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,

ib.

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;

VOL. I.

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,

36

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,

48.

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