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    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 29, col. 1.
    Alamba (? v. Garuḍa). § 43b: I, 29, 1377: with divine

    trees (devavṛkṣāḥ), with golden boughs, and others with fruits

    of gold and silver and branches of precious gems.

    Mahābhārata Cultural Index

    ☞ p. 290, col. 1.
    Alamba nt.: Name of a tīrtha.

    Garuḍa, on his way to fetch amṛta

    (soma) from heaven, goes to Alambatīrtha

    holding an elephant and a tortoise, one each in

    his two claws; in the vicinity of this tīrtha

    there are divine trees (devavṛkṣān upāgamat)

    1. 25. 27.