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UTTARA. A king; father of Iravati
queen of Parikshit.
UTTANAPADA.-A son of Manu; see
footnote on p. 31; father of Dhruva; has
two wives Suniti and Suruchi; is en-
dowed with an element of the Lord.
VACHASPATI.-The preceptor of the
gods; disappears from heaven being
slighted by Indra once; in his absence,
Vritra, the Asura, captures Indra's
capital; other name: Brihaspati.
VAMANA.-The dwarf Brahmacharin-
takes to subdue
form which the Lor
Bali, king of the demons; as a son of
Kasyapa, Vamana becomes a brother of
Indra.
VARAHA.-Also Adi Varaha, the prim-
aeval Boar. The first of the Lord's
incarnations; lifts the earth out of the
waters, where He kills also the demon
named Hiranya ksha; also referred to as
Kroda.
VARUNA.-The god of the waters and
the Lord of the West.
--
VARUNI. Wine; rises out of the milky
ocean when it was churned; claimed by
the demons.
VASUDEVA. Of the Yadu race; son of
a; brother of Kunti, the mother of
first three Pandavas; marries Devaki,
daughter of Devaka, and sister of Kamsa;
GOVERNMENT OF
INDEX
445
SL
UTTARA. A king; father of Iravati
queen of Parikshit.
UTTANAPADA.-A son of Manu; see
footnote on p. 31; father of Dhruva; has
two wives Suniti and Suruchi; is en-
dowed with an element of the Lord.
VACHASPATI.-The preceptor of the
gods; disappears from heaven being
slighted by Indra once; in his absence,
Vritra, the Asura, captures Indra's
capital; other name: Brihaspati.
VAMANA.-The dwarf Brahmacharin-
takes to subdue
form which the Lor
Bali, king of the demons; as a son of
Kasyapa, Vamana becomes a brother of
Indra.
VARAHA.-Also Adi Varaha, the prim-
aeval Boar. The first of the Lord's
incarnations; lifts the earth out of the
waters, where He kills also the demon
named Hiranya ksha; also referred to as
Kroda.
VARUNA.-The god of the waters and
the Lord of the West.
--
VARUNI. Wine; rises out of the milky
ocean when it was churned; claimed by
the demons.
VASUDEVA. Of the Yadu race; son of
a; brother of Kunti, the mother of
first three Pandavas; marries Devaki,
daughter of Devaka, and sister of Kamsa;