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 Pándavas, 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 Pandavas 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 Draupadí 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 Maháraja, 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 Hastinápur, 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 Bhima 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 Draupadi 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 Himalaya 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 Maharaja 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 Brahman, 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, 219; 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 Maháraja 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 Dwáraká 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 Bhíma 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 Maháraja'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 Duhsásana 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 Maharaja 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,
246; his arrogance in the palace of Krish- na, ib.; remonstrates with Krishna for speaking to Arjuna first, 247; elects to have Krishna's army, ib.; Balarama de- clines to join either side, ib.; advised by Vidura to give a grand reception to Krishna in his capacity as ambassador, 258; commences the preparations, ib.; told by Vidura that the reception will be useless unless he is prepared to restore the five villages to the Pandavas, ib.; aban- dons his preparations and proposes putting Krishna in custody, 259; remonstrances of the Maharaja, ib.; wrath of Bhishma, ib.; refuses to go out with the others to receive Krishna, ib.; his haughtiness to- wards Krishna, ib.; offers a splendid en- tertainment to Krishna, which is refused, 260; spurns the Council of Krishna, 265; exasperated by the remonstrances of Bhishma, ib.; remonstrances of Drona and Vidura, ib.; further remonstrances of Bhishma, 266; his indignant speech to Krishna, 267; rebuked by Krishna, ib.; warned by Duhsásana that unless he submits to the Pandavas the elders will deliver him up to Yudhishthira, 268; ab- ruptly leaves the assembly, ib.; Krishna advises his arrest, ib.; the Rání Gánd- hárí sends for him and remonstrates with him in the presence of the Council, ib.; leaves the Council hall and plots with Sakuni, Duhsásana, and Karna to seize Krishna, 269; Krishna reveals himself to him as the Supreme Being, ib.; holds a Council at Hastinapur, 275; solemn cove- nant of the Chieftains on the side of the Kauravas, ib.; entrenches all his forces on the plain of Kurukshetra, ib.; pots of snakes and scorpions, 276; proposes that Bhishma should be generalissimo, ib. ; dismisses Rukmin on account of the ex- travagance of his pretensions, 278; sends a kinsman with a challenge to the Pan- davas, 280; language of the challenge, ib.; replies of Krishna and Arjuna, 282; his son slain by Abhimanyu, 303; attacks Abhimanyu, who is rescued by Arjuna, ib.; complains of the indifference of Bhish- ma, 305; complains to his Chieftains of his want of success, ib. ; proposes to Bhish- ma that he should retire, 306; approves of the plot for taking Yudhishthira pri- soner, 310; reproaches Drona for not having succeeded, ib.; his efforts to pro- tect Jayadratha, 314; reproaches Drona for not having murdered the Pandavas whilst they were sleeping, 316; requests Salya to drive Karna's chariot, 324; as- sures Salya of his respect and ranks him with Krishna, 327; refuses the advice of Kripa to conclude a treaty with the Pan- davas, ib.; utter defeat of the Kauravas, 331; flies from the plain and conceals himself in a lake, ib.; general search for Duryodhana, ib.; discovered by the three surviving Kaurava warriors and invited to renew the contest, 332; declines and recommends concealment, ib.; Aswatthá-
ma vainly remonstrates, ib.; failure of the Pándavas to discover him, ib.; found out by Bhima's servants, ib.; Yudhishthira calls upon him to leave the lake, 333; he prays for rest before renewing the contest, ib.; offers the Raj to the Pándavas, that he may retire to the desert, ib.; refusal of Yudhishthira to obtain the Raj from him except by conquest, 334; offers to fight the Pandavas one at a time if they will fight fairly, ib.; the conditions accepted, ib.; stipulates to fight with the mace only, 335; Yudhishthira agrees, ib.; still re- mains in the lake, ib.; taunted by Bhíma, ib.; offers to fight on the morrow, ib.; Bhíma threatens to drag him out of the lake, ib.; laughter of the followers of the Pándavas, 336; his ghastly appearance, ib.; Yudhishthira offers him arms and armour, ib.; question of who should fight him, ib.; Krishna suggests Bhíma, ib.; Bhíma gladly assents, ib.; Bhíma and Duryodhana reproach one another, 337; the battle, 338; desperate struggle, ib.; nearly kills Bhíma, 339; his thigh smashed by Bhíma, ib.; kicked by Bhíma on the head, ib.; Yudhishthira's speech to him, ib.; indignation of Balaráma at Bhíma's foul blow, 340; recriminations between Duryodhana and Krishna, ib.; refers to the goodness of his government, 341; manifestation of the divine approval of his conduct, ib.; left wounded and alone on the plain of Kurukshetra, 347; visited by Aswattháma, Kripa, and Kritávarman, ib.; appoints Aswattháma to the chief command and directs him to bring the head of Bhíma, ib.; left by the three warriors, 348; return of the three warriors after the revenge of Aswattháma, 351; deceived by Aswattháma, who passes off the heads of the sons of the Pandavas as the heads of the fathers, ib.; his temporary exultation, ib.; takes the head of Bhima's son and discovers the deception by crush- ing the skull, 352; reproaches Aswattháma for the murder of the innocent sons, ib.; his death, ib.; pleasure of gratified revenge as exhibited in his last moments, 357; ac- customed in early days to try his strength upon an image of Bhíma, 361, note; la- mentations of his mother Gándhárí over his body, 364; his widow places his head upon her lap, ib.
Dushyanta, story of his amour with Sakun- talá, 47; historical form of the tradition,
Dwápara, a personification of the Dwápara age, 485, note; Kati plots with him for the destruction of Nala, 486. Dwáraká, legend of its destruction, 443; wickedness and profanity of the people, ib.; visit of the three great Rishis, ib.; trick played by the young men upon the Rishis, ib.; threats of the Rishis, 444; their departure, ib.; Krishna issues a proclamation against wine, ib.; fearful apparition, ib.; great wind, ib.; portent- ous increase of rats and owls, ib.; evil
omens and general depravity, 445; pro- clamation of Krishna that the people should go and worship at Prabhása, ib.; apparition of a black woman, ib. ; jewels and weapons carried off by evil spirits, ib.; the people permitted to drink wine at the festival at Prabhása, 446; general conviviality, ib.; the tumult and mas- sacre, 447; Arjuna arrives at the city, 449; funeral ceremonies of the slain, 450; the city overwhelmed by a cyclone, 451; review of the narrative, ib. ; nature of the inundation, 453.
Education by Bhishma of the three sons raised up to Vichitra-vírya, 63; by Drona of the Kauravas and Pandavas, 75; practice in the use of the spear, club, bow, and sword, ib.; taming horses, ib.; astro- nomy, ib.; other pursuits, 76; Arjuna engaged as a eunuch by Raja Kirata to teach music and dancing, 207; young ladies taught reading and writing, 522. Ekachakrá, city of, 110; identified with Arrah, 114.
Embassy, description of the mission of the family priest of Drupada to Hastinapur, 249; Council summoned to receive the envoy, ib.; the Bráhman requests per- mission to repeat the words of the Pán- davas, ib.; review of the tradition, 251; return embassy of Sanjaya to the Panda- vas, 252.
Exhibition of arms, public, at Hastinápur, 85; resemblance to a tournament, ib.; three varieties of, viz. (1.) The exhibi- tion proper, ib; (2.) The Swayamvara, ib.; (3.) Professional pugilism and wrest- ling, ib.; narrative of the exhibition of arms at Hastinapur, 86; space set apart on the great plain, ib.; the galleries, ib.; morning of the exhibition, ib.; galleries adorned with flags and garlands, ib.; the multitude, ib.; the blind Maháraja, ib.; the chieftains and ladies, ib.; the feats of arms, 87; wonderful exploits of Arjuna, 88; sudden appearance of Karna, 89; his exploits, ib.; pugilism and wrestling in the court of Raja Viráta, 209.
Fetische worship, connection of Krishna with, 460, 466.
Fiction, Hindú, characteristics of, 105; popu- larity of, 106; historic value of, ib.; in- terest to be divided between the stories and the audiences to whom they are re- lated, ib.; action of the narrator in heightening the interest, 107; connected with the Bhíma's combats with the Asu- ras, ib.; improbabilities of the story, 109; to be referred to the Buddhist period, 110; pathetic description of the family of a Brahman who were required to furnish a human victim to Vaka the Asura, 111; serio-comic preparations of Bhíma for doing battle against Vaka, ib.; disap- pointment and wrath of the Asura, 112; Bhíma rends Vaka asunder, ib.; submis- sion of the subjects of Vaka, ib.; painful
realism of the narrative, 112; masterly stroke of genius in the introduction of the Bráhman's infant son, 113; intense de- light of a Hindú audience at the irritat- ing proceedings of Bhíma, ib.; value of the twelve fictions connected with the loosening of the horse in the Aswamedha of Yudhishthira, 394; adventures of the horse-see Horse.
Filial obedience of Karna towards his aged father, 90.
Fire, god of, 9-see Agni; horrible character of a conflagration in the jungle, 443. Funeral ceremonies, narrative of those per- formed for the slain in the great war, 363; sad procession of the women to the plain of Kurukshetra, 364; the women sit by the dead bodies of their husbands, ib.; lamentations of Gándhárí over her son Duryodhana, ib.; lamentations of the widows, ib.; performance of the funeral rites for the slain, ib.; collection of ma- terials for the burning, ib.; dead bodies of the Rajas recognized by their chariot- eers, 365; burning of the Rajas of the first rank, ib.; burning of the remaining bodies, ib.; bathing in the Ganges and sprinkling of water, ib.; death of the chief wife of Karna, 366; review of the narrative, ib.; refers to an ante-Brah- manic period, ib.; no reference to Satí nor satisfactory allusion to the Brahmans, ib.
Gambling, a special vice of the Hindús, 175; Hindú traditions of its disastrous results, ib.; specialities of Hindú dice, ib.; skill as well as chance brought into play, ib.; ancient game of coupun with cubic dice, 176; modern game of pasha with oblong dice, ib.; legend of the great gambling match at Hastinapur, ib.; un- scrupulous skill of Sakuni, ib.; Duryod- hana prevails on his father Dhritarashtra to invite the Pándavas to a match, ib. ; reluctance of Yudhishthira, 177; the Pán- davas arrive at Hastinápur, ib.; morning of the match, 178; the Pándavas proceed to the pavilion, ib.; Sakuni challenges Yudhishthira to a game at dice, ib.; Duryodhana lays the stakes whilst Sakuni plays, ib.; picture of the gambling match, ib.; losses of Yudhishthira, 179; question of whether Draupadí was really lost, 180; insults committed upon Draupadi before the whole assembly, 182; Bhíma's fearful vow, ib.; sudden appearance of the Ma- háraja, ib.; departure of the Pándavas, 183; Pandavas recalled and play a second game, ib.; exile of the Pandavas, ib.; affecting character of the tradition, 184; its truthfulness to human nature as mani- fested by a primitive but high-spirited race, ib.; wives not unfrequently lost and won at Kshatriya gambling matches, ib.; sensational character of the scene, 185; Yudhishthira engaged as teacher of dice- playing to Raja Viráta, 207; the Raja dashes the dice at his face, 224; ideas of fair play, 243; gambling match of Nala
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