Virāṭaparva

...ol. V. part 1 p. 505 note 732. The statement that two intercalary months were allowed in five years was also the rule, according to the Mahābhārata ( Virāṭaparva 52. 3-4 ) and the Yajuṣa Vedāṅgajyotiṣa ( verse 35 ).

... commentary called ‘Viśamaślokāvyākhyā’ on Vanaparva 82.38 as reading a certain verse there but states it was omitted by later ignorant expositorṣ On Virāṭaparva 2.9 he mentions the mean-ing of ‘ārālika’ given by the author of the coṃ Visamaśloki. He mentions Arjūnamisra’s explanation of ‘Jāruthyān’ in Vanaparva 2...

...in the gaṇa kulālādi (Pāṇ. IV. 3. 118). From the Mahābhārata we see what duties Draupadi disguised as hair- andhri had to do for the queen of Viraṭa (Virāṭa-parva 9. 18-19), viz. combing and arranging the hair, pounding unguents, making garlandṣ Similarly Damayanti became a sairandhri to the mother of the Cedi king (Van...

...went to the court of Virāṭa in the guise of a brāhmaṇa and was asked by the king to state his gotra he said that he was of the Vaiyāghrapadya gotra ( Virāṭa-parva 7. 8-12 ). That this was the gotra of the Pāṇḍavas also follows from the fact that in the Bhīṣmatarpaṇa ^{Read in context → 7.8-12}

...up class="fn-ref">5 In the Virāṭa-parva Sairandhrī is ordered to be burnt with Kīcaka, ^{Read in context →}

...dge of the Great Being. The various names of Durgā are Umā, Pārvatī, Devī, Ambikā, Gaurī, Caṇḍī or Caṇḍikā, Kālī, Kumārī, Lalitā &c. The Mahābhārata (Virāṭaparva 6 and Bhīṣma 23 ) contains two hymns addressed to Durgā in which she is stated to be Vindhyavāsinī and fond of blood and wine, and in Vanaparva 39. 4 i...

... ) of kings, how they should conduct themselves, how servants should find out whether the king is pleased or displeased with theṃ Vide Kauṭilya V. 4, Virāṭaparva 4 12-50 (where the refrain of most verses is 'sa rājavasaṭim vaset'), Matsyapurāṇa 216 (the whole of which is quoted in the Rājadarmakāṇda pp. 24-27 an...

...ort-or-capital-2">2 Vide also Āsramavāsi-parva 16 3 The Mahābhārata states that palaces had dancing halls (`nartanāgāra`) attached to them (Virāta-parva 22 16 and 25-26) Sānti 69 60 states that the capital was rendered gay by `natas` (players) and dancers and Sānti 86 (4-15) describes how cities were to ...

... not, except in rare cases, play any role in the fighting that went on, while chariots 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...

...aprakāśa and Rājanītiprakāśa), 10, 445, 571, 576, 671, 731, 735, 759, 782, 800, 879, is of paramount authority in the Benares School of Hindu Law 544 Virāṭaparva 59, 135, 160, 180, 203, 888 Viśālākṣa, expounder of Rājaśāstra 2, 83, 232, summarised the work of Brahmā 4 Viṣṇu, smṛti of (not found in printed text) 7...

...ted with different forms and names of Devi. For example, Vidyāpati in describing the form of Kālī or Cāmundā speaks of her as having four armṣ In the Virāṭaparva (chap. 6) where Yudhisthira praises Durgā, she is described ( in verse 8) as having four armṣ

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...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 Ga...

...nd criticism about the petrified caste systeṃ The epic frequently refers to the theme of वर्णस and जातिस्. Vide for example, Vanaparva (chapter 180), Virāṭaparva 50. 4-7, Udyoga 23. 26, 40. 25-29, शान्ति 188. 10-14, Anusāsana 143. A few passages may be set out here. शान्ति 188. 10 says 'there is no (real) distinction ...

**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 186; on coins 186;

...aya** of Mitramiśra, 835n, 1192 (on Vyavahāra); on āhnika 42ṇ **Virāsana**, a posture in Kṛcchra and Aghamarṣaṇa vratas 415; a yogic āsana 1425–26ṇ **Virāṭaparva** 179, 185n, 192n, 506n, 663, 743, 821, 1570n, 1636. **Viṣa-ghaṭī** or **Viṣanāḍī**, 736n; birth of a child on V. is portent of death of father or mo...