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A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History and Literature - John Dowson, 1820 - Complete Book

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In the Tretil Yuga sacrifice commenced, righteousness decreased by one-fourth ; men adhered to truth, and were devoted to a righteousness dependent on ceremonies. Sacrifices prevailed with holy acts and a variety of rites. Men acted with an object in view, seeking after reward for their rites and their gifts, and were no longer disposed to austerities and to liberality from a simple feeling of duty. In the Dwapara Yuga righteousness was diminished by a half. The A'eda became fourfold. Some men studied four Vcdas, otliers three, others two, others one, and some none at all. Ceremonies were celebrated in a great variety of ways. From the decline of goodness only few men adhered to truth. When men had fallen away from goodness, many diseases, desires, and calamities, caused by destiny, assailed them, by which they were YUGAN-DHARA — YUYUTSU. 383 severely afflicted and driven to practise austerities. Others desiring heavenly bliss offered sacrifices. Thus men declined through unrighteousness. In the Kali Yuga righteousness remained to the extent of one-fourth only. Practices enjoined by the Vedas, works of righteousness, and rites of sacrifice ceased. Calamities, diseases, fatigue, faults, such as anger, &c., distresses, hunger, and fear prevailed. As the ages revolve righteousness declines, and the people also decline. When they decay their motives grow weak, and the general decline frustrates their aims. — Muir, i. 144. In the K?'ita Yuga the duration of life was four thousand years, in the Treta three thousand, in the Dwapara two thou- sand. In the Kali Yuga there is no fixed measure. Other pas- sages of the Maha-bharata indicate " that the K?'ita Yuga was regarded as an age in which Brahmans alone existed, and that Kshatriyas only began to be born in the Treta." YUGAN-DHARA. A city in the Panjab. A people dwell- ing there and in the vicinity. YUVANAaSWA. a king of the Solar race, father of Man- dliatri. A legend represents this son as being conceived by and born of his father. YUYA-EAJA. ' Young king.' The heir-apparent to a throne. YUYUDHANA. A name of Satyaki. YUYUTSU. A son of Dhnta-rash^ra by a Yai.sya handmaid. On the eve of the great battle he left the side of the Kauravas and joined the Pa?ic?avas. When Yudhi-sh^hira retired from the world he established Yuyutsu in the kingdom of Indra- prastha. SANSKRIT INDEX. ALdlii-jau = Aswins. Abdhi-nagari = D waraka. Abhayada, 69. Abhimani — Swaha. Abhiriipa = Kama. Ablioga— Varua. Abhra-matanga — Loka-pala. Abhramii — Loka-pala. Abhra-pisacha = E,ahu. Abhrottha = Vaj ra. Abja= Brahma, 58. Abja-hasta = Agni. Abja-yoni = Brahma, 58. A-dharma — NirritL Adhiratha — Kama. Adliirathi= Kar?ia. Adhisima — 'Krishna,, 70. Adhwaiyu — Veda 350. Adhyaya — Veda 346. Adi-Kavi = Brahma. Adi-parva, 190. Adityas — Daksha. Adri-ja = Devi. Adrika — Satyavati, Uparichara. Adr?'5yanti — Parasara. Adwaita — Madhava. Adwaita, 82. Agasti — VariiJz a. Agastya — Bhregu. Aghora^/Siva. AghW?ii — Pushan. Agneyastra — Vi,swa-karma. Agneyi — A ngiras. Agni — Angiras, Twash^re. Agni-bhu = Karttikeya. Agnivar?ia, 313. Agnivesa — Agneyastra. Agra-sandhani — Yama. Ahamyati, 69. Ahana = Ushas, AM — Indra. Ahlnagu, 313. Ahinara, 70. Ahinsa= Nara-Narayana. Aic^avic^a ) ^^ Ailavila 5=Kuvera. Aila — Puru-ravas. Aindri = Indra?ii, Matr/s. A-ja=Kama. . AjamicZha, 69. Ajyapas — Pitm. A-kacha = Ketu. Akhu-ratha= Gane^a. Akrodhana, 70. Aksha = Ravawa. Alambusha — Idayida. Alarka, 69. Amaradri = Meru. Amarsha, 313. Amaru — Amaru *S'ataka. Ambika— Chamu??f/a. Ambu-raja=:Varu?2a 338. Am?'ita = Dhanwantari. Amritaharawa = Garuc^a. Amurta-rajas — Dharmarawya. Anala = Agni, Vasu. An-anga = Kama. Ananta = Devi. Ananta-saj'ana = Vishwu. Ananta = 5irsha — /Sesha. 2 B ;86 SANSKRIT INDEX. An-anya- ja = Kama. Anara^iva, 313. Anarta — Ku5a-sthali. Anavaratha, 69. Andliaka-riiju — Andhaka. Andhaka-v?'/:>h?n — Andhaka. Andha-tamisra — Naraka. Anenas — Ayus. Anenas (tAvo), 313. Aiiga — Anil, Champa, Dirgha- tamas, Kama, Prt'thi. Angadi — Angada. Anga-raja = Kar/^a. Angaraka = Mangala. Angirasa = Br^haspati. Anila, 69. AnUa — Vasu, Yavu. Anili = Hanumat. Animishacharya — Br^haspati. Anjana, 313. Anjana — Loka-pala. An j aneya = Hanumat. An^a — Aditya. Ansu, 70. Anupama — Loka-pala. Aniiratha, 69. An-uru = Aruna. Anusaras = Bakshasas. Aniisasana-parva, 190. Anuvaka— Veda 346, 348. Apa — Vasu. Aparita — Aparanta. Aptyas — Trita. Arawya-kawc/a — Bamaya??a. Ara^/Sani. Aravin, 69. Archananas — S'yava5"vva. Aidra — Sandhya, 313. Arlia = Indra. Arlia-pati = Surya. Arish^a — Gandharva 106. Arish^a-iiemi = Saha-deva, 187, Ar j ikiya — Sapta-sindhava. A rka-sodara — Loka-pala, Aruwa — Ja^ayu, Sanii)ati, Surya. Aru?ii — Nachiketas. A lunoda — Manasa. Arushi — Aurva, Chyavana, 75. Arvarivat — Pulaha. Arya = Devi. Ar3'aman — Aditya. Asani — Siwa, 296, Vajra. Asaras = Bakshasas. Ash^adhyayi — Panini. Ash^aka — Galava, Veda 346. Ash^a-kania — Brahma 57. Asikni — Sapta-sindhava. Asi-patra-vana — Naraka. Asita = >S'ani. Asita-dansh^ra = Makara. Asitanga — Bhairava. Aslesha-bhava — Ketu. Asmaka, 313. A^maua = Aru??a. Asphujit = ^S'ukra. Asrania-parva, 190. Asra-pas = Dakinis. Asra-pas — Bakshakas. Asrik-pas = Bakshakas. Asrita — Tri-murti. Asruvindumati — Yayati. Asuras — Dadliyauch. Aswa, 77. Aswalayana Brahma?ia — Brali- maa. Aswamedhadatta, 70. Aswa-medhika-parva, 190. Aswa-pati — Savitri. Awini — As wins. Aswins — 73, 75, Sara?iyu. Atala— Patala. Atikaya = Bava?ia. Atithi, 313. Atithi-gwa = Divo-dfisa. Atma-Wiu = Kama. Auchathya = Dirgha-tamas. Audumbara = Yama. Aur/^avahha — Avatara 34. Aurvasiya — Agastya. Auttanapfidi — Dhruva. Avantis — Haihaya. Avara = Dcvi. Avastha — Vishu 360. Ayana-ghosha — Badha. Ayana — Narayana. SANSKRIT INDEX, 387 Ayodhya-kawc^a — Ramayawa. Ayoni-ja = Sita. Ayushnicm — Uttana-pada. Ayutayus— 70, 313. Babhiavi = Devi. Babhru = 5iva. Bac^ava-mukha — Aurva. BafZavanala — Aurva. Bahikas — ^Sakala. Brihu— Aurva. Bahu-dara = Vajra. Baliugava, 69, Bahuka, 313. Bahulaswa, 313. Bahu-salin = Bhima. Bahv;7"chas — -Veda 350. Balaja river, 62, Bala-kawc?a — Ramaya/ia. Balaki — Gargya. Bakmdliara — Bhima. Ballala — Bhoja-prabandha. Ballava = Bhima, 187. BaTia-bhai^^a — Kadambari. Bawa — Tripura. Banga — Dirgha-tamas. Bashkali — Ya j na walky a. Bhadra — Utathya. Bhadra-soma = Ganga. Bhadraswa — Dwipa, Jambu-d. Bhaga — Aditya, Daksha, 77, Pushan. Bhagavad-gita, 82. Bhagavat = ^Siva. Bhagavati = Devi. Bhagnatma = Soma. Bhaimi= Damayanti. Bhajamana, 70. Bhaj eratha — Ikshwaku. Bhakti — Narada PuraHa. Bhanu — Satya-bhama. Bhanumat — Satya-bhama, 313. Bharadwaja, 69. Bharawi — Rahu. Bhara??i-bhii — Rahu. Bharata, 69. Bharata-varsha — Dwipa, Jam- bu-d. Bharati = SarasAvati. Bharga, 70. Bharga-bhiimi, 70. Bhargava — /Sukra. Bhaskara = Svirya. • Bhaswati — Surya. Bha^^a Naraya7?a — Yenl Sanhara. Bha^i^oji Dikshita — Siddhanta- kaumadi. Bhaum a = ]\Ian gala. Bhava-ja = Kama. Bhavani = Devi. Bhavanmanyu, 69. Bhela — Dhanwantari. Bheru?2(ia — Yogini. Bhidu'a = Vaj ra. Bhimaratha (two), 69. Bhima-5asana = Yama. Bhisha;?a — Bhairava. Bhishma-parva, 191, Bhoja — Kri'ta-varman. Bhoja-kaifa — Rukmiii. Bhramari= Devi. Bh^'igu — Aurva, Twash^r^, Khy- ati, Pnthivi, Pratardana, S\\- kra. Bhrigus — Krtta-virya. Bhtimi, 34. Bhumi-ja = Sita. Bhumi-putra = Mangala. Bhtita-nayaki = Devi. Bhuvana — Viswa-karma. Bindu-sara — Maurya. Brahma — Bhr^gu. Brahma = Narada. Brahma-datta — Ghj'/tachi, Ni- kumbha. Brahmadikas — Su-parwas. Brahmanaspati — Twash^ri. Brah mawi — Mat?7's. Brahman- veda — Veda 351. Brahmastra — Aswatthaman. Brahma-varaha — Brahma-vai- varta. Brahma-vidya— Atharvan. Brahma-v/^mda, 57. Brahmi — 57, SarasAvati. Brihada^wa, 313. 388 SANSKRIT INDEX. BrAadbala, 313. B/'iliad-bhanu — Satya-blicinia. B^'iliadratha — 70, Jara-sandha, Maury a. B;v'haduktha, 313. Br/haj-jataka — Varalia Mililra. B?'/liaii-Manu — Maim. B?Yhan-nala = Arjuna, 187. Brilian Naradiya Pura/ia — Na- rada Purawa. Bn'haspati — Pr/thi. Br/hat —Dliarma-sastra. B/v'hatkshatra, 69. Buddha, 26, 38, 68. Chakora — Chandra-ketu. Chakra — Chakra-varti. Chakra-vac^a, "| ^ Chakra- vala, / Lokaloka. Chakshas = Br^'haspati. Chakshu — Sapta-sindhava. Champadhipa = Kar?ia. Chanchala = Lakshmi. Cha?ic^ika = Devi. Chawf^a — Chamuc?a, Devi. Chanda — Yama. Chandeswara — Vivada Katna- kara. Chandra-hhaga — ,S'rimba, Sapta- sindhava. Chandrabhanu — Satya-bhama. Cliandia-chuc^a = Bhairav^a. Chaudramas — Chandra-gupta. Chandra-sekhara = /S^iva. Chara = Mangala. Charak-puja — Devi. Charvi, 174. Chatur-ruiana = Brahma, 57. Cliatur-bhuja = Visli?ai. Chatur-niukha= Brahma, 57. Chatur-var?ia — Varna. Chaturvedas — Viirm. Chhfiga-ratha — Agui. Chhala, 313. Chhidaka= Vajra. Cldnnna-mastaka^Devi. Chirad = Garuf^a. Chitra-ratha, 65, 69, 70, 138. Chitra-5ikhanc?inas — i?/shig.