and Pushkara, 486; not regarded as a
vice, 505; comparison of the gambling
match of Nala with that of Yudhish-
thira, ib.

Gándhára, country, name of, still preserved
in Kandahar, 71.
Gándhárí, daughter of the Raja of Gánd-
hára, marries Maháraja Dhritarashtra, 65;
blindfolds herself on hearing that he was
blind, ib.; her sons named Kauravas,
ib.; significance of her marriage, 71;
absurd myth respecting the birth of her
sons, 72, note; summoned by the Mahá-
raja to the Council of the Kauravas, 268;
sends for Duryodhana and remonstrates
with him in the presence of the Council,
ib.; affecting interview with Krishna
after the slaughter of her sons in the great
war, 342; Krishna consoles her by engag-
ing that the Pándavas will prove more
dutiful than the Kauravas, 343; her
reply, ib.; Krishna renews his promises,
341; her affecting interview with the
Pándavas, 362; Yudhishthira's excuses,
ib. her resignation, ib.; she reproaches
Bhíma for having drank the blood of
Duhsásana, ib. ; his denial, ib.; sends the
Pándavas to their mother Kuntí, ib. ;
piously consoles Draupadí, 363; accom-
panies the sad procession of the women to
the plain of Kurukshetra, 364; her la-
mentations over her son Duryodhana, ib. ;
departs with the Maharaja and Kuntí to
the jungle on the Ganges, 439; his death,

411.

Gandharvas, their form of marriage, 48; slay
the eldest son of Raja Sántanu, 52, 54 ;
capture Duryodhana and Karna, 194;
later conception of them as ghosts, 205;
Draupadí represents her five husbands
as Gandharvas, 208; rumour that they
had slain Kichaka, 216; great commotion
in the city of Viráta, ib.; Bhíma mis-
taken for one, 217; difficulties regarding,
228; a Hill tribe subsequently converted
into celestial beings, 228.

Gándíva, the mythical bow of Arjuna, 266,
note.

Ganges, river, said to have borne children

to Raja Sántanu, 50, note; bathing in,
and sprinkling with water a part of the
funeral ceremony, 365; the locality of
the retirement of the Maharaja, 439.
Garura, a bird, the vehicle of Krishna as
Vishnu, 412.

Gautama, son of Gotama, the mythical

father of Kripa and Kripá, 78, note.
Gayatri, the, 23; different translations of, ib.,

note.

Generalissimo, election of, prior to a war,
276.

Geographical identification, difficulties in
the way of, 62, note; in the story of
Raja Viráta, 232.

Ghosts, conception of the Gandharvas as,
205; the Pandavas set up a dead body
in a place of burning to guard their wea-
pons, 206; religious ideas connected with,
226; belief in their amours, 228; the re-

ligious belief of the aborigines, 239.
Gokula, encampment of the Yádavas there,

461.

Govarddhana mountain, worshipped by the
Yádavas instead of Indra, 467; Indra
sends down rain to wash away the country,
ib.; Krishna renders the mountain fiery
hot, and raises it over the people like an
umbrella, ib.

Gurus, or ecclesiastical heads, correspond-
ing to hereditary Bishops, 79; the heads
of the sects, 80; their ecclesiastical visita-
tions, ib.; their spiritual powers, ib.;
their temporal powers, 81; their non-
existence amongst the ancient Kshatriyas
proved by the mythical character of the
traditions which refer to them, ib.; their
garbling of the Mahá Bhárata, 82.

Hanuman, the monkey demigod, mythical
son of Váyu, 190; his interview with his
alleged brother Bhíma, ib.; his super-
natural shrinking and swelling, ib.
Hastin, son of Bharata, 47.
Hastinapur, near the modern Delhi, the
opening scene in the Mahá Bharata, 42;
significance of the site as an outpost of
the Aryans, ib.; approximate description
of, 43; the city, ib.; the palace, ib.;
the Council hall, ib.; the Raj, ib.; coun-
try to the south and east a land of fable,
56; scarcity of women at, 57, note; ex-
hibition of arms at, 86; mythical character
of all legends referring to localities at a
distance, 100; triumphant entry of the
Pandavas after the great war, 368; tri-
umphant return of Arjuna with the horse
in the Aswamedha of Yudhishthira, 416;
Parikshit, son of Arjuna, obtains the Raj,
453.

Hidimba, the Asura, Bhíma fights and slays
him, 108.

Hidimbi, sister of Hidimba, marries Bhíma,
109; extraordinary honeymoon, ib.
Homa, displaced animal sacrifices, 159;
offering of, at the installation of Rája
Yudhishthira, 371; offering of, combined
with the sacrifice of the horse, 426; in-
troduced as a Brahmanical sacrifice, 427;
performance of, 430; religious merit
acquired by, 435.

Horse, twelve adventures of, after the
loosening in the Aswamedha of Yud-
hishthira, 396; first adventure: carried
away by the son of a Raja by the counsel
of one of his thousand wives, ib.; restored
through the mediation of Agni who had
married the Raja's daughter, ib.; un-
meaning character of the story, ib., note;
second adventure: legend of the dis-
obedient wife who was transformed to a
rock, 397; third adventure: legend of
the Raja and the cauldron of boiling oil,
399; recovery of the horse by Arjuna,
400; fourth adventure: horse transformed
into a mare, ib.; mythical character of
the story, ib., note; fifth adventure:
horse enters the country of the Amazons,
ib.; sixth adventure: horse enters a

country where men, women, and animals
grow upon trees, 402; men with blanket
ears, 403; monsters, ib.; human sacri-
fices, ib.; seventh adventure: horse en-
ters the country of Manipura, 404; eighth
adventure horse enters the city of Rat-
napura, 412; ninth adventure: the horse
enters the Raj of Chandrahasa, 413;
tenth adventure: the horse enters the
sea beyond the northern mountain, ib.;
eleventh adventure: the horse enters the
Raj of Jayadratha, 414; twelfth adven-
ture triumphant return to Hastinapur,
416; review of the twelve adventures,
417; locality of the adventure in Mun-
nipore still pointed out by the Mun-
niporees, 425; later adventures connected
with Krishna, 426; narrative of the sac-
rifice of-see Aswamedha.

Horse, sacrifice of. See Aswamedha.
Horses, taming, taught by Drona, 75.
Hot Season, warred against by the Raja of
the Rain, 464; assembling of the clouds
in battle array, 466; flight of the Hot
Season, ib.

Human sacrifices. See Naramedha.

India, importance of its history, 1; dis-
tinction between the history of British
administration and the history of the
Hindús, ib.; difficulties in the way of
apprehending the latter, 2; the Mahá
Bharata and Rámáyana indispensable to
a knowledge of the Hindús, 3; European
ignorance of the Hindús, ib., note; in-
fluence of the Mahá Bhárata and Rámá-
yana upon the masses, 4; vast interval
between the age in which the events
occurred and the age in which they are
recorded, 5; distinction between the
Vedic and Bráhmanic periods, ib.
Indra, conception of, as the god of rain, 8;
characteristics of, 14; attributes of a
human hero superadded to those of the
god of the firmament, ib.; frequently
addressed in familiar terms, ib.; par-
tiality for strong drink, ib.; hymned as
the discoverer of the soma, 15; spirit-
ualized into a personified idea of the
firmament, ib.; the hero of the Aryans
and foe of the aborigines, ib.; character
of the Vedic hymns addressed to him,
ib.; invocations to him in his human
capacity, ib.; invocations to him as the
Supreme Being, 16; myth of his being
the father of Arjuna, 71; myth that the
five Pandavas were five Indras, 134; the
ally of the Nágas or serpents, 141; Ar-
juna and Krishna fight against him, ib.;
interpolation of the myth, ib.; appears to
Arjuna and directs him to propitiate the
god Siva, 191; propitiated by the flesh of
the horse at the Aswamedha of Yudhish-
thira, 431; opposition of Krishna, 460;
great feast at Vrindavana in honour of,
467; Krishna counsels the Yádavas to
transfer the worship of Indra to the
Govarddhana mountain, 467; Indra in
his wrath sends down rain to wash away

the country, ib.; frustrated by Krishna,
ib.; worships Krishna as the Supreme
Lord, 468; informed by Nárada of the
Swayamvara of Damayantí, 481; sets off
for the Swayamvara, 482; renders Nala
invisible, ib.; laughs at the wrath of
Kali, 485.

Indra-prastha, remains of the ancient city
of, between Delhi and the Kutub, 141;
flourishing Raj of the Pandavas, 154;
descends to Yuyutsu, son of Dhritarashtra,
453.

Installation of Raja Yudhishthira, 368; tri-
umphant procession from the plain of
Kurukshetra to the city of Hastinapur,
ib.; arrival of Yudhishthira at the palace,
369; worship of the family gods, ib.; dis-
tribution of gifts to the Brahmans, ib.;
enthronement of the Raja facing the east,
370; ceremony performed by Dhaumya
the Brahman, ib.; symbolical rites, ib.;
pots of water from the sacred rivers, ib.;
high place prepared for sacrifice, 371;
Yudhishthira and Draupadí seated upon
the tiger's skin, ib.; offering of the homa,
ib.; the five purifying articles poured
upon Yudhishthira and Draupadí, ib.;
pots of sacred water poured over the pair,
ib.; music sounded, ib.; bards and eu-
logists chaunt the praises of Yudhish-
thira, ib.; description of the umbrella
and chámara as ensigns of royalty, 372;
doubtful authenticity of the details, 374;
apparent origin of the various
monies, ib.; description of the ceremonies
performed as given in the Agni Purána,
375, note.

cere-

Isaiah, his denunciations of the Mosaic
ritual, 158, note.

Islands of the sea, inhabited by Daityas,
404; story of the old Rishi who inhabited
one, 413.

Jámbavat, the Bear, Krishna's marriage to
his daughter, 384; carries off the jewel
from Prasena, 476; gives his daughter to
Krishna, ib.

Janamejaya, his sacrifice of snakes, 46,

note.

Jarásandha, Raja of Magadhá, conquered by
Bhíma, 162; mythical character of the
legend, 164, note; makes war against
Mathurá, and is defeated by Krishna,
475; marches an army of barbarians
against Mathurá, ib.; retreat of Krishna
and the Yadavas to the city of Dwaraká,
ib.

Jayadratha, Raja of Sindhu, visits Draupadí
in the absence of her husbands, 199; falls
in love with her, ib.; sends a Chieftain
to inquire her name and lineage, ib.;
enters the hut, 200; his wicked pro-
posals, ib.; carries her away in his chariot
by main force, 201; pursued by the Pán-
davas, ib.; abandons Draupadi and seeks
to escape, ib.; Yudhishthira's clemency,
ib.; Bhíma drags him from his chariot
and makes him a slave, 202; Draupadí
orders his release, ib.; review of the tra-

dition, 202; already married to Duhsalá,
ib.; prevents the Pándavas from rescuing
Abhimanyu from the spider's web, 312;
Arjuna vows to slay him before sunset on
the morrow, 313; cowardly attempts to
withdraw from the field, ib.; fierce strug-
gle to reach him, 314; desperate conflict
with Arjuna, 315; Arjuna cuts off his
head before sunset, ib.; adventure in his
Raj of the horse in the Aswamedha of
Yudhishthira, 414; story of his widow
Duhsalá, ib.; his dead son miraculously
restored to life by Krishna, ib.
Jimúta proves his superiority in pugilism
and wrestling in the court of Raja Viráta,
209; trouble of the Raja that none of
his own wrestlers could overcome him,
ib.; great battle with Bhíma, ib.; Bhíma
whirls him round by the legs and dashes
him against the ground, ib.; his death, ib.
Jungle, Bhima's honeymoon in, 109; clear-
ing of, by Aryan colonists, 140; changes in
the scenery, 189; occasional tempests,
ib.; humble character of a conflagration,
442.

Kali, the personification of the Kali age,
485; his wrath at finding that Nala was
chosen by Damayantí, ib.; his threat, ib.;
not to be confounded with the goddess
Kálí, ib., note; plots with Dwápara for
the destruction of Nala, 486; takes pos-
session of Nala, ib.; brings about a gam-
bling match between Nala and Pushkara,
ib.; tempts Nala to desert his wife in the
jungle, 489.

Kálidása, his drama of "Sakuntala," 48.
Kámpilya, the city of Raja Drupada, 119.
Kanju, son of Vrihaspatí and pupil of
Sukra, his love passages with Devayání,
510; delivered by Sukra from the wrath
of the Daityas, ib.; refuses to marry
Devayání, 511; exchanges curses with
her, ib.

Kansa, Raja of Mathurá, deposed his father
Ugrasena, 461; threatens to slay his
cousin Devakí on her wedding day, 462;
Vasudeva engages to deliver up her
children, ib.; his efforts to secure the
infant Krishna, ib.; seizes the supposed
daughter of Devakí who escapes to
heaven, 463; slaughters the worshippers
of Vishnu and the male children, ib.;
Nanda and the cowherds bring tribute,
ib.; sends demons to slay Krishna, 464;
performs a sacrifice to the god Siva in the
city of Mathurá, 469; orders the death of
Krishna and Balaráma, 471; slaughter
of his fighting men, ib.; his restlessness,
472; his portentous dreams, ib.; orders
his Ministers to prepare an arena for the
exhibition of wrestlers, ib.; assembly of
the Raja and his people, ib.; adventures
of Krishna and Balaráma with his great
elephant, 473; orders the slaughter of
Krishna and Balaráma, and the arrest of
Ugrasena, Vasudeva, and Devakí, 474;
Krishna rises up and fights him, ib.; his

death, ib.; his Ránís perform the funeral
rites for him, ib.

Kanwa, the sage, the putative father of
Sakuntalá, 47.

Kapila, city of, 117, note.
Karna, the son of a charioteer, his sudden
appearance at the exhibition of arms at
Hastinapur, 88; exultation of Duryod-
hana and mortification of Arjuna, 89;
challenges Arjuna to single combat, ib.;
mutual abuse, ib.; Drona calls upon
Arjuna to fight him, ib.; Kripa inter-
poses to prevent the battle, ib.; created a
Raja by Duryodhana, 90; appearance of
his aged father, ib.; his filial reverence,
ib.; Bhíma's contemptuous language to-
wards him, ib.; combat prevented by the
approach of night, ib.; led away by
Duryodhana, ib.; question respecting his
birth, ib.; his father not a charioteer but
a carter, 92; question whether Duryod-
hana really created him a Raja, ib.;
legend of his being the son of Kunti by
the Sun god, ib.; floated as a babe to the
country of Anga, 94; brought up by a
charioteer, ib.; object of the myth, 95;
associated with the later Rajas of Anga,
ib.; enters the lists at the Swayamvara of
Draupadi and strings the bow, 121;
Draupadí prevents his competing on
account of the lowness of his birth, ib.;
his appeal to the Sun, 121; captured by
the Gandharvas, 194; congratulates Dur-
yodhana on his performance of a Vaish-
nava sacrifice, 197; his vow to slay
Arjuna, ib.; remonstrates with Bhishma
for praising Arjuna in the Council of the
Kauravas, 250; his message to the Pán-
davas, ib.; threat of Bhishma that Ar-
juna will conquer him, 251; interposition
of the Maharaja, ib. ; plots with Duryod-
hana to seize Krishna, 269; invited by
Krishna to join the Pándavas, 270; re-
fuses to desert Duryodhana or to take a
position where Arjuna would appear as
his superior, ib.; his parting with Krish-
na, 271; Bhishma stipulates that he
absent himself from the great war, 276;
he agrees so long as Bhishma is alive, ib.;
engages to slay the Pándavas if Bhishma
will retire from the command, 306; his
five days of command in the great war,
323; the election, ib.; first day, ib.; in-
decisive struggle, ib.; Karna engages to
slay Arjuna, ib.; second day of his com-
mand, desires that Salya would drive his
chariot, ib.; sneers of Salya at his birth,
324; driven by Salya against Arjuna,
325; evil omens, ib.; contention with
Salya respecting the prowess of Arjuna,
ib.; refers to the depraved customs of
the people of Madra, ib.; charges the
Pándavas, ib.; attacks Yudhishthira in
the absence of Arjuna, 326; reproaches
Yudhishthira with the cowardice he had
imbibed from Bráhmans, ib.; Arjuna
goes forth to a final battle against him,
328; the armies stop fighting and the
gods descend from heaven, ib.; his ad-

dress to his charioteer, 328; the battle,
ib.; a wheel of his chariot sinks into the
earth, ib.; slain by Arjuna with a cres-
cent-shaped arrow, ib.; review of the
narrative of his command, 329; seven
mythical circumstances connected with
the battle, 330, note; sorrow of Arjuna
and Yudhishthira at his death, 365;
kindness of Yudhishthira towards his
widows, children, and dependants, ib.;
death of his chief wife, 366.

Kási, the modern Benares, three daughters
of the Raja carried off by Bhishma, 52;
their marriage to Vichitra-vírya, 53;
suspicious character of the story, 55; dis-
tance from Hastinapur, ib. ; name of, pro-
bably interpolated, 56.

Kauravas, sons of Maháraja Dhritarashtra,
birth of, 65; absurd myth respecting their
birth, 72, note; main incidents in their
early life, 73; narrative of their jealousies
of the Pandavas, 74; their education, 75;
defeated by Drupada, Raja of Panchála,
96; increasing ill blood between them and
the Pandavas, 97; their plot to burn the
Pándavas at Váranávata, 101; their alarm
at the marriage of the Pándavas with the
daughter of Raja Drupada, 127, 136;
jealousy of their wives at the beauty of
Draupadí, 177; tradition of their going
out into the jungle to mark the cattle,
but really to spy out the Pándavas, 194;
capture of Duryodhana and Karna by
the Gandharvas, 195; stipulation as re-
gards the thirteenth year of the exile of
the Pandavas, 205; their proceedings
during the thirteenth year of the exile,
219; fail to discover the Pándavas, ib.;
spies bring the news of the death of Kích-
aka, ib.; approve the proposal of Susar-
man to invade the Raj of Viráta, 219;
plan of campaign, ib.; they discover Ar-
juna and discuss whether the thirteenth
year is really over, 222; defeated by Ar-
juna, ib.; authenticity of the campaigns
of Duryodhana and Susarman disproved,
233; hold a great Council to receive the
envoy from Raja Drupada, 249; pre-
liminary message of the Pandavas, ib.;
their demand for the restoration of their
Raj, 250; reply of Bhishma, ib.; Karna's
wrathful remonstrances with Bhishma for
praising Arjuna, ib.; Karna's message to
the Pandavas, ib.; Bhishma threatens that
Arjuna will conquer Karna, 251; inter-
position of Maharaja Dhritarashtra, ib.;
embassy of Sanjaya to the Pandavas, 252;
summoned to a Council to receive the re-
turn messages brought by Sanjaya, 256;
the elders counsel peace whilst the young
men clamour for war, ib.; mission of
Krishna, 256; question as to the recep-
tion of Krishna, 258; they all go out to
meet him excepting Duryodhana, 259;
great Council at Hastinapur to discuss the
mission of Krishna, 261; plot to seize
Krishna, 269; mythical character of the
mission of Krishna, 271; march to the
plain of Kurukshetra, 274; separated from

the Pandavas by a lake, 277; interchange
of challenges with the Pándavas, 279,
280; repulsed on the third day of the war,
305; Bhishma renews the battle, in which
they are driven back by Arjuna, ib.;
disheartened at not conquering the Pán-
davas, ib.; Drona on the second day of
his command draws them up in the form
of a spider's web, 310; general outcry
against the cowardly Chieftains who slew
Abhimanyu, 312; reproach Arjuna for
interfering in the combat between Bhuris-
rava and Satyaki, 314; their grief on the
death of Jayadratha, 315; their sorrow on
the death of Drona, 317; their grief at
the death of Duhsásana, 327; consterna-
tion at the death of Karna, 328; their
flight, 329; resolve to renew the battle on
the morrow, ib.; eighteenth and last day
of the great war, 331; they abstain from
single combats and charge only in com-
panies, ib.; their utter defeat, ib.; their
camp plundered by the Pandavas, 341;
said to have ascended to the heaven of
Indra because they died fighting bravely,
355; passionate desire of the survivors for
revenge, ib.; ghosts of the slain assem-
bled from the river Ganges by Vyása the
sage, 440; the widows drown themselves
in the Ganges and rejoin their husbands,

441.

Kesiní, maid servant of Damayantí, sent to
Nala, 497; her interview with Nala, ib. ;
perceives his divine powers, 498.
Khándava-prastha, country of, migration
of the Pandavas to, 138; myth of the burn-
ing of the forest of, 140; remains of the
ancient city of Indra-prastha, 141;
flourishing Raj of the Pandavas, 154.
Kíchaka, brother of the Rání of Raja Vi-
ráta, his commanding influence, 210; pre-
vails with the Rání to send Draupadí to
his house, 211; affronts Draupadi, 212;
follows her to the Council hall, ib.; Raja
Viráta refuses to interfere, ib.; pays a
second visit to the Rání, 214; threatens
to carry away Draupadí, ib. ; makes lavish
offers to Draupadi, ib.; Draupadí en-
gages to meet him at midnight in the
music and dancing-room, 215; his im-
patience, ib.; proceeds to the music and
dancing-room and is seized by Bhíma,
ib.; the battle, ib.; slain by Bhíma and
roiled into a ball, 216; Draupadí spreads
the report that he has been slain by the
Gandharvas, ib.; his brothers prepare to
burn Draupadí alive with his dead body,
ib.; Bhíma rescues her, 217; flight and
death of the brethren, ib.; story of, dis-
connected from the mythical references
of the Pandavas, 226; review of, ib.; his
character, 229; poetic justice in his
slaughter, 230.

Kripa, an adopted son of Raja Sántanu,
represented as the son of Gautama, 78,
note; rebukes Karna, 89; advises Dur-
yodhana to conclude a treaty with the Pán-
davas, 329; with Aswatthama and Krita-
varman, the only surviving warriors of the

Kaurava armies, 331; the three visit the
wounded Duryodhana on the plain of
Kurukshetra, 347; remonstrates with
Aswattháma on his design to break at
night into the camp of the Pándavas, 348;
follows Aswattháma to the camp of the
Pándavas, 349; guards the gateway with
Kritavarman whilst Aswattháma goes in-
side, ib.; return of the three warriors to
Duryodhana, 351; their flight, 352.
Kripá, wife of Drona, 76; represented as
the daughter of Gautama the Brahman,
78, note.

Krishna, object of the Brahmanical com-
pilers of the Mahá Bhárata to promulgate
his worship, and to connect his history
with that of the house of Bhárata, 67;
contrast between the historical traditions
of Krishna and the mythical fables re-
specting Vyása, ib.; garbling of the tra-
ditions, 68, note; his mediation in behalf
of the Pandavas at the Swayamvara of
Draupadí, 122; its mythical character,
135; myth of his hunting with Arjuna in
the forest of Khándava-prastha, 140; ap-
pearance of the god Agni, who desires to
devour the forest, ib.; fights against
Indra, 141; interpretation of the myth,
ib.; receives Arjuna with great rejoicings
at Dwáraká, 150; gives a great feast on
the Raivataka mountain, ib.; perceives
that Arjuna has fallen in love with his
sister Subhadrá, and promises to give her
in marriage, ib.; suggests an elopement,
151; wrath of his brother Balaráma, ib.;
remonstrates with Balaráma, ib,; the
marriage, 152; legend proved to be a fic-
tion intended to cover his own criminal in-
timacy with his sister, 153; counsels
Yudhishthira as regards the Rajasúya,
162; mythical conquest of his ancient
enemy Jarasandha, Raja of Magadhá, ib. ;
mythical character of the story, 164;
significance of the assertion that he washed
the feet of the Bráhmans, 166, 169; re-
ceives the argha, 170; wrath of Sisupála,
ib. cuts off the head of Sisupála with his
chakra, ib.; saves the Rajasúva, ib. ; con-
formity of the incident with the tradi-
tions of the Yádavas, and not with those
of the house of Bhárata, 171; presenta-
tion of the argha referred to the Bud-
dhist period, ib.; reason why the Yadava
tradition of the death of Sisupála is
grafted on to the Kshatriya tradition,
ib.; the legend a religious myth repre-
senting the opposition of Vishnu to Siva,
172; the chakra an emblem of divine
wrath of Vishnu, ib.; myth of his mira-
culously preventing Duhsásana from
stripping Draupadí in the gambling booth,
185, note, questionable character of his
subsequent association with the Pandavas,
241; his speech at the Great Council,
242; speech of his kinsman Satyakí, 243;
his second speech, 245; mythical charac-
ter of the details which associate him
with the Pandavas, 246; mythical efforts
of Duryodhana and Arjuna to win over

Krishna to their respective sides, ib. ; ex-
cuses himself to Duryodhana for speaking
to Arjuna first, 247; promises to drive the
chariot of Arjuna in the forthcoming war,
248; improbability of the legend, but re-
ligious significance of the myth, ib.; his
reply to the message sent by the Mahá-
raja through Sanjaya to the Pandavas,
254; his mission to the Kauravas, 256;
legend of the mission, 257; Yudhishthira
applies to him for counsel, ib.; offers to
go as ambassador to Hastinapur, 257;
comforts Draupadí, ib.; bathes and wor-
ships the sun and fire, ib. ; proceeds to
Hastinapur, 258; sends on messengers to
announce his arrival, ib.; Vidura coun-
sels Duryodhana to give him a grand re-
ception, ib.; great preparations com-
menced by Duryodhana, ib.; Duryodhana
resolves to put him into custody, 259; re-
monstrances of the Maháraja, ib.; enters
the city and is received by all the Kau-
ravas excepting Duryodhana, ib.; haughti-
ness of Duryodhana towards him, ib. ;
resides in the house of Vidura where
Kuntí is dwelling, ib.; affecting inter-
view with Kuntí, ib.; comforts her with
the assurance that her sons will conquer,
260; visits Duryodhana, ib.; refuses to
partake of the entertainment prepared by
Duryodhana, ib.; declares that there can
be no friendship between them unless
Duryodhana comes to terms with the
Pándavas, 260; returns to the house of
Vidura and declines all other invitations,
261; explains to Vidura the reason of his
coming to Hastinapur, ib.; reverence
paid to him by the people of Hastinapur,
ib.; proceeds to the great Council of the
Kauravas, 262; his reception by the
Maharaja and Bhishma, ib.; his speech
before the Council, ib.; reply of the
Maharaja that he had better advise Dur-
yodhana, 265; his advice to Duryodhana,
ib.; Duryodhana's indignant speech to
him, 267; he rebukes Duryodhana, ib.;
advises the Maharaja to arrest Duryod-
hana and his three allies, 268; reveals
himself as the Supreme Being, 269; re-
assumes his humanity and takes his leave
of the Maharaja, ib.; returns to the house
of Vidura and takes leave of Kuntí, ib.;
invites Karna to join the Pándavas, 270;
his parting with Karna, 271; returns to
the Pandavas and desires them to prepare
for war upon the plain of Kurukshetra,
271; legend of the embassy to be treated
as a myth, ib.; marked difference between
Krishna as a hero and as an incarnation
of the Supreme Being, 272; suspicious
character of the legend as a representa-
tion of the actual relations between the
Kauravas and Pándavas, ib.; proceedings
of the alleged embassy irreconcilable with
the myth that Krishna made over his,
army to Duryodhana, ib.; turbulent
character of the Council at Hastinapur
indicative that the myth belongs to the
Krishna group of legends, ib. ; legend of