CONTENTS.
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The snakes bring up Jaratkāru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
120 | |
Parikshit's hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
121 | |
The curse on Parikshit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
124 | |
Conversation between Sringin and Samika . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
125 | |
Despatch by Samika of a disciple to Parikshit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
126 | |
Speech of Gaurmukha in the court of Parikshita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
ib | |
Parikshit takes counsel of his ministers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
127 | |
Conference of Kāsyapa and Takshaka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
128 | |
Kāsyapa desists on receiving money from Takshaka, from going to Parikshit's court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
129 | |
Death of the king in consequence of Takshaka's bite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
131 | |
Installation of Janamejaya as king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
ib | |
History of Jaratkāru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
132 | |
His marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
136 | |
Birth of Astika . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
140 | |
Janamejaya's vow to celebrate the snake sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
146 | |
Preparations for the sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
147 | |
Falling of the snakes into the sacrificial fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
148 | |
Astika's arrival at the sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
152 | |
Staying of the sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
159 | |
| Adivansavatarana Parva. | ||
Short history of the Pāndava and Kuru princes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
164 | |
Story of king Uparichara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
171 | |
Description of the Indraddhaja festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
172 | |
Origin of Girikā and the king's marriage with her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
174 | |
Story of Adrikā . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
175 | |
Story of Satyavati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
176 | |
The meeting of Parāsara with Satyavati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
ib | |
Birth of Dwaipāyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
177 | |
History of Animāndavya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
178 | |
Histories of Karna, Vāsudeva, Sātyaki, Kritavarman, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
ib | |
The revival of the Kshatriya order from the Brahmanas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
181 | |
The over-burdened Earth goes to Brahmā . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
183 | |
The gods are enjoined to be incarnate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
184 | |
