send her waiting-maid to his house, 230;
wine drank by Hindú women, ib.; scene
between Kichaka and the waiting-maid
in the Council-hall, ib.; dialogue between
the waiting-maid and the Raja, ib.; poet-
ic justice in the slaughter of Kichaka,
ib.; distinction between the Brahmanical
idea of Satí and the slaughter of a female
favourite, 231; cookery a royal accom-
plishment, 235; story of the embassy of
the family priest of Drupada to Hastiná-
pur illustrative of the patriarchal period
prior to the age of writing, 249; prelimin-
ary courtesies, ib.; the envoy requests
permission to repeat the words of the
Pándavas, ib.; review of the tradition of
the embassy, 251; embassy of Sanjaya to
the Pandavas, 252; diplomatic qualifica-
tions of Sanjaya, 253; Krishna's public
entrance into the city of Hastinapur, 259;
great Council of the Kauravas to receive
the mission of Krishna, 261; solemn co-
venant of the Chieftains of the Kauravas
before the great war, 275; election of a
generalissimo, 276; abusive character of
challenges, 280; six rules for ameliorating
the horrors of war, 283; apparently of
modern date, 284; disregarded in the
great war, ib.; of Brahmanical origin,
ib.; mythical respect to elders and pre-
ceptors, 297; terrible slaughter in the
great war-see Bhárata; Kshatriyas bound
to accept challenges, 310; duty towards a
father, an elder brother, and a Raja, 327;
drinking the blood of an enemy, ib.;
Dhrishta-dyumna surprised whilst sleep-
ing in the quarters of the Pándavas sur-
rounded by his women, and barbarously
murdered by Aswattháma, 349, 350; ap-
pearance of the plain of Kurukshetra on
the evening of the last day of the war,
355; passionate desire for revenge ex-
hibited by the surviving Kauravas, ib.;
pleasure of gratified revenge as displayed
in the dying hour of Duryodhana, 357;
the five Pándavas lay their heads at the
feet of their mother Kuntí, 363; funeral
ceremonies for those slain in the great
war-see Funeral Ceremonies; triumph-
ant procession of the Pandavas from the
plain of Kurukshetra to the city of Has-
tinápur, 368; installation of Yudhishthira
-see Installation; sacrifice of a horse-
see Aswamedha; obstinate refusal of the
old mother of the Raja of Badravati to
leave the house to the prey of the serv-
ants, 385; carried away by force to Has-
tinápur, ib.; tantalizing trick played by
Krishna upon Bhíma, ib.; motley camp
of Krishna, 386; merriment of the crowd,
ib.; conversation between Draupadí and
the ladies of Krishna respecting polygamy
and polyandry, 390; leave-taking of fe-
male relations before going out to bat-
tle, 399; cannibalism and wine-drinking
amongst certain Bráhmans and Saniases,
403; extraordinary state of civilization at
Manipura, 401; magnificent procession,
407; Babhru-váhana places his head un-
der Arjuna's foot, 408; Arjuna calls him
the son of a herdsman and a jackal, 409;
triumphant return of Arjuna to Hastiná-
pur, 416; joy of the Rajas at the recep-
tion given them by Yudhishthira, 417,
426; oriental idea of happiness, 417; moral
lesson involved in the fable of the disobe-
dient wife, 418; Hindú conception of a
bad wife, ib. ; custom of Hindú warriors
to take leave of female relatives before
going to battle, 419; ladies present at the
Aswamedha of Yudhishthira, 429; the
gambling match of Nala and Pushkara,
485; refusal of Nala to take refuge in the
house of his wife's father, 488; terrible
night attack of wild elephants upon a
caravan, 490; position of Damayantí in
the palace of the Raja of Chedi, ib.
Club-fighting between Duryodhana and
Bhíma at the public exhibition of arms at
Hastinapur, 87; interference of Drona, ib.
College, at Váranávata, 101.
Cookery, a royal accomplishment, 235,
Council, Hall of, at Hastinapur, 43; pri-
mitive character of, 137; inferiority of
the speeches to those in Homer and Thu-
cydides, ib.; scene in the Council-hall at
Hastinapur, ib.; curious scenes in the
Council-hall of Raja Viráta, 209, 212;
great Council of the Pándavas and their
allies at the marriage feast of Abhimanyu
and Uttará, 242; Council of the Kauravas
summoned to receive the envoy from Raja
Drupada, 249; Council of the Pándavas
to receive Sanjaya, the envoy of Maharaja
Dhritarashtra, 252; Council of the Kau-
ravas summoned to receive the return
messages brought by Sanjaya from the
Pándavas, 254; Council of the Kauravas
summoned to receive the mission of Krish-
na from the Pándavas, 261; Council at
Hastinapur preliminary to the great war,
275; magnificent hall at Manipura, 406;
golden pillars, artificial birds, luminous
gems, artificial fishes, torches of sandal
wood, ib.; review of the description, 423.
Daityas, of the sea, mythic wars of Arjuna
against, 192; their chariot horses of the
colour of peacocks, ib.; historical signi-
ficance of the myths, ib.; wars of Arjuna
typical of the wars of the Brahmans
against the Buddhists, 193; fly to the
islands of the sea, 404; their houses burnt
by Arjuna, ib. ; further identification with
the Buddhists, 421; their wars against the
Devatás, 510; their priest Sukra, ib.;
their efforts to slay Kanju, the pupil of
Sukra, ib.; the Raja's daughter pushes
Devayání into a well, 512; anger of Sukra,
513; alarm and humiliation of the Raja,
514; opposition between the Daityas and
Devatás, 519; expression of the opposition
in the Rig-Veda, ib.; subsequent con-
version of the traditionary wars into myth-
ical wars of gods and demons, ib.; con-
fusion in the application of the terms
Daityas and Devátas, ib.
Damayantí, the beautiful daughter of Bhíma,
Raja of Vidarbha, 480; her love for Nala,
ib.; induced by the swan with golden
wings to think of no one but Nala, 481;
her melancholy, ib.; proclamation of her
Swayamvara, ib.; assembling of the Rajas,
ib.; visited by Nala, 482; refuses to choose
any husband but Nala, 483; Nala remon-
strates, ib.; her fidelity, ib.; the day of
the Swayamvara, ib.; she enters the Hall,
ib.; each of the four gods assumes the
form of Nala, 484; her perplexity, ib.;
her prayer, ib.; the gods grant her prayer
and reveal themselves in their true forms,
ib.; she discovers Nala and gives him the
garland, ib.; Nala's vow to her, ib.; the
marriage, 485; gives birth to a son and a
daughter, ib.; alarmed at the gambling
match between Nala and Pushkara, 486;
retires from the Hall, 487; summons the
charioteer, Varshneya, and sends her chil-
dren to her father's house at Vidarbha,
ib.; departs with Nala into the jungle,
ib.; refuses to go to her father's house un-
less Nala will accompany her, 488; aban-
doned by Nala in the jungle, 489; her
anguish, ib.; the great serpent, ib.; the
huntsman, ib.; joins a caravan, 490;
pleasant encampment, ib.; terrible night
attack of wild elephants, ib.; alarm of the
merchants, ib.; she escapes, ib.; her piti-
ful appearance in the city of Chedi, ib.;
invited into the palace by the mother of
the Raja, ib.; takes service under condi-
tions, 461; becomes companion to the
Princess Sunandá, ib.; her father Bhíma
sends Bráhmans in search for her, 492;
discovered by Sudeva the Brahman, ib.;
identified by a mole as the nicce of the
mother of the Raja of Chedi, 493; re-
turns to her father's house at Vidarbha,
ib.; her joy at seeing her children, ib.;
her anxiety for Nala, ib.; her directions
to the Brahmans sent in search of Nala,
ib.; suspects that she has found Nala,
494; directs Sudeva to inform Raja Ritu-
parna that she was about to celebrate a
second Swayamvara, ib.; recognizes the
driving of Nala, 496; fails to recognize
him as Váhuka, 497; sends her maid
Kesiní to Váhuka, ib.; sends for a portion
of the meat which Nala had cooked, 499;
sends her children to Nala, ib.: permitted
to receive him in her own room, ib.; the
interview, ib.; her fidelity testified by
Vayu, 500; the reconciliation, ib.; happy
reign of Nala, 501.
Dark Ages of Hindú history, 226; character
of, ib.
Dawn, the, personified. See Ushas.
Deities, Vedic, 8; confusion in the personi-
fications, ib.
Devaki, daughter of Devaka, married to
Vasudeva, 462; Raja Kansa threatens to
slay her on her wedding day, ib.; Vasu-
deva engages to deliver up her children
to Kansa, ib.; birth of Balarama, ib.;
birth of Krishna, 463.
Devatás, their wars against the Daityas,
510; their priest Vrihaspatí, ib.; opposi-
tion between them and the Daityas, 519;
expression of the opposition in the Rig-
Veda, ib.; subsequent conversion of the
traditionary wars into mythical wars of
gods and demons, ib.; confusion in the
application of the term, ib.
Devayání, legends of, 508; character of, a
contrast to that of Damayantí, ib.; her
father a type of the modern Brahman pre-
ceptor, ib.; the story to be referred to the
Brahmanic age, 509; refusal of Kanju to
marry her, 510; curses Kanju, 511; pushed
into a well by Sarmishthá, 512; delivered
from the well by Raja Yayáti, ib.; refuses
to return to the city of the Daityas, 513;
refuses to be comforted, ib.; the Raja of
the Daityas promises that Sarmishtha shall
be her servant, 514; goes with Sarmishthá
and her maidens to the well, 515; approach
of Raja Yayáti, ib.; requests Yayati to
marry her, 516; urges that he espoused
her when he delivered her from the well,
ib.; the marriage, 517; departs with Ya-
yáti to his own city accompanied by Sar-
mishthá, ib.; her wrath at hearing that
Sarmishtha had given birth to a son, ib.;
discovers that Yayáti is the father of Sar-
mishtha's children, 518; returns to her
father's house, ib.; review of the legends,
519; opposition between the Devatás, or
Aryans, and the Daityas, or aborigines,
ib.; friendship between the Brahman
preceptors of tribes who were at enmity,
520; mythical detail representing the Yá-
davas as descendants of Yayáti and Sar-
mishthá, ib.
Dharma, a personified virtue, the mythical
father of Yudhishthira, 71.
Dhaumya, engaged to be family priest to the
Pándavas, 119; one of the sacred cooks
at the Rajasúya of Yudhishthira, 166;
accompanies the Pandavas in their exile,
184; exclaims against Jayadratha for car-
rying away Draupadi without having first
conquered her husbands, 201; assists in
the burning of the dead upon the plain of
Kurukshetra, 364; performs the inaugur
ation ceremonies for Raja Yudhishthira,
370; squeezes milk out of the horse's ear
at the performance of the Aswamedha,
431; unmeaning allusions to his appear-
ance at the Aswamedha, 436.
Dhrishta-dyumna, brother of Draupadí, con-
ducts his sister into the area at her Sway-
amvara, 120; proclaims the conditions
of the Swayamvara, ib.; recites the names
and lineage of her suitors, ib.; follows
Draupadí after her Swayamvara to the
house of the Pándavas and discovers that
they are Kshatriyas, 124; objects to the
marriage of his sister to the five Pánda-
vas, 126; objections overruled, ib.; objects
that the claim of Arjuna as winner at the
Swayamvara set aside the right of Yud-
hishthira as elder brother, 134; appointed
generalissimo of the Pándavas, 277; so-
lemnly enthroned, ib.; vows to slay Drona
in revenge for the slaughter of his father
Drupada, 316; surprised by Aswattháma
whilst sleeping in the quarters of the Pán-
davas and barbarously murdered, 350;
his charioteer hastens to the Kaurava camp
to inform the Pandavas, 352.
Dhritarashtra, the blind, birth of, 54; le
gend of his early life, 63; set aside from the
Raj on account of his blindness, ib.; suc-
ceeds to the throne on the retirement of
Pándu, 64; marries Gándhári, 65; his
sons known as the Kauravas, ib.; kindly
receives the widow and sons of his brother
Pándu, ib.; significance of his marriage,
74; his monogamy as opposed to the poly-
gamy of his predecessors, 72; directs
Drona to prepare for a public exhibition
of arms in behalf of the Kauravas and
Pándavas, 86; his appearance at the ex-
hibition, ib.; appoints Yudhishthira to be
Yuvaraja, 97; remonstrances of Duryod-
hana, ib.; offers to divide the administra-
tion, but refuses to divide the lands, 98;
persuaded by Duryodhana to send the
Pándavas to the city of Váranávata, ib.;
sends the Pándavas to the country of
Khándava-prastha, 139; prevailed on by
Duryodhana to invite the Pándavas to a
gambling match, 176; his sudden appear-
ance in the gambling pavilion, 182; apo-
logizes to Draupadi for the affronts put
upon her, and bids her return with her
husbands to Indra-prastha, ib.; recalls
the Pandavas in consequence of the re-
monstrances of Duryodhana, 183; his
daughter Duhsalá married to Jayadratha,
Raja of Sindhu, 202; summons a Council
to receive the envoy from the Pandavas,
249; tries to appease Bhishma and Karna,
and declares in favour of peace, 251; sends
his minister and charioteer Sanjaya on an
embassy to the Pándavas, ib.; his message
to the Pandavas, 253; receives privately
the replies sent by the Pándavas, 256; his
anxious night conversation with Vidura,
ib.; summons a Council of the Kauravas
to receive the messages sent by the Pán-
davas through Sanjaya, ib.; agreement
impossible, ib.; remonstrates with Dur-
yodhana on his proposal to put Krishna
in custody, 259; his reception of Krishna
in the Council hall, 262; requests Krishna
to counsel Duryodhana, 265; advised by
Krishna to arrest Duryodhana and his
three allies, 268; summons the Rání
Gándhárí into the Council, ib.; mythical
character of the mission of Krishna, 271;
affecting interview with Krishna after the
slaughter of his sons in the great war,
342; proceeds with all the women of his
household to the plain of Kurukshetra,
354; interview with the three surviving
warriors of the Kaurava armies, ib.; at-
tempts to reconcile him with the Pánda-
vas, 359; mythical efforts of Krishna and
Vyása, ib.; impossibility of a real recon-
ciliation between parents and the mur-
derers of their sons, ib.; want of family
sympathy on the part of the Brahmanical
compilers, 360; his interview with the
Pándavas on the day after the war, ib.;
necessity for a feigned reconciliation, ib.;
his real feelings on the occasion, 360; nar-
rative of the reconciliation, ib.; the Pán-
davas, accompanied by Krishna, come out
to meet him, ib.; prostrate themselves at
his feet, 361; calls for Bhíma and receives
his image instead, ib.; crushes the image
to pieces in his wrath against the murderer
of his sons, ib.; repents the deed and
weeps, ib.; undeceived by Sanjaya, ib.;
embraces the five Pándavas in turn, ib.;
the reconciliation, ib.; orders the funeral
rites of the Kauravas to be performed,
364; narrative of the installation of Yud-
hishthira as Raja under the nominal
sovereignty of himself as Maharaja, 368;
Yudhishthira requests the Brahmans to
accept his rule, 372; story of the exile and
death of Dhritarashtra, 438; his bitter dis-
putes with Bhíma, 439; he departs with
the Rání Gándhárí and Kuntí to the
jungle on the Ganges, ib.; visit of the
Pándavas, ib.; Vyása the sage assembles
the ghosts of all who were slain in the
great war, ib.; horrible death of the Ma-
háraja and all his household in a jungle
fire, 441.
Dice. See Gambling.
Dinajpur anciently a land of fable, 233.
Draupadí, daughter of Raja Drupada, im-
portant story of her marriage with the
five Pándavas, 115; her beauty, 118; the
Pándavas resolve to attend her Sway-
amvara, ib.; conducted into the area by
her brother Dhrishta-dyumna, 120; pre-
vents Karna from engaging in the com-
petition, 121; acknowledges Arjuna to be
visitor, 122; led away by Arjuna and his
brethren, ib.; postponement of the mar-
riage, 123; distributes the provisions at
supper in the place of Kuntí, ib. ; followed
by her brother to the hut, 124; married
to the five brothers in the order of their
ages, 126; probable details of the real
incident, 127; her self-possessed demean-
our, 128; myth that in a former birth she
prayed five times to Siva for a good hus-
band, 133; her strange domestic life, 143,
note; her interview with Arjuna after his
exile, 152; reconciled to Subhadrá, ib.;
the wives of the Pándavas jealous of her
beauty, 177; staked by Yudhishthira at
the gambling match at Hastinapur, 180;
Duryodhana sends for her to sweep the
rooms, ib.; question of whether she was
fairly lost, as Yudhishthira was a slave
when he staked her, ib.; refuses to go to
the pavilion, 181; dragged in by Duhsá-
sana, ib.; vainly appeals to Bhishma and
Drona, ib.; the Pandavas forbidden by
Yudhishthira to interfere, 182; insulted
by Duhsásana and Duryodhana before
all the assembly, ib.; apologies of the
Maharaja, 183; her terrible vow, 184;
familiar with the idea that wives were
occasionally lost or won at gambling
matches, ib.; myth of Duhsásana trying
to strip her, but prevented by Krishna,
185, note; sensational picture of her de-
parture into exile, 186; visited by Jaya-
dratha, Raja of Sindhu, in the absence of
her husbands, 199; her conversation with
the Chieftain sent by Jayadratha, ib.; her
proffered hospitalities, 200; her rage at
the wicked proposals of Jayadratha, ib.;
her curses and threats, ib.; she is carried
off by main force, ib.; abandoned by Ja-
yadratha, who tries to escape from the
Pandavas, 201; her wrath at the clemency
of Yudhishthira, ib.; returns to the hut
with Yudhishthira, ib.; orders the release
of Jayadratha, 202; her appearance be-
fore the Rání of Viráta, 207; the Rání
objects to her beauty, 208; her story of
her five Gandharvas, ib.; engaged as a
waiting-maid by the Rání, ib.; stipulates
that she shall not be required to wash feet
or eat the victuals which have been left
by others, ib.; tranquil life, ib.; attracts
the attention of Kíchaka, 211; sent by the
Rání to bring a cup of wine from his
house, ib.; prays to the Sun for succour,
ib.; affronted by Kíchaka, 212; escapes
from the house and runs to the Council-
hall, ib.; rebuked by Yudhishthira, ib.;
appeals in vain to the Rání, ib.; awakens
Bhíma in the night and demands revenge,
213; bitterly complains of the insults she
has received from the Kauravas, Jaya-
dratha, and Kíchaka, ib.; complains of
the low occupations of her husbands in
the court of Raja Viráta, ib.; complains
of her position as the favourite maid-serv-
ant of the Raja, 214; rebuked by Bhíma,
ib.; her delight at the prospect of obtain-
ing revenge, ib.; Kíchaka pays a second
visit and threatens to carry her away, ib.;
his lavish offers, ib.; engages to meet him
at midnight in the music and dancing-
room, 215; her joy at his being slain by
Bhíma, 216; tells the watchmen that he
has been slain by the Gandharvas, ib.;
brothers of Kíchaka prepare to burn her
alive on his funeral pile, 217; her screams
for succour, ib.; Bhíma hastens to her
rescue, ib.; returns to the palace and
causes great alarm, ib.; enters the music
and dancing-room and manifests her anger
against Arjuna, 218; led by the damsels
into the presence of the Rání, ib.; their
conversation, ib.; universal terror, 221;
proposes that Arjuna should drive the
chariot of Uttar against the Kauravas,
ib.; catches the blood that fell from Yud-
hishthira's nose, 224; mythical character
of her personation as a maid-servant, 235;
extraordinary arrangement of her hair in
consequence of her vow, 236; question-
able beauty, ib.; alleged refinement of her
manners, ib.; myth that the Sun god
preserved her from the indignity of a kick,
237; complains to Krishna of Yudhish-
thira's undue love of peace, 257; comfort-
ed by Krishna, ib.; sleeping in the camp
of the Kauravas on the night when her
five sons were slain by Aswattháma, 350;
sent for by Yudhishthira, 353; decries the
idea of her husbands ruling as Rajas, ib.;
consoled by Yudhishthira and Krishna,
ib.; prays for revenge upon Aswatthama,
ib.; Yudhishthira represents to her that
Aswattháma is the son of a Brahman, and
that revenge must be left to Vishnu, ib.;
she persists in having an amulet belonging
to Aswattháma, ib.; Arjuna deprives As-
wattháma of the amulet and gives it to
Bhíma, who consoles Draupadí and gives
it her, upon which she transfers it to
Yudhishthira, 354; her affecting inter-
view with Kuntí, 363; consoled by Gánd-
hárí, ib.; seated upon the tiger's skin
with Yudhishthira at his installation as
Raja, 371; her conversation with the wives
of Krishna respecting polygamy and poly-
andry, 390; acknowledges the miraculous
interference of Krishna in the gambling
pavilion, ib.; accompanies her husbands
to the Himálaya mountains in the garb
of a devotee, and dies, 454.
Dream of Yudhishthira that the animals
implored him to leave the jungle, 198;
portentous dreams of Raja Kansa, 472.
Drona, the Bráhman preceptor of the Kau-
ravas and Pandavas, his arrival at Has-
tinápur, 75; educates the princes on
condition that they afterwards fight the
Raja of Panchála, ib.; marries Kripá, the
half-sister of Bhishma, ib.; question of
whether he was a Bráhman or a Kshatri-
ya, 76; his son Aswattháma, 77; efforts
of the Brahmanical compilers to represent
him as a Brahman who officiated as Puro-
hita, or family priest, ib.; more probably
a Kshatriya, ib.; absurd myth respecting
his birth, 77, note; interpretation of the
myth, ib.; legend of the son of the Bhil
Raja, 82; flocking of sons of Rajas to
Hastinapur to learn archery from Drona,
83; he refuses to teach the son of the Bhil
Raja, ib.; the Bhíl sets up a clay image
of Drona and learns archery by practising
before the image, ib.; Drona contemplates
spoiling the Bhil's archery, but is restrained
by his submission, 84; review of the tra-
dition, ib.; requested by Maháraja Dhri-
taráshtra to hold a public exhibition of
arms, 86; appears at the exhibition with
his son Aswattháma, 87; interferes in the
club fighting between Duryodhana and
Bhíma, ib.; causes the war against Dru-
pada, Raja of Panchála, 95; significance
of the division of the Raj of Panchála, 96;
probably the brother of Drupada, ib.; re-
frains from interfering when Draupadí is
insulted in the gambling pavilion, 182;
remonstrates with Duryodhana in the
Council of Kauravas summoned to receive
the embassy of Krishna, 265; frames six
rules for ameliorating the horrors of the
war, 283; excuses himself from fighting
for the Pandavas, 297; improbability of
the story, 298; introduced to harmonize
with the speech he is said to have delivered
at Krishna's embassy, 299; narrative of
his five days' command, 309; his election,
ib.; first day of his command, ib.; his
efforts to take Yudhishthira prisoner
frustrated by Krishna and Arjuna, 309;
second day of his command, 310; nearly
succeeds in taking Yudhishthira prisoner,
ib.; draws up the army of the Kauravas
in the form of a spider's web, ib.; fourth
day of his command, 314; cuts off the
heads of Viráta and Drupada, 316;
Dhrishta-dyumna vows to slay him in
revenge for the death of his father Dru-
pada, ib.; Bhíma fights him until sunrise,
317; fifth day of his command, ib.; com-
bat with Dhrishta-dyumna, ib.; is over-
come by means of a lie, ib.; rejoicings of
the Pandavas and sorrow of the Kauravas,
ib.; vow of his son Aswattháma to revenge
his death, ib.; review of his death, 320;
mythical details, ib; extraordinary ac-
count of a lie inadvertently told by Yud-
hishthira, 321; dies in the character of a
Brahman Yogi, 322; escape of his soul
through his skull, ib.
Drupada, Raja of Panchála, his probable
relationship to Drona, 78, note; war
against him, 95; defeats the Kauravas,
but is defeated by the Pándavas, ib.; di-
vision of his territory, ib.; significance of
the legend respecting the division of his
Raj, 96; probably the brother of Drona,
ib.; geographical position of his Raj, ib.;
his humiliation at his daughter being won
by a Bráhman, 124; learns from his son
that the supposed Bráhmans are Kshatri-
yas, ib.; sends his Purohita as envoy to
the Pandavas and invites them to his pa-
lace, ib.; his grand reception of the Pan-
davas, 125; his joy at hearing their birth
and lineage, ib.; his daughter married to
the five Pandavas, 126; becomes the lead-
ing ally of the Pándavas after the thir-
teenth year, 239; sends his own priest as
envoy to the Kauravas, 245; story of the
embassy, 249; slain and beheaded by
Drona on the fourteenth day of the great
war, 316; his son Dhrishta-dyumna vows
to revenge his death, ib.
Duhsalá, daughter of Maharaja Dhrita-
ráshtra, married to Jayadratha, Raja of
Sindhu, 202; story of, 414; her dead son
miraculously restored to life by Krishna,
Duhsásana plots with his elder brother
Duryodhana to dispossess the Pandavas
of their Raj, 175; drags Draupadí into
the gambling pavilion by her hair, 181;
insults her before the assembly, 182;
danced for joy when Duryodhana won the
Raj of the Pandavas, 183; Bhima vows to
drink his blood, 184; myth of his trying
to strip Draupadí, but prevented by Krish-
na, 185, note; insultingly invites the Pán-
davas to the sacrifice of Duryodhana, 196;
mild answer of Yudhishthira and wrathful
reply of Bhíma, ib.; warns Duryodhana
in the Council of the Kauravas that unless
he submits to the Pándavas the elders
will deliver him up to Yudhishthira, 268;
joins in the plot for seizing Krishna, 269;
joins in the slaughter of Abhimanyu, 312;
his deadly conflict with Bhíma, 327; Bhí-
ma drinks his blood, 328.
Durgá, temple of, 531.
Durvásas, the sage, curses Sakuntalá, 47:
his irascibility, 48; his visit to the house
of the Raja of the Bhojas, 93; Kuntí ap-
pointed to wait upon him night and day,
ib.; dutiful service of Kuntí, ib.; he offers
her a boon, ib.; teaches her a mantra
which will bring any good to her, 94; vi-
sits Dwaraká with two other Rishis, 443.
Duryodhana, the eldest son of Dhritarash-
tra, attempts to take the life of Bhíma,
74; mythical character of the legend, ib,;
his jealousy of Arjuna, 75; his club-fight-
ing with Bhima at the exhibition of arms
at Hastinapur, 87; creates Karna a Raja,
90; leads him away, ib.; rivalry with
Yudhishthira for the post of Yuvaraja,
97; his jealousy at the appointment of
Yudhishthira, ib.; remonstrates with
Maharaja Dhritarashtra, ib.; refuses the
Maharaja's offer to divide the administra-
tion, 98; stipulates for a division of the
land which is refused, ib.; persuades the
Maharaja to send the Pándavas to the
city of Váranávata, 99; his plot to burn
the Pandavas at Váranávata, 101; story
of his jealous wrath at the Rajasúya of
Yudhishthira, 172; his surprise at the
marvels of Indra-prastha, ib.; mistakes a
square of crystal for real water, 173; ex-
cites the mirth of the Pándavas, ib. ; strikes
his head against a false door, ib.; the story
borrowed from the Koran, ib.; plots with
Duhsásana and Sakuni to dispossess the
Pandavas of their new Raj, 175; proposals
to invite the Pándavas to a gambling
match, ib.; prevails on his father Dhritar-
áshtra to send the invitation, 176; lays
the stakes whilst his uncle Sakuni plays
the game, 178; wins Draupadí, 180; sends
for her to sweep the rooms, ib.; question
of whether she was really won, ib.; his
servants fail to bring Draupadí, 181; his
brother Dubsásana drags her into the pa-
vilion, ib.; his outrage upon Draupadí,
ib.; the Maharaja appears and commands
the Pandavas to depart, 183; remonstrates
with the Maháraja, ib.; represents the
unpardonable nature of the affront which
had been put upon the Pándavas, 186;
story of his capture by the Gandharvas,
194; his insolence, 195; rescued by the
Pándavas, ib.; his mortification, ib.; his
resentment at being publicly rebuked by
Bhishma, ib.; his jealous desire to per-
form a Rajasúya sacrifice, 196; disqualified
whilst the Maháraja and Yudhishthira
are alive, ib.; prepares to perform a Vaish-
nava sacrifice, ib.; the sacrifice, 197; di-
verse opinions of his friends and enemies,
ib.; returns to his palace in a great pro-
cession, ib.; congratulations of Karna,
ib.; review of the tradition, ib.; agrees
to a war against the Raja Viráta, 219;
invades the southern quarter, 220; de-
feated by Arjuna, 222; his efforts to win
over Krishna to the side of the Kauravas,
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