MaŠipu�paka

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Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

In the Vedabase Glossary all the conchshells named in Bg. 1.15-16 are listed

except the MaŠipupaka, Sahadeva's conshell.

 

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1. Anantavijaya --- name of King Yudhi˜hira's conchshell. >>> Ref. VedaBase

=> Glossary

 

2. Devadatta --- the conch of Arjuna which was obtained by Maya D€nava from

VaruŠa. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Glossary

 

3. P€ñcajanya --- the conchshell of Lord ®r… KŠa. >>> Ref. VedaBase

Glossary

 

4. PauŠram --- the conchshell of Bh…masena. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Glossary

 

5. Sughoa --- the conchshell of Nakula. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Glossary

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Proposed Glossary entry:

 

MaŠipupaka --- the conchshell of Sahadeva.

 

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Lord KŠa blew His conchshell, called P€ñcajanya; Arjuna blew his, the

Devadatta; and Bh…ma, the voracious eater and performer of herculean tasks,

blew his terrific conchshell, called PauŠra.

 

King Yudhi˜hira, the son of Kunt…, blew his conchshell, the Ananta-vijaya,

and Nakula and Sahadeva blew the Sughoa and MaŠipupaka.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bg 1.15-16

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Hare Krishna. Your humble servant,

Rogier.