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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Agnivarṣa  : nt.: A missile (?) of the Nivātakavaca demons produced by their māyā.

The Nivātakavaca demons employed their various māyās simultaneously against Arjuna (prākurvan vividhā māyā yaugapadyena) which produced, besides other missiles, the Agnivarṣa; it afflicted Arjuna; as a result of the simultaneous use of these missiles, there was darkness all around 3. 168. 11-13; Arjuna used his Astramāyā to defeat the māyās of the demons 3. 168. 25-26; earlier also the Nīvātakavaca demons had produced fire apparently by using the same Agnivarṣa missile produced by the māyā; Arjuna blew away the fire (tato 'ham agniṁ vyadhamam) by the use of the Salilāstra 3. 168. 9-10. [See Āgneyāstra^1; Jātavedasaḥ āstram (in the Addenda)]

p. 90. 2. 3 after 33-34 add: [See Kaubera astra (in the Addenda) and Śibikā ]

p. 90. 2. 9 after 6. 52. 18 add: 6. 53. 8; and after 8. 7. 32 put; and add: or vyūharāja 6. 56. 10.

p. 90. 2. 6 from below add after 10-18 the following:

(2) On the fourth day of the war too, to counter the Vyālavyūha of the Kauravas, the Pāṇḍava army was arranged by Yudhiṣṭhira according to this Vyūha (not directly named), and the chiefs of the Pāñcālas (Drupada and others) and those of the Cedis (Dhṛṣṭaketu and others) took positions as before (yathā hi pūrve 'hani dharmarājñā vyūhaḥ kṛtaḥ kauravanandanena/tathā tathoddeśam upetya tasthuḥ pāñcālamukhyaiḥ saha cedimukhyāḥ) 6. 56. 11; sixteen thousand elephants were scattered in it (catuścaturvyālasahasrakīrṇam/ Nī. catuścaturāvṛttavyālānām gajānāṁ sahasram on Bom. Ed. 6. 60. 10); the Vyūha was protected by Arjuna 6. 56. 10.

p. 90. 2. 6 from below change (2) to (3).

p. 90. 2. 6 (from below) read: on the sixteenth day.

p. 91. 1 before the entry Aśmavarṣa add the following entry:


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*2nd word in left half of page p159_mci (+offset) in original book.

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Agnivarṣa  : nt.: A missile (?) of the Nivātakavaca demons produced by their māyā.

The Nivātakavaca demons employed their various māyās simultaneously against Arjuna (prākurvan vividhā māyā yaugapadyena) which produced, besides other missiles, the Agnivarṣa; it afflicted Arjuna; as a result of the simultaneous use of these missiles, there was darkness all around 3. 168. 11-13; Arjuna used his Astramāyā to defeat the māyās of the demons 3. 168. 25-26; earlier also the Nīvātakavaca demons had produced fire apparently by using the same Agnivarṣa missile produced by the māyā; Arjuna blew away the fire (tato 'ham agniṁ vyadhamam) by the use of the Salilāstra 3. 168. 9-10. [See Āgneyāstra^1; Jātavedasaḥ āstram (in the Addenda)]

p. 90. 2. 3 after 33-34 add: [See Kaubera astra (in the Addenda) and Śibikā ]

p. 90. 2. 9 after 6. 52. 18 add: 6. 53. 8; and after 8. 7. 32 put; and add: or vyūharāja 6. 56. 10.

p. 90. 2. 6 from below add after 10-18 the following:

(2) On the fourth day of the war too, to counter the Vyālavyūha of the Kauravas, the Pāṇḍava army was arranged by Yudhiṣṭhira according to this Vyūha (not directly named), and the chiefs of the Pāñcālas (Drupada and others) and those of the Cedis (Dhṛṣṭaketu and others) took positions as before (yathā hi pūrve 'hani dharmarājñā vyūhaḥ kṛtaḥ kauravanandanena/tathā tathoddeśam upetya tasthuḥ pāñcālamukhyaiḥ saha cedimukhyāḥ) 6. 56. 11; sixteen thousand elephants were scattered in it (catuścaturvyālasahasrakīrṇam/ Nī. catuścaturāvṛttavyālānām gajānāṁ sahasram on Bom. Ed. 6. 60. 10); the Vyūha was protected by Arjuna 6. 56. 10.

p. 90. 2. 6 from below change (2) to (3).

p. 90. 2. 6 (from below) read: on the sixteenth day.

p. 91. 1 before the entry Aśmavarṣa add the following entry:


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*2nd word in left half of page p159_mci (+offset) in original book.