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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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Visweswara Bha^fa — Subod- hini, Vitahavj^a, 313. Vitala — Patala. Vitasta — Sapta-sindhava. Vitatha — 69, Garga, Kapila, Viti-hotra — Haihaya. VituwcZa — Tuwc/a. Vivaswat = Surya. Vivaswati — Surya. Viyad-ganga — Ganga. Vr^ddha — Dharma-sastra. Vre'ddha-Manu — Mann. Vriddlia-5arma — Danta-vaktra. Vr/had-garbha — >S'ivi. Vn'bad-ratha — Jara-sandba. Vreban-manas — Jayad-ratba. Vnbati — Angada. Vr/ban-Manu — Mann. Vr/jinivat, 69. Wika, 313. Yrisban-aswa — Mena. Vrisba-parvan — Drubyn. Vrtsba-parvan — Sarmisbdia. VWsb;timat, 70. Vri&hni — Andbaka, 69. VWtra — Dadbyancb, Indra. Vyadba — Dbarma-vyadba. Vyamas — Pitris. Vyoman, 69. Yadab-pati = Varu?2a. Yadavas, 161. Yajna — Aktiti. Yajna-senI = Dranpadi. Yajnawalkya — Yeda 34S. Yajnesa, ) ,^. , v • > = Visb;m. Yajneswara, ) Yaksba-raja = Kuvera. Yama — Nacbiketas. Yama-duta — Yama. Yamas — Akuti. Yamuna — Saj)ta-sindbava. Yoga-cbara = Hanumat. Yoga-siddba — Viswa-kamia. Yudba j it — Andbaka. Yudba-kanda — Ramayawa. Yudba-ranga — Karttikeya. Yudbi-sbdiira — Jayad-ratba. Yuvana^wa — Harita, Mandbatr/, 313- Yuva-raja, 1S5. GENERAL INDEX. Aborigines — Dasyus. Adam's Bridge — Rama-setu, Setu-bandlia. Adisadra — Ahi-chhatra. Adoption — Dattaka. Aerial car — Pushpaka, Karta- vnya. Aerial city — Saublia,Vismapana. Ages of the world — Yuga. Ahirs — Abliiras. Ahura — Asura. Alexander the Great — Chandra- gupta. Algebra — Arya-bha^a — Vija-ga- iiita, Bhaskaracharya. Akesines — Asikni, Sapta-sind- hava. Andarse — Andhra. Andubarius — Arya-bha^a. Anhalwara — Pattana. Anna Perenna — Anna Purwa. Antiochus — Yavanas. Anwar-i Suhaili — Pancha-tantra. Aphrodite — Apsaras, Lakshnil^ /S'ukra. Archery — Dhanur-veda. Architect — Viswa-karma. Architecture— Sthapatya-veda. Arithmetic — Bhaskaracharya. Ar j abahr — Ary a-bha^a. Arrah — Eka-chakra. Ars Erotica — Sankhayana. Assam — Kulika Pura^ia. Astronomy — Arya-bha^a, Jyoti sha, Bhaskaracharya. Atmosphere — Antarlksha. Atomic School — Darsana. Aurora — Aruwa, Ushas. Bacchus — Soma 302. Bactrian Greeks — Yavanas. Bactrians — Balhikas. Bairat — Matsya, Virata. Baital PachisI — Vetala Pancha- vinsati. Balkh — Balhi, Balhika. Banas river, 62. Banda — Chitra-ku^a. Barbarians — Mlechchhas. Bears — Jamba vat, Rama, Ba- vawa. Beder — Vidarbha. Behat — Vitasta. Benares, 153, 162, 168. Bengal — Anga, Banga. Betwa river — Vetravatl. Bhils — Nishada. Bibasis — Vipasa. Bihar — Magadha, Videha. Birar — Kosala, Vidarbha. Boar — Avatara, Brahma. Boglekand — Chedi. Bow, wonderful — Ga7idlva, Ra- ma. Buddhism, 26, 27. Byas — Sapta-sindhava, Vipasa. Bj^eturnee — Vaitarani. Calingre — Kalinga. Cannibal imps — Pisita^anas. 4o8 GENERAL INDEX. Canogyza — Kanya-kub j a. Canopus — Agastya. Cape Comorin — Kanya-kiimari. Capricorniis — Makara, Carnatic — Karna^a. Castes — Vara. Ceylon — Lanka, Ravawa. Chaudail — Cliedi. Chariot, aerial — Karta-virya, Pushpaka. Charites — Harita. Cliinab — Sapta-sindliava. Churning of ocean — Amrita. Cirrhad?e — Kiratas. Cities, the sacred — Nagara. Comorin, Cape — Kumari. Conch — Panchajanya. Con j everam — Kanchl. Conscience — Sanjna. Continents — D^yIpa. Coromandel — Chola-Mawc?ala. Cow, the wonderful — Kama- dhenu. Creation — Apava, Daksha, Brah- ma, Brihaspati, Manu. Creator — Brahma, Hira?iya-gar- bha, Prajapati, Vi^wa-karma. Cupid — Kama. Dawn — Aruna, Ushas. Dead, the — Yama. Death — Nirriti. Deities — Devatas, Ganas. Deluge — Avatara, INIanu. Demons — Asuras, Daityas, Da- navas, Darbas, Dadhyanch. Dictionary — Abhidhana, Amara- kosha. Differential calculus — Bhaskara- charya. Dionysus — Soma 302. Dioskouroi = A^wins. Doal) — Antarvedi. Dogs of Indra and Yama — Sa- rama and Sarameyas. Drama, 47, 49. Dramatists — Bhava-bhuti. Drought, demon of — Vritra. Durds — Darada. Dryads — Vana-charis. D warf — Avatara. Earrings — Aditi. E a r t h — Avatara, Vri th i vi. Earth, milking of — P?Y'thi. Eclectic School — Darsana 82. Eclipses — Graha, Bahu. Egg of the world — Brahma. Elephant, aerial — Airavata — Dig- gaja. Eolus — Vajni. Eos — Ushas. Eras — /S'aka, Samvat. Erinnys — Sarameyas. Erranaboas ) Chandra-gupta, river ) Paiali-putra. Esoteric writings — Upanishads, Veda 345. Ethics — Niti-5astras. Etymology — Nirukta. Exoteric writings — Veda 345. Faith — Sraddha. Fauns — Yana-charas. Female principle, worship of — Tantra. Fiends — Pisachas. Fiery weapon — Agneyastra. Fire — Agni. Fish — Avatara, Brahma. Fortune, goddess of — Lakshmi. Gambling — Maha-bharata, Nala. Gandarii — Gandhilra. Gandaritis — Gandhara. Ganges — Ganga. Ganymede — Medhfitithi. Gems — Nava-ratna. Ghosts — Bhiltas — Yetala, Giants — Daityas, Danavas, Dad- hyanch. Glossary — Nighanfu, Nirukta. Goblins — Bhutas, Yetala. Gogra — Nidiigha. Grammar — Mahii-bhashya, Pa- cini, Yyakara;?a. GENERAL INDEX. 409 Great Bear — i?^■shi. Greeks — Kala-yavana, Yavaiias. Guiiduck — Gandaki. Hapta-heando — Sapta-sindhava. Hardwar — Gaiiga- dwara, Hari- dwara. Heaven — Dyaus, Swarga, Vai- kun^lia. Hell — Naraka. Hephaistos — Twash^x Hermes — Sarameyas. H e sii dr us — >S'ata- dr u. Himalaya — Himavat. Hind — Sindhu. Hindoi — Sindhu. Horse sacrifice — Aswa-medlia, Arjuna. Horses — Galava. Human sacrifice — Suna/i-sephas, Huns — Hu??as. Hydaspes — Sapta-sindhava, Vi- Hydraotes — Iravati, Sapta-sind- hava, Hyphasis — Sapta-sindhava, Vi- pasa. Imps — DakinT. I ncarnations — Avatara, Index of the Veda — Anukra- mawi, India — Bharata-varsha. India — Sindhu. Indoi — Sindhu. Indo-Scythians — /S'akas, Turush- kas, Kanishka. Indus — Sindhu, Infernal regions — Patala, Infinite space — Aditi, Inheritance — Daya, Innocents, Slaughter of — Kansa. Inspiration — Smr^ti. Islands — D-\vipa. lyar-i Danish — Pancha-tantra. Jewels — Nava-ratna, J hare j as — Surya-vausa. Jhilam — Sapta - sindhava, Vi- XclStcl, Jumna — Yamuna. Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Justice — Dharma. Indra. Kanerki — Kanishka. Khasiyas — Khasas, Khirad-afroz — Pancha-tantra, Kirantis — Kiratas, Kosambi-nagar — Kausambi. Kundapur — Vidarhha, Lata. Lar, Larike, Law — Dharma-sastra, Manu- sanliita. Light — Angirasas. Local deities — Sthali-devatas. Logic — Darsana. Love, god of — Kama, Luminous deities — Angirasas — As wins. Lunar mansions — Nakshatra, 77, Lunar race — Chandra-vausa. Lute — Narada, Macedonian Greeks — Yavanas, INIalabar — j\Ialay — Parasu-rama. JNIanes — Pitr^s. Mare — Bat/a va. INIars — Karttikeya — INIangala. INIaths — Sankaracharya. ISIatter — PrakWti. INIechanics — Artha-sastra, /Silpa- sjlstra. Medicine — Ayur-veda, Charaka, Dhanwantari, Susruta. Megasthenes — Chandra-gupta, Mendicant — Bhikshu, Mercury — Budha, Metre— Chh andas. INIilking of the earth — Pr^thi. ]\Iilitary art — Dhanur-veda, Mind-born sons — Atri, Kumaras, jNlrmasa-putras, i^ishi, Minos — Yama. 4IO GENERAL INDEX. Mithra — INIitra. Monkeys — Hanuinat, Ravana, Sugriva. Months — Aditya. Moon — Alialya, Soma. ]\Ioon, descendants of — Cliandra- vansa. Moon-stone — Cliandra-kauta. Morals — Niti-sastras. Mother of the gods — Aditi. jMountains — Kula-parvatas. ISIundane Q,%g — Brahma. Music— Raga. Musicians — Gandharvas. Mystic words — Vyahriti. Niisik — Panchavati. Necklace — >S'iva, Vaijayantl. Nerbudda — Narmada. Nihilists, 82. Node, the ascending — Rahu. the descending — Ketu. Nymphs of heaven — Apsarases. Ocean, churning — Amnta. drunk up — Agastya, Oerki — Huslika, Kanishka. Ophir — Abhira. Orissa — Orfra, Utkala. Orpheus — Narada. Ouranos — Varu?ia. Ozene — Ujjayini. Palibothra — Chandra-gupta, Pa- ^ali-putra. Pandion — Pa?ic/ya. Paradise — Swarga, Vaikun^ia. Parrot, tales of — /S'uka-saptati. Partridge — Tittiri. Pasargada — Kalanas. Patna — Arya-bha/a, Pa^ali-putra. Pcrsi ai i s — Pah 1 a vas, Parasikas, Peukelastis — Puslikaravati. I'hallus — Linga. Philosopher's stone — Chinta-ma- n\. Ph ilosophy — Dar.sana. Phonetics — /S'iksha. Pigmies — Valakhilj-as. Pisuni river — Chitra-kufa, Man- dakinl. Planetary sphere — /S'isumara. Pluto — Yama. Poems — iNIaha-kavyas. Pokhar, 57, Pole star — Dhruva. Polity — Kamandaki. Pousekielofati — Pushkaravatl. Prasii — Chandra-gupta. Prem-Sagar, 161. Prosody — Chhandas. Puri — Jagan-natha. Pain — Indra, Parjanya. Rajputs — Surya-vansa. Ramisseram — Linga, Rameswara. Ramnagar — Panchala. Ravi — IravatI, Sapta-sindhava. Recorder of the dead — Chitra- guj)ta. Revelation — /Sruti. Rohilkhand — Panchala. igala, \ ^'^k^l^- Saba'-sin — Sapta-sindhava. Sacse — /S'akas. Sagala, Sam Sakai — /Sakas. Sandracottus, ) =Chandra- Sandrocyptus, \ gupta. Saturn — >S'ani. Schools of the Vedas — /S'aklia. Sciences, 118. Scythians — Haihayas. Sea serpent — Timin. Seleucus Nicator — Chandra- gupta. Serpents — Nagas. Serpent, aerial — Alii. Seven rivers — Sapta-sindhava. Singhjlsan-battisi — Sinhasana- dwatrinsat. Sky — Dyaus, Varuna. Sleep — Nidra. Solar race — Sfnya-vansa, Sone — Pa^ali-i)utra. GENERAL INDEX. 411 Sophagasenas — Yavanas. Soul — Brahma. Speech — SaraswatI, Vach. Storm-gods — Maruts. Submarine fire — Aurva, Bacfava. Sun — Surya. Sun, worship of — Brahma Pu- ra^za.