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INDEX
DASARAJA.-Chief of the fishermen around
the Jumna; foster-father of Satyavati; gives
Satyavati as wife to king Santanu, after
securing for her issue promise of succession
to the throne. Referred to also as Dasa
(fisherman) and Ucchaissravas which seems
to be his real name.
DASARHAS.-A clan of people who were
Krishna's kinsmen.
DASYUS. A marauding tribe infesting
the Panchanada egion (the land the
five rivers); fall upon Arjuna's party
consisting of Yadava women, and plunder
the wealth and the women in the party;
called also Abhiras.
DAUSSASANI.-Dussasana's son ; figures
among the many who jointly kill Abhimanyu;
he fights Abhimanyu with his mace and
strikes him dead before he could rise.
DEVADATTA.-Arjuna's conch.
DEVAKA. A Kshatriya of the Saurasenas;
brother of Ugrasena, father of Kamsa;
father of Devaki, wife of Vasudeva and
mother of Krishna; thus Krishna's maternal
grandfather; had by a Sudra wife a daughter
whom Vidura married; thus Krishna was
Vidura's wife's half-sister's son.
DEVAKI-Krishna's
mother; wife of
Vasudeva and daughter of Devaka; a half-
sister of hers was married to Vidura.
DEVENDRA. Indra, king of the heavenly
region and the Devas; is invoked by Kunti
and gives birth to Arjuna, the third Pandava ;
also referred to by the names, Sakra, Vasava,
INDEX
DASARAJA.-Chief of the fishermen around
the Jumna; foster-father of Satyavati; gives
Satyavati as wife to king Santanu, after
securing for her issue promise of succession
to the throne. Referred to also as Dasa
(fisherman) and Ucchaissravas which seems
to be his real name.
DASARHAS.-A clan of people who were
Krishna's kinsmen.
DASYUS. A marauding tribe infesting
the Panchanada egion (the land the
five rivers); fall upon Arjuna's party
consisting of Yadava women, and plunder
the wealth and the women in the party;
called also Abhiras.
DAUSSASANI.-Dussasana's son ; figures
among the many who jointly kill Abhimanyu;
he fights Abhimanyu with his mace and
strikes him dead before he could rise.
DEVADATTA.-Arjuna's conch.
DEVAKA. A Kshatriya of the Saurasenas;
brother of Ugrasena, father of Kamsa;
father of Devaki, wife of Vasudeva and
mother of Krishna; thus Krishna's maternal
grandfather; had by a Sudra wife a daughter
whom Vidura married; thus Krishna was
Vidura's wife's half-sister's son.
DEVAKI-Krishna's
mother; wife of
Vasudeva and daughter of Devaka; a half-
sister of hers was married to Vidura.
DEVENDRA. Indra, king of the heavenly
region and the Devas; is invoked by Kunti
and gives birth to Arjuna, the third Pandava ;
also referred to by the names, Sakra, Vasava,