) Rāma hopes that Bharata did not settle his policies by himself alone or in consultation with too many ministerṣ Kauṭilya also (I.15) lays down that...
...roy even those who are only conceived' 12 Both Sabhāparva 5. 27 and Ayodhyā 100. 16 have the same verse, viz mantra is the root of victory.
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5.27
...chief and the huntsman were of low caste or of the śūdra caste Later on certain functionaries began to be called tīrthas, their number being 18; vide Sabhāparva 5. 38 (=Ayodhyā 100. 36) and Śānti 69 52 for a reference to the 18 tīrthaṣ
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Chapter V Rāshtra The Territory Of A State 2
...wers, which is full of well-to-do people, endowed with industrious people, where the majority are āryas and which cannot be entered by robbers In the Sabhāparva 5 84 five officers of a village are referred to It appears that from being a very high officer (a rātnin) in Vedic times the grāmaṇi was reduced in his...
...rally under the protection of the queen, the prince, the king's favourites or the commander-in-chief. Great attention was paid to agriculture. In the Sabhāparva 5. 77 the king 502 is advised to have large tanks in different parts of the country full of water and to see that agriculture did not depend on ...
Chapter Viii Bala The Army 1
...e and are being constantly drilled They most probably consisted of persons who and whose ancestors got tax-free lands in lieu of military service The Sabhāparva 5. 63 appears to refer to four kinds (omitting *śreṇī* and *amitra*) and Yuddhakaṇḍa 17 24 refers to five (omitting *śreṇī*). The Āśramavāsikaparva
Chapter Xiii Witnesses Sākshinah 1
...persons litigate and there is a doubt or discrepancy between the two the determination of the truth in the dispute is due to witnesses Manu VIII. 74, Sabhāparva479 68 84, Nār. IV. 148, Viṣṇu Dh. S. 8 13, Kāṭ 346 (q in V M p 317 and V. P p 106) provide that a (proper) witness is one who has himself ...
Chapter Xxxiv Kalivarjya Actions Forbidden In The Kali Age 2
... that yuga means five years of the Sun and the Moon (ravīśaśinoḥ pañca yugam varṣāṇi Pīṭāmahōpadistāni). This sense of the word is still found in the Sabhāparva 11. 38.
...h vol. II p 16). It has to be remembered that the Ādiparva (85. 34) states that mlecchas and yavanas sprang from Anu and Turvasu, sons of Yayāti. The Sabhāparva notes that Bhīma made mlecchas dwelling beyond the seas and in Anūpa bring tribute (30. 25-27) and that mlecchas came to see the Rājasūya sacrifice a...
General Index 1
..., 719, 725n, 731n, 770n, 828, 832n, 835-37, 841, 849, 851n, 864, 870, 905n, 938, 963-64. Sabhā (see 'court of justice'), 276-277, three kinds of 278n Sabhāparva 2, 42, 46, 50, 53n, 54, 56n, 59, 61, 67-68, 78, 106, 108, 111-12, 127, 135, 152, 154, 162, 168, 172, 179, 200, 206, 332, 330, 542n, 889, 937, 955ṇ Sabh...
Volume IV 8 references
Chapter Xiii Kāshī 1
...re employed as synonyms (verses 14, 21, 25, 30, 39). The same legend occurs in the same words in Brahmapurāṇa, chap 207 and is briefly referred to in Sabhāparva, chap. 14 18-20 and chap. 34. 11.
Chapter Xv Kurukshetra And Some Other Famous Tīrthas 3
...a href="#fn-chapter-xv-kurukshetra-and-some-other-famous-tīrthas-25" id="fnref-chapter-xv-kurukshetra-and-some-other-famous-tīrthas-25">25 (Sabhāparva, 14. 49-50 and 67). The Brahma- purāṇa, on the other hand, states that the Vṛṣṇis and Andha- kas on the advice of Kṛṣṇa left Mathurā through the fear...
...f Jarāsandha, drowned themselves in the Jumnā and when Jarāsandha sorrowfully went to Magadha Kṛṣṇa says 'we shall again joyfully reside in Mathurā' (Sabhāparva 14. 41-45). Ultimately Kṛṣṇa is said to have left Mathurā owing to the constant attacks of Jarāsandha and established the Yādavas in Dvārakā
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14.41-45
The Sabhāparva (319. 23-25) narrates that Jarāsaṁdha threw his mace from Girivraja (Rājgir in Bihar, the ancient capital of Magadha) and it fell in Mathurā at the distance of 99...
Abbreviations Employed In This List Alone 1
...scribed by Ptolemy with notes by Majumdar Sastri (Calcutta, 1927) r.—River. R.—Rājataraṅgiṇī (edited and trans- lated by Dr. Stein). Rām—Rāmāyaṇa. S.—Sabhāparva of the Mahābhārata. Śal.—Śalyaparva of the Mahābhārata. Śāṇ—Śāntiparva of the Mahābhārata. SK.—Skandapurāṇa SM.—Stein’s Memoir on maps illustrating t...
List Of Tīrthas 2
...aivataka as a park and Gomanta as a hill) owing to constant invasions and harassment by Jarāsandha; it was two yojanas long and one yojana broaḍ Vide Sabhāparva 14. 49-55. The Var. (149. 7-8) makes it 10 yojanas long and 5 broad Vide p 688 above under Mathurā. B (14. 54-56) says that the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas left Mathur...
... Kalacurīs or Cedīs Vide Jabalpur plate of Yaśaḥkarṇadeva in 1122 A.D, E I vol II p 1 at p 3 and E. I XIX p 75 (for extent of Mahākośala) M. 114. 53, Sabhāparva 21 60 and Br S. 14 9 mention Traipura country as situated on the back of Vindhya Tripuri is known from very ancient copper coins of early 2nd century B....
General Index Of Vol Iv 1
...a, 9n, 24n, 27n, 40n, 45n, 53n, 58, 62n, 66n, 89n, 112n, 137n, 168n, 169, 170, 208n, 310n, 353, 419n, 440n, 453n, 454n, 481n, 687n Sabdakalpadruma 87 Sabhāparva, 622, 688, 692 Sacrifices, Vedic, are supposed by some European writers to be magic 38, implements used in, were burnt with the body of the sacrifice...
Volume V: Part I 1 references
Chapter Ii Vrata In Vedic Literature Sūtras And Smritis Definition And Importanc 1
...35 39, Anuśāsana 103 34. It was also applied in the epic to a course or pattern of conduct or behaviour not necessarily religiouṣ For example, in the Sabhāparva 58 16 Yudhiṣṭhira says that it has been his constant vow that he would not refuse dice-play when he was challenged to it
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Volume V: Part II 7 references
Chapter Xx Vedic Meaning And Procedure Of Shāntis 2
Examples of unfavourable happenings (nimittas or utpātas) occur plentifully in the Mahābhārata, Sabhāparva 80. 28–31, 81. 22–25, Vanaparva 179. 41, 224. 17–18, Virāṭa 39. 4–6, 46. 24–32, Udyoga 84. 4–9, 156. 28–30, Bhīṣma 2. 17–33, 3. 65–74, 19. 36–38, 99. 21–28, 11...
...ref="#fn-chapter-xx-vedic-meaning-and-procedure-of-shāntis-61" id="fnref-chapter-xx-vedic-meaning-and-procedure-of-shāntis-61">61 Parāśara, Sabhā-parva, Bṛhatsaṁhitā 45. 2, Matsyapurāṇa 229.5, Atharva-pariśiṣṭa LXIX (1. 2) and other works divide *utpātas* into three classes, viz. *divya* (arising fro...
Chapter Xxiv Influence Of Purānas On Dharmashastra 1
...andra and Naciketas that occur in the Ait. Br. and the Kāṭhopaniṣad are explained at length in Brahmapurāṇa (chap. 104 and 150 about Hariścandra), in Sabhāparva chap. 12 (for Hariścandra) and in Anuśāsana chap. 91 (for Naciketas). The famous dialogue of Yama and Yamī (Rg. X. 10) is expanded in the Narasimha- pu...
Index To Vol V 4
...‘Open Court’ (1926) included by Gandhiji as Appendix in his work 1423. Haribhaktivīlāsa of Gopālabhaṭṭa 113, 120. Hariscandra, story of, in Ait. Br., Sabhāparva, Brahmapurāṇa 915.
...tta 943. Śabdakalpadruma 760. Śabbath 677; Jews observed Saturday as S. (and not Sunday) 677; observed on different week days by various peoples 677. Sabhāparva 27n, 90n, 130, 488n, 539, 698 (names for numerals from ayuta to parārdha), 743 (omens), 744 (eclipse), 745 (three kinds of utpātas), 971n (story of Śiśu...
Śiśupāla, Lord of Cedi: story of, in Sabhāparva, Viṣṇu and
...69; seasonal appearances in certain seasons are not inauspicious and require no śāntis 747, 767; three classes of u. in Atharvaveda, Garga, Parāśara, Sabhāparva, Br. S. and Matsya viz. divya (from heaven), āntarikṣa (from atmosphere) and bhauma (terrestrial), and their illustrations 745–46; varying opinions a...