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INDEX TO PROPER NAMES
 
ADITI. One of Kasyapa's wives;
mother of the gods; also referred to as
Devamata.
 
AGASTYA.-A sage in the South;
curses king Indradyumna of the Pandyas
to become an elephant (the Gajendra).
 
AGHA. A demon ally of Kamsa who
intends to kill Krishna, taking the form
of a huge python and is destroyed.
 
AHINDRA.-The great serpent Adisesha,
the bed of the Lord Narayana on the
primaeval waters. When the Lord
incarnates himself as Krishna, the serpent
incarnates itself as His elder brother,
Balarama; also called Ananta, Sahasra-
vadana and Sesha.
 
AIRAVATA. A white elephant which,
rises out of the milky ocean and which
Indra takes for himself.
 
AJAMILA.-A fallen Brahmin of Kanya-
kubja, who, despite his sins, is saved by
the power of mentioning the name of the
Lord.
 
AKRURA.-Son of Gandini (hence called
Gandinisuta) and Svaphalka, courtier of
Kamsa; sent by Kamsa to bring Krishna