Samsaptakas

Mbh.3.250.12364	We also have for that reason appointed hundreds upon hundreds and thousands upon thousands of Daityas and Rakshasas, viz, those that are known by the name of Samsaptakas
Mbh.3.250.12382	And those heroes, the Samsaptakas also, having their sense possessed by the Rakshasas, and influenced by the qualities of emotion and darkness, were desirous of slaying Phalguna.
Mbh.7.18.804	SECTION XVIII Sanjaya said, The Samsaptakas then, filled with joy, took their stand on a level field, having, with their cars, formed an array in the shape of the half-moon.
Mbh.7.18.811	Terrified by that blare, that car-host of the Samsaptakas stood motionless in battle, as if it was petrified.
Mbh.7.18.838	Then those Samsaptakas once more returned to the field, with the Narayana cow-herds, resolved to fade Death himself
Mbh.7.19.839	SECTION XIX Sanjaya said, Beholding those Samsaptakas once more return to the field, Arjuna addressed the high-souled Vasudeva, saying, Urge the steeds, O Hrishikesa, towards the Samsaptakas.
Mbh.7.19.870	Then the illustrious Vayu the presiding deity of that mighty weapon bore away crowds of Samsaptakas with steeds and elephants and cars and weapons, as if these were dry leaves of trees.
Mbh.7.19.887	Meanwhile, when Arjuna was furiously engaged with the Samsaptakas, Drona, at the head of his forces arrayed for battle, rushed against Yudhishthira, and many warriors, accomplished in smiting and properly arrayed, followed him, actuated by the desire of seizing Yudhishthira.
Mbh.7.20.891	After Partha went out for slaying the Samsaptakas, Drona then, at the head of his troops arrayed for battle, proceeded, O chief of the Bharatas, for seizing king Yudhishthira the just.
Mbh.7.24.1237	What also did Arjuna do towards the car-warriors of the Samsaptakas?
Mbh.7.24.1238	And what, O Sanjaya, did the Samsaptakas, in their turn, do to Arjuna'
Mbh.7.25.1329	Beholding the Pandava host broken by Bhagadatta, and summoned on the other hand by the Samsaptakas, Arjuna's heart was divided in twain.
Mbh.7.25.1330	And he began to think, Which of these two act will be better for me to do today, to return from this spot for battling with Samsaptakas or to repair to Yudhishthira'
Mbh.7.25.1331	Reflecting with the aid of his understanding, O perpetuator of Kuru's race, Arjuna's heart, at last, was firmly fixed on the slaughter of the Samsaptakas.
Mbh.7.25.1335	The son of Pandu allowed his heart to waver this side and that, but, at last, resolving to slay those foremost of warriors, viz, the Samsaptakas, he baffled the purpose of his enemies
Mbh.7.25.1336	Then mighty Samsaptakas car-warriors, O king, shot at Arjuna thousands of straight arrows.
Mbh.7.25.1349	Having slain the Samsaptakas then, that is, who were engaged in battle, Partha addressed Krishna, saying, Go towards Bhagadatta
Mbh.7.26.1354	In consequence of these Samsaptakas, my heart wavers today as to whether I should do this or that.
Mbh.7.26.1355	Shall I slay the Samsaptakas now, or protect from harm my own troops already afflicted by the foe?
Mbh.7.29.1530	The great car-warriors of the Pandavas, O sire, all thought, Alas, how would Indra's son Arjuna be able to rescue us from the foe, when that mighty warrior is engaged on the southern part of the field in slaughtering the remnant of the Samsaptakas and the Narayana force
Mbh.7.30.1598	Meanwhile, Jishnu, having vanquished large number of Samsaptakas, quickly came to that place where Drona was grinding the Pandava troops.
Mbh.7.30.1599	Having crossed many large lakes whose waters were constituted by blood, and whose fierce billows and eddies were constituted by shafts, and having slain the Samsaptakas, Phalguni showed himself there.
Mbh.7.31.1667	Sanjaya continued, After Drona had said these words, the Samsaptakas once more challenged Arjuna to battle and took him away to the southern side of the field.
Mbh.7.33.1728	Addressing Abhimanyu, that slayer of hostile heroes, who was not inferior to Vasudeva himself and whose energy was superior to that of Arjuna, the king said, O child, act in such a way that Arjuna, returning from the Samsaptakas, may not reprove us.
Mbh.7.70.2990	Then the ape-bannered Jishnu, having slain a large number of Samsaptakas by means of his celestial weapons, proceeded towards his tent, mounted on that victorious car of his.
Mbh.7.71.3094	SECTION LXXIII Yudhishthira said, O mighty-armed one, after thou hadst gone towards the army of the Samsaptakas, the preceptor Drona made fierce endeavours for seizing me.
Mbh.7.118.5753	At the command of thy son, the Samsaptakas, rallying, all resolved upon fighting fiercely.
Mbh.7.191.10594	Accompanied by his elephants and horses and cars, and surrounded also by foot-soldiers, thy son, the mighty car-warrior, Duryodhana, too, fled away, O king, taking with him the remnant of the Samsaptakas whom Arjuna had not yet slaughtered.
Mbh.9.1.33	All the Samsaptakas, the Kambojas together with the Sakas, the Mlecchas, the Mountaineers, and the Yavanas, have also been slain.
Mbh.9.2.103	When Vrihadvala has been slain and the mighty king of the Magadhas, and the valiant Ugrayudha, that type of all bowmen; when the two princes of Avanti Vinda and Anuvinda have been slain, and the ruler also of the Trigartas, as also numerous Samsaptakas, what can it be but destiny?
Mbh.9.8.496	Arjuna, that slayer of large bands of foes, rushed with great speed against that great bowman Kritavarma and the Samsaptakas.
Mbh.9.10.634	Then the ape-bannered son of Pandu, O king, having slaughtered the Samsaptakas in battle, rushed against that portion of the Kaurava army.
Mbh.9.14.858	Then, O monarch, that warrior, invincible in battle, the son of Drona, well-equipped with armour and weapons, and supported by the Samsaptakas, fought with Arjuna.
Mbh.14.61.2814	When his sire Arjuna was withdrawn from the main body by the Samsaptakas who challenged to fight him separately, Abhimanyu was surrounded by the enraged Kaurava heroes headed by Drona in battle.

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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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