* Lineage of Daksha, The Mahabharata / Book 1: Adi Parva / Section LXV

The Mahabharata translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli ( 1883-1896 ), Book 2: Sabha Parva: Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva, section: XI.

The Mahabharata ( Book I: Adi Parva, Section 154 ) describes him as a cruel cannibal with sharp, long teeth and prodigious strength.

Examples of such epics include the Nibelungenlied of the Germanic people, the Iliad for the Ancient Greeks and Hellenized societies, the Silappadhikaram of the South Indian people, the Ramayana and Mahabharata of the North Indian people, the Gilgamesh of the Mesopotamian-Sumerian civilization and the people of the Fertile Crescent at large, The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ( Arabian nights ) of the Arab world and the Sundiata epic of the Mandé people.

According to the story set forth in the Ramayana and ( in an abbreviated version ) in the Mahabharata ( Book III: Varna Parva, Section 271 ff.

Markandeya's narration of the story begins at Book III ( Varna Parva ), Section 271 of the Mahabharata.

In the Mahabharata, the sacrifice is performed by Yudhishtira ( Book 14 ), his brothers guarding the horse as it roamed into neighbouring kingdoms.

The Udyoga Parva Book of the Mahabharata narrates that the creator-god Brahma drank so much Amrita that he vomited some of it, from which emerged Surabhi.

The Mahabharata Book 2: Sabha Parva SECTION XXXI locates Trigartas along with Dasharnas, the Sivis, the Amvashtas, the Malavas, the five tribes of the Karnatas around Rohtak in Haryana as under:

* Wikisource: The Mahabharata, Book 1: Adi Parva / Sambhava Parva

The best-known version is from Book 13 of the Mahabharata.

* The Mahabharata, Volume 2: Book 2 ; Book 3: 1981, J.

* The Mahabharata: Book 11: The Book of Peace, Part 1, edited by James L Fitzgerald

Bhadu has been mentioned as Bhadraka ( भद ् रक ) in Sabha Parva, Mahabharata / Book II Chapter 13, who fled towards the west from the fear of Jarasandha along with the eighteen tribes of the Bhojas ; the Surasenas, the Vodhas, the Salwas, the Patachcharas, the Susthalas, the Mukuttas, and the Kulindas, and the Kuntis.

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata / Book VI Chapter 47 has mentioned them as Panibhadraka ( पण ि भद ् रक ), who assembled there for battle to protect Bhishma with their ( respective ) troops.

Bhisma Parva, Mahabharata / Book VI Chapter 52 has mentioned them as Prabhadraka ( परभद ् रक ) who sided with Kauravasalong with Panchala tribe ( VI. 52. 14 ).

The mytheme of Garuda carrying off an elephant that was battling a Crocodile appears in two Sanskrit epics, the Mahabharata ( I. 1353 ) and the Ramayana ( III. 39 ).

Contributions to the history of the Mahabharata ( with J. Kirste ); III.

In the Vana Parva of the Mahabharata, the legend of Ashtavakra is described in greater detail.

According to Chetiya Jataka, the capital of the Chedi country was Sothivatinagara which is the same as Suktimatipuri of Harivamsa and Suktisahvaya of the Mahabharata ( Vana Parva ).

According to the Mahabharata ( Adi Parva ), his father was Kashyapa and his mother Kadru.

The truth as given by Krshna Dwaipayaya Vyasa Mahabharata ( original version of Mahabhrata written by Vyasa ) it is clearly given in Swargarohana Parva that Balarama is an incarnation of Adishesha on which the Lord Vishnu rests.

" ( From the Mahabharata, Udyoga Parva Section XXXIII, Translated by Sri Kisari Mohan Ganguli ).

In the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, the sacrifice is performed by King Vasu Uparichara.

" ( Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, Section 130, Ganguli trans.

To quote from Mahabharata, Sambava Parva, Section CXV < http :// www. sacred-texts. com / hin / m01 / m01116. htm >

The Mahabharata ( Adi Parva book ) records that Kamadhenu-Surabhi rose from the churning of the cosmic ocean ( Samudra manthan ) by the gods and demons to acquire Amrita ( ambrosia, elixir of life ).

The Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata tells how she was given the ownership of Goloka, the cow-heaven located above the three worlds ( heaven, earth and netherworld ): the daughter of Daksha, Surabhi went to Mount Kailash and worshipped Brahma for 10, 000 years.

In the Udyoga Parva book of the Mahabharata, this milk is said to be of six flavours and has the essence of all the best things of the earth.

In the Anushasana Parva of the Mahabharata, the god Shiva is described as having cast a curse on Surabhi.

# The Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata states that Vishnu restored the earth that had sunk into the netherword, or Patala, so all the devas praised Him as Govind ( Protector of the Land ).

In the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, a reference has been made to the Jagannath Dharma.

The Vishnusahasranama as found in the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata is the most popular version of the 1, 000 names of Vishnu.

The first literary reference to Goa is in the Bhishma Parva of Mahabharata as Gomanta which translates as the region of cows.

Son of Kulasekharan Pandya, the second king of Madurai, the legendary Malayadwaja Pandya who sided with the Pandavas and took part in the Kurukshetra War of the Mahabharata ( completed around 400 AD ) is described as follows in Karna Parva ( verse 20. 25 ):

The earliest reference regarding Garhwal and its pride spots are cited in the Skanda Purana and the Mahabharata in the Van Parva.

Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari is also known as Dasha Parva Bharata because it originally had only 10 parvas as opposed to the 18 in the original Mahabharata.

In Section 67, Adi Parava of Mahabharata, it is stated that king Shishupala, the powerful ruler of Chedis, was also an incarnation of Hiranyakasipu, the son of Diti.

" -- Truth, The Mahabharata, Santi Parva, Section CLXII.

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* The Mahabharata of Vyasa translated from Sanskrit into English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, online version

* The Mahabharata of Vyasa, online version, English translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli.