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Śalyaparva
The Book of Śalya — the final day, Duryodhana's fall.
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Volume I: Part I 9 references
14 Arthashastra Of Kautilya 2
...ertain 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 his equal, while one who is growi...
...ato yajñena mahatā Jamadagnyah pratāpavān । tarpayāmāsa devendram-ṛtvigbhyaḥ pradadau mahim ।; vide also Ādi- parva 130. 61–62, Droṇaparva 70. 15–19, Śalyaparva 49. 7–10, where the donee is the sage Kaśyapa. The idea is that he gave up lobha ( greed ) which is the root of all sins ( lobhamūlāni pāpāni ) and, though th...
17 Ushanas 1
...nd that one should proceed cautiously even after making an alliance (sandhi). The Ādiparva (76. 6) says that Kāvya was the purohita of the asuraṣ The Śalyaparva (39. 6) says that Kāvya performed austerities at Kajālamocanatīrtha and the whole science of Nīti (Rājanīti) appeared to hiṃ The Udyogaparva states that ever...
21 Cyavana 1
...d on the banks of the Sarasvatī astronomy with its 64 aṅgaṣ In the same *parva* it is said that Vṛddha-Gargya inquired about vṛṣotsarga (125. 77 ff). Śalyaparva (37. 14-15) narrates that old Garga by his *tapas* acquired on the sacred Sarasvatī knowledge of kāla, movements of the planets, of evil and good *utpātas* and t...
32 The Two Epics 4
...Rāma story may be made here. For example, Rāma being led to pursue the gold-coloured deer; the Śāntiparva refers briefly to the story of Śambūka. The Śalyaparva mentions that Rāma cut off the head of a rākṣasa and the Śānti refers to the killing of Rāvaṇa by Rāma through anger (361. 15).
In Anusāsana 18. 38 Garga is said to have obtained the knowledge of the sixty-four Kulās (arts) and in Śalya-parva 37. 145 Garga is said to have gained on the banks of Sarasvati knowledge of kāla and about the movements of heavenly bodieṣ Astronomer Garga is assigned to 5...
...s attacked by the Ābhīras on his way and the Ābhīras forcibly carried away many ladies and some *went with them of their own free will*. Moreover, in Śalya- parva 61. 28 ff,57 where Duryodhana, being mortally wounded by a ma...
In the Śalyaparva ( 39.9–10 ) reference is made to the cutting of the head of a rākṣasa by Rāma in Janasthāna. In the Śāntiparva
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36 The Nāradasmriti 1
...hira on the death of his many relatives and warriors by dilating upon the stories of sixteen ancient kings and heroes who had also similar sorrowṣ In Śalyaparva, Nārada is said to have informed Balarāma that his his two disciples Bhīma and Duryodhana were going to fight with maceṣ There Nārada is described as...
Volume I: Part II 1 references
113 The Vīramitrodaya Of Mitramiśra 1
...> as a tīrtha is described in Vanaparva 83. 1-8. Vanaparva chapters 87-90 speak of the tīrthas in the east, south, west and north respectively. Śalyaparva (chapters 35-39) describes the tīrthas which were visited by Balarāma in his pilgrimage. The Anuśāsanaparva (chapter 26) is full of the greatness of ...
Volume II: Part I 5 references
Chapter Ix Marriage 2
...rich. In course of time popular feeling changed and no girl could remain unmarried if she wanted heavenly worldṣ There is an interesting story in the Śalyaparva chap. 52 of the daughter of Kunigarġa who, when told by Nārada that an unmarried woman could not secure heaven, married for one day Śṛngavat and then w...
... age for marriage. Vide Saṁskārakaustubha quoted below. It came to be believed that there was no hope of heaven for a woman who died unmarrieḍ In the Śalyaparva42 chap. 52 we have the story of a girl, daughter...
Chapter Xi Polygamy Polyandry And Rights And Duties On Marriage 1
...rane, when the brāhmaṇa tried to frighten the virtuous woman for her tardiness in welcoming him as a guest and for looking only after her husbanḍ The Śalyaparva (63) narrates how awful the power of a pati- vratā like Gāndhārī is in that she can, if she choose, burn the world, she can stop even the motions of the s...
Chapter Xii The Duties Of A Widow Some Privileges Of Women And The Purda System 2
...eir 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 came to see just be...
...adies, did not appear in public except on certain occasions, but it does not follow that they always wore the veil. When the Kauravas were routed the Śalyaparva (29. 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 Sabh...
Volume II: Part II 2 references
Chapter Xxvii Vānaprastha Forest Hermit 1
...ces like Prayāga, the Sarasvati and Benares persons were allowed to kill themselves by drowning with the desire of securing release from saṁsāra. The Śalyaparva (39. 33-34) states 'whoever abandons his body at Pṛthūdaka on the northern bank of the Sarasvati after repeating Vedic prayers would not be troubled by death the...
General Index 1
...: various modes of, 335-343; who do not deserve, 339. Sālva, country of, 224-225n; king of, attacked Dvārakā, 225n; Yaugan-dhara, a division of, 225ṇ Śalyaparva, 8n, 66, 225n, 436, 444, 568, 598, 925. Sāman (see under ‘stotra’): cessa-tion of Ṛgveda or Yajurveda study on hearing chanting of, 397; means a melo...
Volume III 10 references
Chapter Iii Duties And Responsibilities Of The Ruler 2
...use 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
...a of a yuvarāja (as of Bhima in Śānti 41), of a great commander (as of Bhisma in Udyogaparva 155.26-32), of Droṇa in Droṇaparva 5.39-43, of Skanda in Śalyaparva 45.
Chapter Viii Bala The Army 1
...'s people if possible ( particularly brāhmaṇas) The rule in gadāyuddha (fight with maces or clubs) was that no blow was to be struck below the navel (Śalyaparva 60 6 ) But this rule was violated by Bhima when he struck Duryodhana on the thigh with his mace. Duryodhana recounts (in Salya 61) all the bad deeds of ...
Chapter Xxxiv Kalivarjya Actions Forbidden In The Kali Age 6
...lanations of the other passages ), his bold expedient of changing, ‘citram’ to ‘caitram’ in Bhisma 3 12 and his transposition of Sravana and Pusya in Śalyaparva 34. 6, his taking ‘angaraka’ to mean Venus (and not Mars ). Dr. Daftari’s work was reviewed by Prof Sen-Gupta in JASB for 1943, vol. IX pp. 221-228 and aft...
...gest that the eclipse of the sun at an unusual time had become a stock example of an evil portent without the actual occurrence thereof. The words in Śalyaparva refer to the last day of the war before the mace duel between Duryodhana and Bhīma and the passage says that Rāhu seized the sun and there was an ear...
...ika Full Moon when Kṛṣṇa had gone as a peace-maker and that there was a solar eclipse on the amāvāsyā of Kārtika just about the time the war begaṇ In Śalyaparva 56. 10 we again meet with the words ( at the beginning of the mace duel ) ‘Rāhu swallowed the Sun at an unusual season’. This passage and Aśvamedhika 77. 15...
... me when the moon is in Pusya'. If the moon was in Jyeṣṭhā on amāvāsyā when Kṛṣṇa had proposed to Karṇa that the war should be begun, this passage of Śalyaparva would put the beginning of the war 16 or 17 days after Kārtika amāvāsyā, which is not war ranted by any other passage and which no scholar puts forwa...
...oth of whom were his pupils in mace-duel and went on a pilgrimage(Udyoga 157. 33-35 and 158 39). Balarāma returned on the 18th day of the war and (in Śalyaparva 34. 6) he remarks, 'it is 42 days since I left (on a pilgrimage); I start- ed when the moon was in Pusya and I have come here again on Śravana'
...rva 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 11. 18 states that Mars, Venus and Mercury were in conjunction 1783 If Mars was in Maghā as stated in Bhisma 3 14 and Mars and Mercury were in co...
General Index 1
..., 547, 554. Salt, State manufactured s and levied a duty on salt imported or manufac- turned privately 196 Sālva, besieged Dvārakā 208, 214 Salya 204 Śalyaparva 58, 79, 112n, 210, 214, 896n, 904, 908n, 909, 911–12, 915, 918. Sāma (an upāya), is of five kinds 174. Samāhartr, duties of 131, 143, 253, 276 Samāhvaya...
Volume IV 7 references
Chapter Vii Eschatology 1
...d in dissipation, all rise is to end in fall, all unions in separation and life in death'. Aparārka quotes the Rāmāyaṇa and Vasudeva's words from the Śalyaparva to Dhrtarastra on the death of Duryodhana. The Par. M. I 2 pp. 292-93, the Suddhi-prakasa pp. 205-206 and several other works quote the verses of Viṣ...
Chapter Xi Tīrthayātrā Pilgrimages To Holy Places 1
...ontain on a very modest calculation at least 40000 verses on tīrthas, sub-tīrthas and legends connected with theṃ In the Vanaparva (chap. 82-156) and Śalyaparva (chap. 35-54) alone there are about 3900 verses on tīrthayātrā. To mention only a few of the purāṇas, the Brahmapurāṇa devotes about 6700 verses (i. ...
Chapter Xv Kurukshetra And Some Other Famous Tīrthas 3
...than the river Sarasvatī and that Pṛthūdaka is holier than all the other tīrthas on Sarasvatī. There is no tīrtha that is better than Pṛthūdaka'. The Śalyaparva
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..., viz. Kāmyaka, Aditivana, Vyāsavana, Phalākivana, Sūryavana, Madhuvana and Sītāvana. Vide A. S. R. for India, vol. 14 pp. 90-91 for the vanaṣ In the Śalyaparva (chap. 38) it is said that the world is encompassed by seven Sarasvatīs, then they are enumerated and their locations are specified viz. Suprabhā (in...
...e same name. It is to be noted that in the Rāmāyaṇa III. 13. 13 Pañcavatī is styled a deśa (country). Janasthāna was in Daṇḍakāranya according to the Śalyaparva III, 21, 19-20, Nāradiya-purāṇa II 75. 30 and Agni 7. 2-31619 and Pañcavatī was part of Janasthāna. Janasthāna is said to be four yojanas in e...
Abbreviations Employed In This List Alone 1
...umdar 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 the Ancient Geography of Kashmir. T. ...
General Index Of Vol Iv 1
...nufactured, condemned for use in śrāddha but natural salt from a lake allowed 416; was not to be directly served to dining brāhmaṇas in a śrāddha 466 Śalyaparva, 237, 582, 683n, 684n, 685, 686, 710 Sāmans, as purifiers of sin 45; should be repeated from 10 to 100 times for removal of sins as expiation 49 Sama...
Volume V: Part II 5 references
Chapter Xxi Individual Shāntis 2
...er he made a vow that he would kill Jayadratha before the next day’s sunset (Droṇaparva 77. 4) and when Duryodhana challenged Bhima for a mace fight (Śalyaparva 56. 10 and 58. 49).
...is-43" id="fnref-chapter-xxi-individual-shāntis-43">43 Meteors are often referred to in the epics as falling on serious occasions e. g. the Śalya-parva mentions 44 the fall of a ...
Chapter Xxxii Yoga And Dharmashastra 2
In Śalyaparva (chap. 50) a story is told about bhikṣu Jaigīṣavya who was a great Yogin and of ‘Asita Devala’, a householder staying on the holy Sarasvata-tīrtha.
...ata as shown above (pp. 1367 and 1374). Vide also the story of Asita Devala with whom Jaigīṣavya stayed for many years as a bhikṣu and adept in Yoga (Śalyaparva, chap. 50). It has to be remembered that several interpretations of the same Yogasūtra are noted in the bhāṣya (as on II. 55). The Yogabhāṣya quotes ...
Index To Vol V 1
...90, 1193. Śālivāhana, era ( vide Śaka era ): these words occur in Inscrip- tions of 13th and 14th century A. D., 655. Śalokat's a kind of mukti 1631ṇ Śalyaparva 90n, 520n, 687n, 742n, 743-44, 764, 767, 787n, 1219, 1391. Śam : adhrigu-praisa, bearing of on root śam, 724 ; undecli- able 'śam' occurs about 160 time...