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INDEX
VYASA. The author of the Mahabharata ;
a sage; born to Satyavati and sage
Parasara, when the former was a maiden ;
half-brother of Vichitravirya, son of
Satyavati and Santanu; raises issue through
Niyoga on Vichitravirya's wives ; thus
father of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura;
appears
at critical times to help the
Pandavas. Other names: Krishna, Dvaipa-
yana (born on an island), Satyavatisuta (son
of Satyavati); once referred to as Bharata
Pitamaha, (grandfather of the Bharatas).
VYASA ASRAMA.-The abode of Vyasa in
the Himalayas; the penance-grove named
Badarikasrama.
YADAVAS. A Western Indian race named
after the ancestor Yadu; the race of Krishna
and Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas.
YAKSHA. A
semi-divine being; God
Dharma, Yudhisthira's father, takes the
form of a Yaksha and as a crane appears
in the enchanted lake in the forest and tests
Yudhisthira's Dharma.
YAMUNA. A river flowing from the Hima-
layas and joining the Ganges; the Jumna ;
Santanu meets Satyavati on its banks.
YAMUNA ADRIRAJA.-That part of the
Himalayas where the Jumna has its rise.
YAMAU. The twin-sons of Madri, Nakula
and Sahadeva.
YATUDHANAS.-Demons; the hundred sons
of Dhritarashtra, who were manifestations of
demons, get merged into the demons after
their death.
INDEX
VYASA. The author of the Mahabharata ;
a sage; born to Satyavati and sage
Parasara, when the former was a maiden ;
half-brother of Vichitravirya, son of
Satyavati and Santanu; raises issue through
Niyoga on Vichitravirya's wives ; thus
father of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura;
appears
at critical times to help the
Pandavas. Other names: Krishna, Dvaipa-
yana (born on an island), Satyavatisuta (son
of Satyavati); once referred to as Bharata
Pitamaha, (grandfather of the Bharatas).
VYASA ASRAMA.-The abode of Vyasa in
the Himalayas; the penance-grove named
Badarikasrama.
YADAVAS. A Western Indian race named
after the ancestor Yadu; the race of Krishna
and Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas.
YAKSHA. A
semi-divine being; God
Dharma, Yudhisthira's father, takes the
form of a Yaksha and as a crane appears
in the enchanted lake in the forest and tests
Yudhisthira's Dharma.
YAMUNA. A river flowing from the Hima-
layas and joining the Ganges; the Jumna ;
Santanu meets Satyavati on its banks.
YAMUNA ADRIRAJA.-That part of the
Himalayas where the Jumna has its rise.
YAMAU. The twin-sons of Madri, Nakula
and Sahadeva.
YATUDHANAS.-Demons; the hundred sons
of Dhritarashtra, who were manifestations of
demons, get merged into the demons after
their death.