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INDEX
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Being of royal birth, he is occasionally
referred to as king also, (Raja, Narendra, etc.),
though he renounced the kingdom in favour
of Satyavati's sons.
BHOJAS.-A clan of people, who were
kinsmen of Krishna. Kamsa, Krishna's
uncle, whom Krishna killed, was their king
for some time. Krishna restored his father
Ugrasena to the throne.
BHUMINJAYA.--The son of the Virata king;
also called Vairati, Uttara and Virataputra.
BRAHMA ASTRA.-A very powerful divine
missile, presided over by Brahma.
BRIHADBALA.-The Kosala king fighting
for Duryodhana; killed by Abhimanyu.
BRIHANNALA.-The name assumed by
Arjuna, as the eunuch teacher of dance
and music at Virata's court.
BRIHASPATI. The preceptor of the Devas,
of whom Drona was a partial incarnation; the
greatest of the seven sons of the sage Angiras;
Drona is absorbed into him in the end.
CHITRANGADA.-First son of Santanu and
Satyavati; succeeded Santanu but soon died
in an encounter with a Gandharva of his own
name.
CHITRASENA.--The king of the Gandharvas
who takes Duryodhana captive.
DAMAGRANTHIN.-Nakula's name during
his incognito life as the keeper of Virata's
horses.
DARUKA.-Krishna's charioteer ; carries
to the Pandavas the news of the tragic end
of the Yadavas.
478
Being of royal birth, he is occasionally
referred to as king also, (Raja, Narendra, etc.),
though he renounced the kingdom in favour
of Satyavati's sons.
BHOJAS.-A clan of people, who were
kinsmen of Krishna. Kamsa, Krishna's
uncle, whom Krishna killed, was their king
for some time. Krishna restored his father
Ugrasena to the throne.
BHUMINJAYA.--The son of the Virata king;
also called Vairati, Uttara and Virataputra.
BRAHMA ASTRA.-A very powerful divine
missile, presided over by Brahma.
BRIHADBALA.-The Kosala king fighting
for Duryodhana; killed by Abhimanyu.
BRIHANNALA.-The name assumed by
Arjuna, as the eunuch teacher of dance
and music at Virata's court.
BRIHASPATI. The preceptor of the Devas,
of whom Drona was a partial incarnation; the
greatest of the seven sons of the sage Angiras;
Drona is absorbed into him in the end.
CHITRANGADA.-First son of Santanu and
Satyavati; succeeded Santanu but soon died
in an encounter with a Gandharva of his own
name.
CHITRASENA.--The king of the Gandharvas
who takes Duryodhana captive.
DAMAGRANTHIN.-Nakula's name during
his incognito life as the keeper of Virata's
horses.
DARUKA.-Krishna's charioteer ; carries
to the Pandavas the news of the tragic end
of the Yadavas.