battle,409; defeat of Arjuna, ib.; beheads Arjuna with a crescent-shaped arrow, 410; rejoicings of his army, ib.; horror of his mother, ib.; descends into the under- world and defeats the serpents, 411; ob- tains the life-restoring jewel, 412; the reconciliation, ib.; his introduction to Yudhishthira, 417.
Badravati, city of, Bhíma offers to go there and bring away the horse for the Aswa- medha of Yudhishthira, 383; the jour- ney, 384; the old mother of the Raja re- fuses to leave the palace, 385; carried to Hastinapur by force, ib.
Balaráma, elder brother of Krishna, designs
to give his sister Subhadrá in marriage to Duryodhana, 150; his wrath at her elopement with Arjuna, 151; Krishna remonstrates with him, ib.; the legend proved to be a fiction, 152; his speech at the great Council of the Pándavas and their allies, 243; refuses to take any part in the great war, 247; visits the camp of the Pandavas, but refuses to engage in the war, 2.7; goes on a pilgrimage to Prabhása, ib.; appears on the plain of Kurukshetra just before the great battle between Duryodhana and Bhíma, 337; stays to behold it as he had taught the use of the mace to both of them, ib.; advises the combatants to fight in the middle of the plain, ib.; his indignation at Bhíma's foul blow, 340; prepares to slay the Pán- davas, but is prevented by Krishna, ib.; denounces Bhíma, ib.; his death, 449; legend of his birth, 462; brought up in Gokula as the son of Rohiní, ib.; his in- fancy, 464; his gambols, ib.; goes with Krishna to the city of Mathurá, 470; slaughters the fighting men of Kansa, 471; accompanies Krishna to the arena, both disguised as jugglers, 472; adven- tures with the great elephant of Raja Kansa, 473; assists Krishna in slaying the wrestlers, 474; his marriage with Revatí, 475.
Bhagavat-Gítá, or "Divine Song," 293; spe- cimen of, 294, note.
Bharadwaja, the sage, the mythical father of Drona, 78, note. Bharata, son of Dushyanta, family tra- ditions of the house of, 42; Raj of an Aryan empire established by the hero Bhárata amidst an aboriginal population, 44; doubtful extent of the Raj, ib. ; name applied in modern times to all India, ib.; mythical character of the more ancient traditions which precede the main story of the great war, 45; Kshatriya myth that the Rajas of Bhárata were descended from the Moon, ib.; legends of the Rajas from Bhárata to Dhritarashtra, 46; legends of Raja Bhárata, ib.; his birth, 47; founds the great Raj, ib.; original seat of the empire, 48, note; great war of, 274; four important incidents between the alleged embassy of Krishna and the commence- ment of the war, ib.; march of the Kau- |
ravas and Pandavas to the plain of Kuruk- shetra, ib.; election of generalissimos, 276; position of the rival camps on either side of the lake, 277; generally authentic account of the narrative of the entrench- ment of the rival camps and the inaugura- tion of generalissimos, 278; dubious inci- dents, ib.; legend of the humiliation of Rukmin, ib.; interchange of challenges between the Kauravas and Pandavas, 280, 281; six rules for ameliorating the horrors of the war, 283; apparently of modern date, 284; disregarded in the war, ib.; eighteen days of the war, 287; its mean character, ib.; form in which the history of the war has been preserved, 288; ex- traordinary extent to which the original Kshatriya tradition has been enlarged and interpolated by the Brahmanical com- pilers, ib.; necessity for eliminating a large portion of the matter in order to render the narrative available for his- torical purposes, ib.; diffuse dialogues, 289; wearisome description of combats and charges, all resembling each other, ib.; Brahmanical discourses, ib.; general description of the excluded matter, ib.; mythical references to the vast armies en- gaged on either side, ib.; mythical details of the battles, 290; superhuman strength and skill of the warriors engaged, ib.; employment of magical weapons, ib.; su- pernatural exploits, ib.; extraordinary omens, ib.; exaggerated pomp and cir- cumstance, 291; exaggerated slaughter, ib.; real character of the contest: a war to the knife between two branches of the same family for the possession of a landed inheritance, ib.; probable numbers en- gaged, ib.; barbarous single combats with clubs and knives, 292; free practice of treachery, deceit, and foul play, ib.; irre- levant introduction of Brahmanical dis- quisition, ib.; Sanjaya's discourse on geography to the blind Maháraja, 293; dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna on the field of battle, known as the Bhagavat- Gítá, or "Divine Song," ib.; Bhishma's discourse on the duties of Rajas, whilst mortally wounded, on a couch of arrow- heads, ib.; final contest between Duryod- hana and Bhíma prefaced by a sermon on the efficacy of places of pilgrimage, ib. ; narrative of the eighteen days of the war divided into four periods corresponding to the four commands of the four successive generalissimos of the Kauravas, viz. Bhishma, Drona, Karna, and Sálya, 296. (1.) Bhishma's command-ten days, 297; morning of the first day, ib.; Yudhish- thira proceeds on foot to the army of the Kauravas, ib.; asks the permission of Bhishma and Drona to fight against the Kauravas, ib.; Bhishma and Drona ex- cuse themselves from fighting for the Pán- davas, ib.; Yuyutsu, half-brother of Dur- yodhana, goes over to the Pándavas, 298; joy of the Pandavas, ib.; mythical cha- racter of the foregoing incidents, ib.; the
story of Yudhishthira's requests referable to the later Brahmanical period, 298; im- probability of Bhishma and Drona's pro- fessed partiality for the Pándavas, ib.; introduced to harmonize with the speeches they are said to have delivered at Krish- na's embassy, 299; dubious authenticity of the desertion of Yuyutsu, ib.; firs' day of the war, ib; battle between Bhishma and Bhima and their respective armies, 300; character of the battle, ib.; single combats, ib.; disregard of the rules of fighting. ib.; combat between the youth- ful Abhimanyu and the patriarch Bhish- ma, ib.; praises bestowed by Bhishma upon the prowess of Abhimanyu, 301; combat between Uttar and Sálya, ib.; combat between Bhishma and Arjuna, ib.; mythical dialogue between Yudhish- thira and Krishna, ib.; Yudhishthira complains of the havoc committed by Bhishma and proposes retiring, ib.; con- soled by the remonstrances of Krishna, who dwells on the prowess of Arjuna and Dhrishta-dyumna, 302; narrative of the war from the second to the tenth day, ib.; second day of the war, ib.; the Pandavas repulsed by Bhishma, but rallied by Ar- juna, ib.; Bhishma reluctantly engages with Arjuna, ib.; Bhíma attacked by the Raja of Magadhá and his army, ib.; slays the son of the Raja of Magadhá, 303; vaults on an elephant and slays a second son, ib.; slays the Raja and his elephant at a single blow, ib.; Abhimanyu slays a son of Duryodhana, ib.; attacked by Dur- yodhana and rescued by Arjuna, ib.; flight of all the Rajas at the sound of Ar- juna's chariot, ib.; alarm of Bhishma at the havoc created by Arjuna, 304; suc- cesses of the Pándavas, ib.; third day of the war, ib.; tremendous charge of the Pandavas in the form of a half moon, ib.; terrible slaughter, ib. ; cries of the wound- ed, ib.; dead men rise without heads and fight each other, ib.; the warriors fight with their fists, feet, teeth, and nails, 305; repulse of the Kauravas, ib.; Duryod- hana complains of the indifference of Bhishma, ib.; Bhishma renews the bat- tle, but the Kauravas are driven back by Arjuna, ib.; the war rages from the fourth to the ninth day, ib.; Kauravas dis- heartened at not conquering the Pán- davas, ib.; Duryodhana complains to his Chieftains of his want of success, ib.; Karna engages to slay the Pandavas if Bhishma will retire from the command, 306; Duryodhana proposes to Bhishma that he should retire, ib.; Bhishma's wrath, ib.; Bhishma engages to defeat the Pandavas on the tenth day or retire from the field, ib.; tenth day of the war, ib.; terrible conflict between Bhishma and Arjuna, ib.; Bhishma mortally wound- ed, ib.; review of the first ten days of the war, 307; interest centres in the single combat between Bhishma and Arjuna, ib.; singular effort to Brahmanize the
character of Bhishma, ib.; mythical story that Bhishma lay for many days upon a couch formed of arrow-heads, and then delivered some moral and religious dis- courses, 308. (2.) Drona's command-five days, 309; prominence of single combats, ib.; three important incidents in the his- tory of Drona's command, ib.; election of Drona, ib.; eleventh day of the war and first of Drona's command, ib.; efforts of Drona to take Yudhishthira prisoner, ib. ; frustrated by the presence of Krishna and Arjuna, ib.; Susarman and his four bre- thren send a challenge to Arjuna, 310; Arjuna accepts the challenge, contrary to the advice of Yudhishthira, ib.; twelfth day of the war and second of Drona's command, ib.; Arjuna defents Susarman and his brethren, ib.; Yudhishthira nar- rowly escapes being taken prisoner by Drona, ib.; thirteenth day of the war and third of Drona's command, ib.; Arjuna fights Susarman a second time, ib.; Drona draws up the army of the Kauravas in the form of a spider's web, ib.; inability of the Pandavas to oppose the spider's web in the absence of Krishna and Ar- juna, 311; Yudhishthira commands Ab- himanyu to charge the spider's web, ib.; Abhimanyu drives his chariot into the enemy's ranks and performs prodigies of valour, ib.; Pándavas prevented by Ja- yadratha from rescuing Abhimanyu, 312; Abhimanyu overpowered by six warriors and slain, ib.; extreme beauty and prow- ess of Abhimanyu, ib.; profound grief of Yudhishthira, ib.; general outcry against the cowardly Chieftains who slew Abhi- manyu, ib.; Arjuna's overpowering grief on hearing of the death of Abhimanyu, 313; vows to slay Jayadratha before sun- set on the morrow, ib.; Krishna endeav- ours to console Arjuna, ib.; tries to com- fort Subhadra and Uttará, the mother and widow of Abhimanyu, ib.; his touching attendance upon Arjuna throughout the night, ib.; orders his chariot to be ready at early morn to drive Arjuna against Jayadratha, ib.; cowardly attempt of Ja- yadratha to withdraw from the field, 314; fourteenth day of the war and fourth of Drona's command, ib.; fierce struggle of Arjuna, Sátyaki, and Bhíma to reach Jayadratha, ib.; combat between Sátyaki and Bhurisrava, ib.; Bhurisrava conquers Sátyaki and prepares to cut off his head, ib.; Krishna requests Arjuna to interfere, ib.; Arjuna cuts off the arms of Bhuris- rava, ib.; Bhurisrava abuses Arjuna for interfering, ib.; Arjuna's defence, ib.; all the Kauravas reproach Arjuna, ib.; Arjuna's retort respecting the cowardly murder of his son, 315; Sátyaki beheads Bhurisrava, ib.; desperate conflict be- tween Arjuna and Jayadratha, ib.; Ar- juna beheads Jayadratha just before sun- set, ib.; exultation of the Pándavas and grief of the Kauravas, ib.; battle con- tinued throughout the night, ib.; fright-
ful confusion in the darkness, 315; plain of Kurukshetra lit up by torches, 316; battle scenes by torchlight, ib.; short in- terval of slumber at midnight, ib.; renewal of the battle by moonlight, ib.; the battle goes against the Pándavas, ib.; vow of Dhrishta-dyumna to slay Drona, ib.; Bhíma fights Drona until sunrise, 317; fifteenth day of the war and fifth of Dro- na's command, ib.; Dhrishta-dyumna fights Drona, ib.; Drona overcome by means of a lie, ib.; Dhrishta-dyumna be- heads Drona, ib.; rejoicings of the Pán- davas, ib.; deep regret of the Kauravas at the death of Drona, ib.; vow of Aswat- tháma to revenge the death of Drona, ib.; review of the foregoing account of the five days of Drona's command, ib.; touching character of the story of Abhimanyu, 319; review of the death of Drona, 320; myth- ical details, ib.; extraordinary account of a lie inadvertently told by Yudhishthira, ib.; Krishna suggests the lie, 321; Krishna suggests a prevarication, ib. (3.) Karna's command-two days, 322; election of Karna, 323; sixteenth day of the war and first of Karna's command, ib. ; indecisive battle, ib.; Karna engages to slay Arjuna, ib.; seventeenth day of the war and second of Karna's command, ib.; Karna de- sires that Sálya would drive his chariot as Krishna drove the chariot of Arjuna, ib.; Duryodhana makes the request to Sálya, 324; Sálya's indignation, ib.; Sál- ya sneers at the birth of Karna as the son of a charioteer, ib.; Duryodhana as- sures Sálya of his respect and ranks him with Krishna, ib.; Sálya drives Karna's chariot against Arjuna, 325; evil omens, ib.; contention between Karna and Sálya as regards the prowess of Arjuna, ib.; Karna retorts by referring to the depraved customs of Sálya's subjects, ib.; Karna charges the Pándavas, ib.; Karna attacks Yudhishthira in the absence of Arjuna, 326; reproaches Yudhishthira for the cow- ardice he had imbibed from Bráhmans, ib.; wrath of Yudhishthira at being left without protection, ib.; anger of Yud- hishthira that Arjuna had been fighting Susarman when he should have been fighting Karna, ib.; taunts Arjuna, ib.; Arjuna threatens to kill Yudhishthira, but is restrained by Krishna, ib.; recon- ciled to Yudhishthira by Krishna, 327; Bhíma attacked by Duhsásana, ib.; dead- ly conflict between Bhima and Duhsásana, ib.; Bhíma's address to the Kauravas, ib.; fulfils his vow by drinking the blood of Duhsásana, 328; Arjuna goes forth to fight a final battle with Karna, ib.; the armies stop fighting and the gods descend from heaven, ib.; Arjuna and Karna ad- dress their respective charioteers, ib.; the battle, ib.; a wheel of Karna's chariot sinks into the earth, ib.; Arjuna stays from fighting whilst Karna tries to release the wheel, 329; Krishna reminds Arjuna of the insults to Draupadí and murder of
Abhimanyu, ib.; Arjuna slays Karna with a crescent-shaped arrow, ib.; tri- umph of the Pándavas and consternation of the Kauravas, ib.; flight of the Kau- ravas, ib.; Kripa advises Duryodhana to conclude a treaty with the Pándavas, ib. ; refusal of Duryodhana, ib.; the Kauravas resolve to renew the battle on the morrow, ib; review of the foregoing narrative of Karna's command, 330. (4.) Sálya's com- mand-one day, ib.; election of Sálya, ib.; eighteenth and last day of the war, 331; Kauravas abstain from single com- bats, ib.; Sálya slain by Yudhishthira, ib.; utter defeat of the Kauravas, ib.; Duryodhana conceals himself in the lake, ib.; three survivors, ib.; general search for Duryodhana, ib.; the three Kaurava warriors discover Duryodhana and pray him to renew the battle, 332; Duryod- hana declines and recommends conceal- ment, ib.; Aswattháma vainly remon- strates, ib.; failure of the Pándavas to discover Duryodhana, ib.; Bhíma's serv- ants discover him, ib.; the Pandavas pro- ceed to the lake, ib.; Yudhishthira calls upon Duryodhana to leave the lake, 333; Duryodhana prays for rest before renew- ing the combat, ib.; Yudhishthira remon- strates, ib.; Duryodhana prays the Pán- davas to take the Raj and let him retire to the desert, ib.; Yudhishthira refuses to take the Raj except by conquest, ib.; Duryodhana offers to fight the Pandavas one at a time if they will fight fairly, 334; Yudhishthira accepts the conditions, ib.; Duryodhana stipulates to fight with the mace only, ib.; Yudhishthira agrees, ib.; Duryodhana still remains in the lake, 335; Krishna advises Bhíma to provoke Dur- yodhana to leave the water, ib.; Bhíma's irritating address to Duryodhana, ib.; Duryodhana offers to fight on the morrow, ib.; Bhíma renews his taunts and threat- ens to drag Duryodhana out of the lake, ib.; Duryodhana leaves the lake in great affliction, 336; laughter of the followers of the Pandavas, ib.; his ghastly appear- ance, ib.; Yudhishthira offers him arms and armour, ib.; question of who should fight Duryodhana, ib.; Krishna suggests Bhíma, ib.; Bhíma gladly assents, ib.; Bhíma and Duryodhana reproach one an- other, 337; Balaráma, brother of Krishna, appears upon the plain, ib.; the battle, ib.; desperate struggle, ib.; Krishna ad- vises Bhíma to commit foul play, 338; Arjuna gives the hint to Bhíma, ib.; Bhíma nearly killed, ib.; smashes the right thigh of Duryodhana, 339; kicks Duryodhana on the head, ib.; wrath of Yudhishthira, ib.; Yudhishthira strikes Bhíma in the face, ib.; addresses Dur- yodhana, ib.; Balarama's indignation at Bhíma's foul play, 340; Balaráma pre- pares to slay the Pándavas, but is pre- vented by Krishna, ib.; Krishna defends Bhíma, ib.; Balaráma denounces Bhíma, ib.; Krishna excuses Bhíma, ib.; Bhíma
forgiven by Yudhishthira, 340; the Pán- davas go with Krishna to see Duryodhana, ib.; recriminations between Duryodhana and Krishna, ib.; manifestation of the divine approval of Duryodhana, 341; Krishna consoles the Pándavas and pro- claims Yudhishthira Raja, ib.; the Pán- davas proceed to the camp of the Kauravas and obtain great spoil, ib.; Yudhishthira requests Krishna to proceed to Hastinapur and excuse the proceedings of himself and brethren to the Maharaja, ib.; Krishna reaches Hastinapur on the first quarter of the right, 342; interview between Krish- na and the Maháraja, ib.; affecting in- terview between Krishna and the Rání Gándhárí, ib.; Krishna consoles Gánd- hárí by engaging that the Pándavas should prove more dutiful than the Kauravas, 313; Gándhárí's reply to Krishna, ib.; Krishna renews his promises, ib.; returns to the quarters of the Pándavas in the camp of the Kauravas, 344; review of the foregoing narrative of the last day of the great war, ib.; the revenge of Aswat- tháma, 346; review of the story of the revenge of Aswattháma, 355; appearance of the plain of Kurukshetra on the even- ing of the last day of the war, ib.; recon- ciliation of the living and burial of the dead, 359; narrative of the funeral cere- monies on the field of battle, 363; diffi- culty as regards the war lasting eighteen days, ib.; narrative of the funeral cere- monies on the field of battle-see Funeral Ceremonies; Vyása, the sage, promises to assemble the ghosts of the slain, 439; the armies reappear in all their pomp as when alive, 440; disappearance of the dead at the dawn, 441; the widows rejoin their husbands by drowning themselves in the Ganges, ib.
Bhils, legend of the son of the Raja of, who desired Drona to teach him archery, illus- trative of the supremacy exercised by the Aryans over their aboriginal neighbours, 82; ancient and modern condition of the Bhíls, ib.; Drona refuses to teach the son of the Bhil Raja, 83; sorrow of the Bhil, ib.; the Bhíl sets up a clay image of Drona and learns archery by practising before the image, ib.; Drona contemplates spoiling his archery, but is restrained by his submission, ib.; alleged Bhíl custom of not shooting with the fore-finger, 84; review of the tradition, ib.; cause of the alarm of the Kshatriyas, ib.; story of the Bhíl woman and her five sons who were burnt at Váranávata, 103. Bhíma, the second Pándava, his life at- tempted by Duryodhana, 74; escapes to the city of serpents, ib.; his great strength, ib.; mythical character of his escape, ib.; learns the use of the club from Drona, 75; his club-fighting with Duryodhana at the exhibition of arms at Hastinápur, 87; his contemptuous language towards Karna, 90; burns the house of Purochana at Vá- ranávata, 102; wars against the Asuras
referred to the old wars between the Aryans and aborigines, 106; story of his encounter with Hidimba the Asura, 107; carries his mother and brethren through the great forest, 108; slays Hidimba, ib.; advances of Hidimba's sister, ib.; marries Hidimbi, ib.; extraordinary honeymoon, 109; review of the fiction, ib.; his fight with Vaka, the Asura, 110; legendary voracity, ib.; his serio-comic preparations for the battle, 111; rends Vaka asunder, 112; submission of the other Asuras, ib.; review of the fiction, 113; his conquest of Jarasandha, Raja of Magadhá, 162; mythical character of the legend, 164; prevented by his elder brother Yudhish- thira from interfering in behalf of Drau- padí in the gambling pavilion, 182; speaks vehemently to Yudhishthira, ib.; his fearful vow against Duryodhana and Duhsásana, ib.; his interview with his mythical brother Hanuman, son of Váyu, 190; proceeds to the gardens of Kuvera, the god of wealth, 191; his wrathful re- ply to the insolent invitation of Duhsásana to the sacrifice of Duryodhana, 196; his pursuit of Jayadratha after the abduction of Draupadí, 201; drags him from his chariot and reduces him to the condition of a slave, 202; refuses to release him un- less commanded by Draupadí, ib.; appears in the Council-hall of Raja Viráta with a ladle in one hand and a scimitar in the other, 207; engaged as head cook, ib.; declines to fight Jimúta until he has satisfied his hunger, 209; devours an enormous quantity of provisions, ib.; great battle with Jimúta, ib.; dashes out his brains, 210; obtains great favour from the Raja, ib.; fights with wild beasts in the women's apartments, ib.; commanded by Yudhishthira not to interfere when Drau- padí is affronted by Kíchaka in the Coun- cil-hall, 212; Draupadí awakens him in the night and demands revenge, 213; re- bukes her, 214; explains how Yudhishthira has in every case prohibited his interfer- ence, ib.; engages to punish Kíchaka, ib.; his battle with Kíchaka in the music and dancing-room, 215; slays Kíchaka and rolls his flesh and bones into a ball, 216; hastens to rescue Draupadí from the bro- thers of Kichaka, 217; mistaken for the Gandharva, ib.; rescues Raja Viráta, 220; refers to Krishna for a reply to Duryod- hana's challenge, 281; his battle with Bhishma on the first day of the war, 300; attacked by the Raja of Magadhá on the second day of the war, 302; slays a son of the Raja of Magadhá, 303; vaults on an elephant and slays a second son, ib.; slays the Raja and his elephant at a single blow, ib.; fights Drona in the night be- tween the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the war, 317; attacked by Duhsásana, 327; deadly conflict between him and Duhsásana, ib.; fulfils his vow by drink- ing the blood of Duhsásana, ib.; his serv- ants discover Duryodhana in the lake, 332;
Krishna advises him to provoke Duryod- hana to leave the lake, 335; his irritating address to Duryodhana, ib.; threatens to drag Duryodhana out of the lake, ib.; Krishna suggests that he should fight Duryodhana, 336; he gladly assents, ib.; he exchanges reproaches with Duryod- hana, 337; the battle, 338; desperate struggle, ib.; advised by Krishna to com- mit foul play, ib.; Arjuna gives him the hint, 339; nearly killed by Duryodhana, ib.; smashes the thigh of Duryodhana, ib.; kicks Duryodhana on the head, ib.; wrath of Yudhishthira, ib.; struck in the face by Yudhishthira, ib.; Balaráma in- dignant at his conduct, 340; defended by Krishna, ib.; denounced by Balarama but excused by Krishna, ib.; forgiven by Yudhishthira, ib.; his head desired by Duryodhana, 348; his son's head passed off by Aswattháma as his own head, 351; Duryodhana crushes it in his hands and discovers the cheat, ib.; receives from Ar- juna the amulet belonging to Aswattháma and gives it to Draupadí, 354; prostrates himself with his brethren at the feet of the Maharaja, 361; Dhritarashtra calls for him and receives his image instead, ib.; the image crushed, ib.; the Maharaja em- braces him, ib.; reproached by the Rání Gáudhárí for having drank the blood of Duhsásana, 362; his denial, ib.; offers to go to the city of Badravati to bring away a horse for the Aswamedha of Yudhish- thira, 383; jealousy of Krishna that Ar- juna was not selected, ib.; Krishna objects to his fondness for eating and his marriage to an Asura wife, 384; retorts that Krish- na's stomach contains the universe, ib.; refers to Krishna's marriage to the daugh- ter of a Bear, ib.; mollifies Krishna, ib.; proceeds to the city of Badravati to bring away the horse, ib.; tantalizing trick as regards eating played upon by Krishna, 386; complains to Krishna of the trouble- some conduct of the women of his camp, 387; appointed General-Superintendent of the women, ib.; jesting conversation with Krishna, ib.; his address to the wo- men, ib.; arrives at Manipura mounted upon Garura, 412; slaughters the horse at the Aswamedha of Yudhishthira, 431; feasts the Brahmans, 433; his disputes with the Maharaja, 439; his death, 454. Bhíma, Raja of Vidarbha, or Berar, in the Dekhan, 480; proclaims the Swayam- vara of his daughter Damayantí, 481; performs the marriage rites of Nala and Damayantí, 485; sends Bráhmans in search of Damayantí, 492; Damayanti's return, 493; sends Bráhmans in search of Nala, ib.
Bhishma, his dreadful vow, 51; a leading character in the Mahá Bhárata, ib.; his loyalty to his half-brothers, 52; carries away the three daughters of the Raja of Benares to be wives to Vichitra-vírya, ib.; the marriage, 53; refuses to raise up seed to his deceased half-brother, 54; educates
Dhritarashtra, Pándu, and Vidura, 63; entertains Drona as preceptor of the Kau- ravas and Pándavas, 75; gives his half- sister in marriage to Drona, ib.; his ap- pearance at the public exhibition of arms at Hastinapur, 86; proposes in Council a division of the Raj between the Kauravas and Pándavas, 127, 137; refrains from interfering when Draupadí is insulted in the gambling pavilion, 181; publicly re- bukes Duryodhana after the Pandavas have rescued him from the Gandharvas, 195; his reply in the Council to the de- mand of the Pándavas for the restoration of their Raj, 250; remonstrated with by Karna for praising Arjuna, ib.; threatens that Arjuna will destroy Karna, 251; in- terposition of Maháraja Dhritarashtra, ib.; his wrath at the proposal of Duryodhana to put Krishna in custody, 259; receives Krishna in the Council-hall, 262; strongly remonstrates with Duryodhana in the Council of Kauravas summoned to receive Krishna, 265; second powerful speech in the Council, 266; Duryodhana proposes that he shall be generalissimo of the Kauravas and their allies in the great war, 276; agrees on condition that he shall not be called upon to fight Arjuna, and that Karna absents himself from the field, ib. ; solemnly inaugurated as Commander-in- Chief of the Kauravas, ib.; frames six rules for ameliorating the horrors of the war, 283; his discourse on the duties of Rajas, 293; narrative of his ten days' com- mand, 297; excuses himself from fighting for the Pandavas, ib.; improbability of the story, 298; introduced to harmonize with the specch he is said to have delivered at Krishna's embassy, 299; first day of his command, 300; his battle with Bhima, ib.; his combat with Abhimanyu, ib.; praises the prowess of Abhimanyu, 301; his combat with Arjuna, ib.; second day of his command, 302; repulses the Pán- davas, ib.; reluctantly engages with Ar- juna, ib.; Duryodhana complains of his indifference, 305; he renews the battle, but is driven back by Arjuna, ib; his wrath at the proposition of Duryodhana that he should retire from the field, 306; engages to defeat the Pándavas on the tenth day or perish upon the field, ib.; terrible conflict with Arjuna, ib.; mor- tally wounded, ib.; singular effort to Brahmanize his character, 307; mythical story that he lay for many days upon a couch formed of arrow heads, and there delivered some moral and religious dis- courses, 308; another preposterous myth connected with his death, ib. Bhishmaka, Raja of Vidarbha, his daughter Rukmini carried off by Krishna, 475. Bhojas, a tribe in the Vindhya mountains, 66; still represented by the Dhar Rajas, ib., note; myth that Kuntí was brought up in the house of the Raja of the Bhojas, 93. Bhurisrava, his combat with Sátyaki on the
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