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INDEX
AMBIKA. Second daughter of the
Kasi king; first wife of Vichitravirya ;
through Vyasa's Niyoga, bears the blind
Dhritarashtra.
ANDHAKAS.-A clan of people, kinsmen
of Krishna.
ANGAS.-A territory in the east;
of which Duryodhana, with the consent of
his father and Bhishma, makes Karna
the king.
ANGIRAS.--A Brahmarshi, father of
Brihaspati.
ANTAKA.
The god of death; has a noose
in his hand, hence described as Pasahasta ;
the same as god Dharma, father of
Yudhisthira.
ARJUNA. Third Pandava; born of Kunti
when she invoked Indra, hence known as
Indratmaja.
of
the
Other names: Partha, Kaunteya, etc., (son
of Pritha or Kunti), Phalguna (born in the
constellation of Uttaraphalguni), Madhyama
Pandava (the middle-born
five
brothers), Bibhatsu (because he never did
anything loathsome), Kiriti, Kiritamali,
(because he always wore on his head a golden
diadem given to him by Indra), Pakasasani
(son of Pakasasana, Indra), Jishnu (the
victorious), Nara (because he was the
incarnation of the ancient sage Nara,
the brother of the other ancient sage
Narayana, the Lord, who incarnated as
Krishna), Dhananjaya (the winner of wealth),
Savyasachi (ambidexterous), Gandivadhanvan
INDEX
AMBIKA. Second daughter of the
Kasi king; first wife of Vichitravirya ;
through Vyasa's Niyoga, bears the blind
Dhritarashtra.
ANDHAKAS.-A clan of people, kinsmen
of Krishna.
ANGAS.-A territory in the east;
of which Duryodhana, with the consent of
his father and Bhishma, makes Karna
the king.
ANGIRAS.--A Brahmarshi, father of
Brihaspati.
ANTAKA.
The god of death; has a noose
in his hand, hence described as Pasahasta ;
the same as god Dharma, father of
Yudhisthira.
ARJUNA. Third Pandava; born of Kunti
when she invoked Indra, hence known as
Indratmaja.
of
the
Other names: Partha, Kaunteya, etc., (son
of Pritha or Kunti), Phalguna (born in the
constellation of Uttaraphalguni), Madhyama
Pandava (the middle-born
five
brothers), Bibhatsu (because he never did
anything loathsome), Kiriti, Kiritamali,
(because he always wore on his head a golden
diadem given to him by Indra), Pakasasani
(son of Pakasasana, Indra), Jishnu (the
victorious), Nara (because he was the
incarnation of the ancient sage Nara,
the brother of the other ancient sage
Narayana, the Lord, who incarnated as
Krishna), Dhananjaya (the winner of wealth),
Savyasachi (ambidexterous), Gandivadhanvan