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signifying 'Goddess'; Ambikā (12, 48, 51, 75, 86, 93, 96, 99),
meaning 'Mother' or 'Good Woman'; Saptalokījananī (54),
'Mother of the Seven Lokas'; Arya (3, 55), 'Noble One';
Kşamā (45), 'Patience,' or 'Earth,' or 'Able One,' or 'Mighty
One'; and Gauri (29, 41, 87), 'White One.'
INTRODUCTION
EPITHETS OF MAHISA
Mahişa is mentioned by name or epithet in all of the stanzas,
except five, viz., 25, 45, 49, 54, 71. He is regarded by the poet
as having but three aspects-that of the buffalo, that of a, de-
scendant of Diti and Danu, and that of a foe of the gods. His
epithets may therefore be conveniently grouped under these three
headings, although it should be noted that the epithets belonging
to each group are often intermingled with those belonging to the
other groups.
Epithets belonging to Mahisa by virtue of his buffalo form.
These include Mahişa (stanzas 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 22, 24,
29, 30, 31, 39, 41, 42, 44, 48, 50, 51, 55, 58, 63, 66, 67, 68, 88, 92,
93, 96), meaning 'Buffalo'; Lulaya (102), signifying 'Wal-
lower'; Pasupati (37), 'Lord of Cattle'; Mahişăsura (72),
'Buffalo-demon'; Mahișasuraripu (5, 17, 77, and 6 as V.L.),
'Buffalo [-shaped] Foe of the Gods.'
Epithets belonging to Mahişa by virtue of his being a de-
scendant of Diti and Danu. These include Ditija (21), Diti-
tanaya (60), and Däitya (35), which all signify Offspring of
Diti'; Daityadhiśa (7), Däityapati (56), Däityanātha (84), and
Daityendra (80), all meaning 'Lord of the Daityas'; Daitya-
senādhinātha (83), 'Overlord of the Army of the Däityas';
Daityaḥ janamahiṣaḥ iva (79), 'Daitya like an Ordinary Buf-
falo'; Daityaḥ mahişavapuḥ (38), 'Daitya with the Body of a
Buffalo'; Daityaḥ mahişitavapuḥ (52, 67, 74), 'Daitya whose
Body had been changed into that of a Buffalo'; Daityaḥ chala-
mahişatanuḥ (86), 'Daitya in the Guise of the Body of a Buf-
falo'; Daityaḥ girvāṇaśatruḥ (87), 'Daitya, Foe of the Gods';
signifying 'Goddess'; Ambikā (12, 48, 51, 75, 86, 93, 96, 99),
meaning 'Mother' or 'Good Woman'; Saptalokījananī (54),
'Mother of the Seven Lokas'; Arya (3, 55), 'Noble One';
Kşamā (45), 'Patience,' or 'Earth,' or 'Able One,' or 'Mighty
One'; and Gauri (29, 41, 87), 'White One.'
INTRODUCTION
EPITHETS OF MAHISA
Mahişa is mentioned by name or epithet in all of the stanzas,
except five, viz., 25, 45, 49, 54, 71. He is regarded by the poet
as having but three aspects-that of the buffalo, that of a, de-
scendant of Diti and Danu, and that of a foe of the gods. His
epithets may therefore be conveniently grouped under these three
headings, although it should be noted that the epithets belonging
to each group are often intermingled with those belonging to the
other groups.
Epithets belonging to Mahisa by virtue of his buffalo form.
These include Mahişa (stanzas 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 22, 24,
29, 30, 31, 39, 41, 42, 44, 48, 50, 51, 55, 58, 63, 66, 67, 68, 88, 92,
93, 96), meaning 'Buffalo'; Lulaya (102), signifying 'Wal-
lower'; Pasupati (37), 'Lord of Cattle'; Mahişăsura (72),
'Buffalo-demon'; Mahișasuraripu (5, 17, 77, and 6 as V.L.),
'Buffalo [-shaped] Foe of the Gods.'
Epithets belonging to Mahişa by virtue of his being a de-
scendant of Diti and Danu. These include Ditija (21), Diti-
tanaya (60), and Däitya (35), which all signify Offspring of
Diti'; Daityadhiśa (7), Däityapati (56), Däityanātha (84), and
Daityendra (80), all meaning 'Lord of the Daityas'; Daitya-
senādhinātha (83), 'Overlord of the Army of the Däityas';
Daityaḥ janamahiṣaḥ iva (79), 'Daitya like an Ordinary Buf-
falo'; Daityaḥ mahişavapuḥ (38), 'Daitya with the Body of a
Buffalo'; Daityaḥ mahişitavapuḥ (52, 67, 74), 'Daitya whose
Body had been changed into that of a Buffalo'; Daityaḥ chala-
mahişatanuḥ (86), 'Daitya in the Guise of the Body of a Buf-
falo'; Daityaḥ girvāṇaśatruḥ (87), 'Daitya, Foe of the Gods';