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PART III.
THE INFERIOR DEITIES

p. 491

INDEX.

A.

Adikavi, a name of Brahmā, 107

Aditi, character and attributes of, 17; resorted to for pardon, 17; origin of, 18; the mother of Vishnu in the Dwarf incarnation, 18

Ādityas, the, 18; various lists of, 19; probably sun-gods, 19

Agastya, a son of Varuna, 44

Agni, description of, 21; cause of his superiority, 10; Vedic attributes of, 22; a Rākshas, 27; the father of Nila, 27; the reputed father of Kartikeya, 337; cursed by Bhrigu, 36

Ahalyā, wife of Gautama, seduced by Indra, 60; released from her husband's curse, 177

Airavata, Indra's elephant, 448

Ambikā, a name of Umā, 285

Amburāja, a name of Varuna, 44

Ananga, a name of Kāmadeva, 261

Ananta, a name of Vishnu, 127

Anasuyā, wife of Atri, 371

Anginas, a son of Brahmā, 369

Anila, a name of Vāyu, 67

Animals, sacred, 448 ff.

Annapurnā, a name of Durgā, 318

Ansumān, a son of Sagara, 463

Antaka, a name of Yama, 86

Apava, a name of Brahmā, 99

Apsaras, the, 482

Ardhanārishwara, a form of Siva and Parvati united, 318

Arjuna, son of Indra, 414; character of, 416; fights with Siva, 421

Asuras, the dispute between them and the gods, 158; description of, 437; word used in different senses, 438 ff.

Asvamedha, or horse sacrifice, 463

Asvins, the, 35; description of, 44; marry Surya, 45; physicians of the gods, 45; legends of cures wrought by, 45; unclean because practising as physicians, 47

Ātmabhu, a name of Brahmā, 107

Atri, a son of Brahmā, 371

Bajri, a name of Indra, 62

Balarāma, incarnation of Vishnu, 220 ff.; also of Sesha, 221

Bali, a Daitya king, slain by Vishnu, 156 ff.; a monkey chief, the son of Indra, 175

Bāli, a monkey king, the usurper of Sugriva's throne, 395

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Bhadrakāli, a name of Durgā, 306

Bhagavata, a name of Siva, 283

Bharata, a brother of Rāma Chandra, 175

Bhāskara, a name of Surya, 35 Bhīma, a son of Vāyu, 414; character of, 415; conflicts of, 426 ff.

Bhishma, a son of Gangā, 414; commander-in-chief of the Kuru army, 413; death of, 428

Bhrigu, a son of Brahmā, 363; origin of, 364; priest at Daksha's sacrifice, 364; curses Indra, 364; also Agni, 366; changes a Kshattriya into a Brāhman, 367

Bhutanāth, a name of Siva, 487

Bhuteshwara, a name of Siva, 283

Brahma, the supreme deity, 93; derivation of the name, 95; hymn to, 95

Brahmā, the creator, 99; called Nārāyana, 99; formation of his five heads, 100; why he lost his fifth head, 101; worships Siva, 105; his worship now ceased, 106; cursed by his son Nārada, 384

Brāhmana, a, defined, 4

Brahmanaspati, a name of Agni, 28

Bridge, building of the, to Lanka, 398

Brihaspati, a name of Agni, 28;

explanation of attributes, 28

Buddha, incarnation of Vishnu, 225 ff.; Was this Buddha the founder of Buddhism? 226; Puranic account of, 227 ff.; Lalita-Vistara, account of, 231 ff.; relics of Buddha preserved, 244

Budha, one of the planets, 433

Chaitanya, incarnation of Vishnu, 253 ff.

Chanchalā, name of Lakshmi, 133

Chanda, a demon slain by Durgā, 312

Chandi, a form of Durgā, 309, 312

Chandra, one of the planets, 432. See also Soma.

Chandrashekara, a name of Siva, 283

Chhāgaratha, a name of Agni, 28

Chinnamustakā, a name of Durgā, 317

Chitragupta, son of Indrāni, 63

Chyavana, a sage cured by the Asvins, 46

Civilization, origin of, 16

Cow of plenty, the, 167

Creation, the, Vedic account of, 343; Manu's, 346; Puranic, 347

Daksha, a son of Brahmā, 372

Damodara, a name of Vishnu, 127

Dandadhara, a name of Yama, 86

Dasabhujā, a name of Durgā, 307

Dasaratha, the father of Rāma Chandra, 172

Dasyas, the, a tribe who assisted in building Rāma's bridge, 192

Devaki, mother of Krishna, 201

Devasenā, wife of Kartikeya, 337

Devi, a name of Umā, 284

Dhananjaya, a name of Agni, 27

Dharmarāja, a name of Yama, 86

Dhātā, a name of Brahmā, 107

Dhenkī, the vāhan of Nārada, 479

Dhenuka, an asura slain by Balarāma, 222

Dhritarāshtra, the father of the Kurus, 412

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Dhūmketu, a name of Agni, 27

Digambara, a name of Siva, 283

Discus, the, of Vishnu, how made, 34

Diti, the wife of Kasyapa, 67

Divakara, a name of Surya, 35

Divapati, a name of Indra, 62

Divodāsa, King of Benares, misled by Vishnu as Buddha, 228

Draupadi, the wife of the Pandus, 418

Drona, the preceptor of the Kurus and Pandus, 416

Durgā, a demon slain by Durgā, 296

Durgā, various accounts of her origin, 297 ff.; when worshipped, 300; names of, 301; her great conflict, 302

Durvāsas, a sage, 413

Duryodhana, the ruler of Hastināpur, 414, 421

Dyaus and Prithivi, the most ancient of the Vedic gods, 13; Dyaus superseded by Indra, 14; Puranic account of Prithivi, 15

Ekadanta, a name of Ganesa, 327

Ekāvirā, a name of Kāli, 314

Flood, the, account of, from the Vedas, 134; the Mahābhārata, 136; and from the Bhagavata Purāna, 137

Gandharvas, the, 483 Gandhavaha, a name of Vāyu, 67

Ganesa, 323; birth of, 325; object of his birth, 329; hymn to, 331; writer of the Mahābhārata, 331; recent incarnation of, 332; he outwits Kartikeya, 341

Ganesajanani, a name of Durgā, 320

Gangā, the daughter of Himālaya, 460; brought to earth by Bhagirath, 466

Gangādhara, a name of Siva, 283

Garuda, Vishnu's vehicle, acts as a disciple of Vishnu, 228; birth of, 449; antipathy to snakes, 454; assists Rāma, 453; encourages Ansumān to seek his uncles, 453

Gautama, Indra's spiritual guide, 60; a name of Buddha, 230, 232

Gāyatri, the, quoted, 30; praise of, 31; a wife of Brahmā, 111

Girisha, a name of Siva, 283

Gods, the, how they became superior to the asuras, 10; they and the goddesses cursed by Savitri, 112

Gopāl, a name of Krishna, 200

Gopinath, a name of Krishna, 200

Grahapati, a name of Surya, 35

Guardians of the world, the, 390

Hanumān, the ally of Rāma, 66; his birth and work, 401

Har-Hari, a form of Siva and Vishnu united, 276

Hari, a name of Vishnu, 127

Haripriyā, a name of Lakshmi, 133

Harischandra, 41

Hayagriva, a demon who stole the Vedas, 138

Hiranyagarbha, a name of Brahmā, 107

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Hiranyakasipu, a demon slain by Vishnu, 149; a son of Kasyapa, 371

Hiranyāksha, a demon slain by Vishnu, 147; a son of Kasyapa, 371

Indra, attributes of, 53; appearance of, 55; Vedic account of birth of, 54; invited to drink of the Soma, 56; his conflict with Vritra, 57; legend of a mortal raised to the position of, 59; conflict with Krishna, 60; immorality of, 60; heaven of, 61; quarrels with Tvastri and Visvarūpa, 76; outwitted by Krishna, 207; cursed by Bhrigu, 364

Indrajit, a son of Rāvana, 192

Indrāni, the wife of Indra, 63

Isāna, a name of Siva, 283

Ishwar, a name of Siva, 283

Jagaddhātri, a form of Durgā, 308

Jagadgauri, a form of Durgā, 317

Jagannāth, an incarnation of Vishnu, 248 ff; Is the worship of this deity disguised Buddhism? 251

Jain deities, the, 488

Jaladhija, a name of Lakshmi, 133

Jalandhara, an asura, 441; his conflict with Indra, 442; overcomes Vishnu, 444; assumes the form of Siva, 445; is robbed of his wife by Vishnu, 446; slain by Siva, 447

Jalapati, a name of Varuna, 44

Jamadagni, the father of Parasurāma, 165

Jamadagnya, a name of Parasurāma, 165

Janaka, father-in-law of Rāma Chandra, 177 ff.

Janārddana, a name of Vishnu, 127

Jatāyus, a vulture who fought with Rāvana, 456

Jaya, a name of Durgā, 306

Jivalana, a name of Agni, 27

Ka? 480

Kabandha, a giant slain by Rāma, 186

Kaitabhajit, a name of Vishnu, 127

Kāla, a name of Yama, 86 Kālanemi, a demon attacked by Hanumān, 404

Kālarātri, a name of Kāli, 314

Kāli, a form of Durgā, 309; her form assumed by Krishna, 211; and by Sita, 310; regarded as a distinct deity, 313; a production of Lakshmi, 314; human sacrifices offered to, 315

Kāli Yuga, description of, 246

Kalki Avatāra of Vishnu, 245

Kalpa, explanation of, 354

Kālyāyani, a name of Durgā, 306

Kāmadeva, 256; consumed by Siva, 257

Kāmdhenu, the cow of plenty, 339

Kandarpa, a name of Kāmadeva, 302

Kansa, an asura slain by Krishna, 199

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Kapāli, a name of Durgā, 306

Kapila, a name of Durgā, 306

Kapila, a form of Krishna, 464

Karāli, a name of Durgā, 306

Karmasākshi, a name of Surya, 35

Karna, a son of Surya, 35; character of, 416

Kartikeya, 334 ff.

Kārttavirya, a Kshattriya king, slain by Parasurāma, 166 ff.

Kasyapa, the father of Garuda, 450

Katyayini, a name of Durgā, 306

Kesava, a name of Vishnu, 124

Ketu, the descending node, 436

Kratu, a son of Brahmā, 369

Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, 197; reason of this incarnation, 199; saved by Vasudeva, 202; destroys Putanā, 204; releases the sons of Kuvera from a curse, 205; destroys the Bakāsura, 206; outwits Indra, 207; restores the jewel Syamantaka, 207; beloved by the Gopis, 209; protects Rādhā, 211; slays Arishta, Kesin and Kansa, 211; relieves Mathura, 213; conquers Naraka, 214; fights with Siva, 215; destroys Fever, 215; overcomes a rival Krishna, 216; his death, 217; references to him in the Mahābhārata, 218; a deceiver, 219

Krishnakrorā, a name of Durgā, 320

Kritārita, a name of Yama, 86

Kumāri, a name of Durgā, 306

Kumbhakarna, a Rākshas, 486

Kurma, an incarnation of Vishnu, 141 ff.

Kurus, the sons of Dritarāshtra, 422 ff.

Kushumesu, a name of Kāmadeva, 261

Kuvera, the god of wealth, 388

Lakshman, a brother of Rāma Chandra, 175

Lakshmi, origin of, 127; description of, from the Vishnu Purāna, 130; and from the Rāmāyana, 132

Lokamāta, a name of Lakshmi, 133

Lokesha, a name of Brahmā, 107

Madan, a name of Kāmadeva, 261

Madhava, a name of Vishnu, 127

Madhusudana, a-name of Vishnu, 127

Mahābhārata, the heroes of the, 411

Mahādeva, a name of Siva, 275

Mahākāla, a name of Siva, 283

Mahāmāri, a name of Kāli, 316

Mahāmāya, a name of Durgā, 306

Mahendra, a name of Indra, 62

Maheshwara, a name of Siva, 283

Mahisha, a demon slain by Durgā, 308

Mahishamārdini, a name of Durgā, 308

Manasa, the snake goddess, 474

Mangala, a planet, 432. See also Kartikeya.

Manmatha, a name of Kāmadeva, 261

Manu, a patriarch, 16, 134

—, author of the Institutes quoted, 4

Manvantara, 353

Mara, a name of Kāmadeva, 261

Maricha, a hermit who assisted Rāvana, 184

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Marichi, a son of Brahmā, 370

Mārtanda, a name of Surya, 35

Mārut, a name of Vāyu, 67

Maruts, the, 12, 67; origin of name of, 68

Mathuranāth, a name of Krishna, 200

Matsya Avatāra, the, 134 ff.

Meghavāhana, a name of Indra, 62

Mihira, a name of Surya, 35

Mitra and Varuna, 37; hymns descriptive of, 39

Mritunjaya, a name of Siva, 283

Muktakesi, a name of Durgā, 317

Mukunda, a name of Vishnu, 127

Nakula, a son of the Asvins, 415

Nala, the builder of Rāma's bridge, 406

Nanda, the foster-father of Krishna, 202

Nandi, Siva's bull, 448

Nārada, a son of Brahmā, 382; his appearance at the court of Yudhisthira, 420; his advice to Jalandhara, 444

Nārāyana, a name of Brahmā, 99; also of Vishnu, 118

Nila, a son of Agni, 175, 408

Nilmādhava, a name of Vishnu, 252

Nisumbha, a giant slain by Durgā, 305

Nrisingha Avatāra, the, 149 ff.

Ocean, the churning of the, 128

Om, explanation of the word, 95

Padma, a name of Lakshmi, 128

Padmālaya, a name of Lakshmi, 128

Panchānana, a form of Siva, 283

Pāndu, the father of the Pāndus, 413

Pāndus, heroes of the Mahābhārata, 413 ff.

Panyakirti, a name of Garuda, 228

Paramesthi, a name of Brahmā, 107

Parasakti, a name of Durgā, 312

Parasurāma Avatāra, the, of Vishnu, 162 if.

Parijātā tree, the, 60

Parjanya, a storm deity, 63

Pārvati, wife of Siva, 289; how she became fair, 290; Puranic account of her origin, 291; why she visited the earth, 292

Pasī, a name of Varuna, 44

Pātala, the infernal regions, 161

Pavan, a name of Vāyu, 66 Penance, forms of, 123, 339

Pisāchas, the, 487

Pitamvara, a name of Vishnu, 127

Pitripati, a name of Yama, 86

Planets, the, 431

Prachetas, a name of Varuna, 44

Prāchetasas, the reputed parents of Daksha, 374

Pradyumna, a name of Kāmadeva, 261

Prahlāda, a son of Hiranyakasipu, 150 ff.

Prajāpati, the term explained, 96, 373

Pratyangirā, a name of Durgā, 318

Prithi, the wife of Pulastya, 368

Prithivi. See Dyaus.

Prithu, the father of Prithivi, 16

Pulaha, a son of Brahmā, 369 ff.

Pulastya, 368 ff.

Purānas, the, 89

Puranic deities identified with Vedic, 97

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Purus, the, heroes of the Mahābhārata, 411 ff.

Purusha, a name of Vishnu, 127

Purusha Sūkta quoted, 94

Purushottama, a name of Vishnu, 127

Pushan, a sun-god, 36; Puranic, account of, 37

Rāhu, the ascending node, 435; an ambassador of Siva, 445

Rāji, an earthly king who became Indra, 58

Rākshasas, the, cloud demons, 64; description of, in later books, 171, 485

Rāma Chandra Avatāra, the, 170 ff.; worshipped Durgā; superiority acknowledged by Parasurāma, 168; the saviour, 197

Rāmāyana, the gods of the, 170 ff. Rati, wife of Kāmadeva, 258

Rāvana, a Rākshas, 171; his destruction foretold by Sitā, 179; slain by Rāma Chandra, 193

Ravi, 432. See also Surya.

Revati, wife of Balarāma, 223

Ribhus, the, 75

Richika, grandfather of Parasurāma, 163

Rivers, the sacred, 468

Rudra, 12; his quarrel with Brahmā, 102; origin of, 266. See also Siva.

Rukmini, the wife of Krishna, 200

Sāgara, asvamedha, or horse sacrifice of, 463

Sahadeva, a son of the Asvins, 415 Sakambhari, a name of Durgā, 306

Sakra, a name of Indra, 62

Saktis; the, 320

Salya, a leader in the Pāndu war, 413, 427

Samana, a name of Yama, 86 Samavurti, a name of Yama, 86

Sāmbhu, a name of Siva, 272

Sampati, 456

Samvara, a demon who carried off Kāmadeva, 259

Sangnā, wife of Surya, 33

Sanhita, definition of a, 4

Sani, a planet, 435

Sankara, a name of Siva, 280

Saptajihva, a name of Agni, 28

Sarasvati, the wife of Brahmā, 107

Sastī, the goddess, 477

Sati, a name of Umā, 285

Satrughna, a brother of Rāma Chandra, 175

Satyavān, a hermit restored to life by Yama, 84

Savitri, identical with Surya, 32;

wife of Satyavān, 85; name of

Sarasvati, 111. See also Surya.

Savitripati, a name of Brahmā, 107

Sesha, the serpent deity, incarnate in Balarāma, 221

Shalgrāma, the, 478

Shitalā, 473

Siddha-Senāni, a name of Durgā, 306

Singhavāhini, a name of Durgā, 308

Sitā, origin and previous birth of, 178. See Rāma Chandra.

Sivā, the Destroyer, 263; worshipped by Brahmā, 105; foretells the destruction of Rāvana, 187; overcome by Krishna, 215; identified with Rudra, 263; and with Agni, 266; marries Umā, 267; slighted by Daksha, 267; reason for living an ascetic life,

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[paragraph continues] 267, 274; why called Mahādeva, 275; origin of third eye of, 277; represented by the Linga, 280

Skanda, a name of Kartikeya, 335, 338

Smarahāra, a name of Siva, 283

Soma, description of, 69; how the soma-plant was brought to earth, 71; his marriage, 72; identified with the moon, 73; seduces Tārā, 74. See also Chandra.

Sparsana, a name of Vāyu, 67

Srāddhadeva, a name of Yama, 86

Sri, a name of Lakshmi, 127, 128

Sri Kanta, a name of Siva, 283

Sthānu, a name of Siva, 283

Subhadrā, sister of Krishna, 420

Subramanya, a name of Kartikeya, 341

Sugriva, king of the monkeys, 35, 394; a son of Surya, 175

Sugriva, a messenger of the demons, sent to Durgā, 304

Sukra, preceptor of the asuras, 122, 442; a planet, 434

Sumbha, a demon slain by Durgā, 304 ff.

Superiority of one god, the, 11

Supernakhā, sister of Rāvana, 182 ff.

Superna, a name of Garuda, 449

Surya, 9; an Āditya, 32; hymns to, 32; Puranic account of his origin, 33; marriage, 33; becomes a horse, 34; names of, 34, 35; his children, 35. See also Ravi.

Suryā, wife of the Asvins, 45

Sushena, 408

Sushna, a name of Vritra, 58

Swarga, Indra's heaven, 61

Swargapati, a name of Indra, 62

Swayambhu, a name of Vishnu, 127

Taittiriyas, origin of the, 7

Tārā, a monkey leader, 175

Tārā, wife of Vrihaspati, 74; a name of Durgā, 317

Taraka, a demon, 257

Tarika, a demon, 338

Tārini, a name of Durgā, 306

Time, divisions of, 353

Trees, sacred, 469

Triad, the Vedic, 10, 20

Trident of Siva, the, how produced, 34

Tryambaka, a name of Siva, 283

Tulsī, a sacred plant, 470

Tvastri, or Visvakarma, 74; quarrels with, and is slain by Indra, 77; the builder for the gods, 77

Umā, wife of Siva, 285 ff.; a compound of two distinct deities, 286; early meaning of her later names, 288; earlier account of her origin, 289

Ushas, the, origin and attributes of, 48; Vedic hymns addressed to, 49

Vāch, the goddess of speech, identified with Sarasvati, 109, 110

Vāhans, or vehicles of the gods, the, 448

Vahni, a name of Agni, 27

Vaikunthanātha, a name of Vishnu, 127

Vaisrāvana, a name of Kuvera, 388

Vaisravas, a name of Pulastya, 388

Vaivasvata, a name of Yama, 86

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Vaka, an asura slain by Bhīma, 417

Vaman incarnation, the, 155 ff.

Vānars, the monkeys who assisted Rāma Chandra, 187

Varāha incarnation, the, 144 ff.

Varuna and Mitra, 37; characteristics of, 38; human sacrifices offered to, 41; the god of the ocean, 42; worshipped in seasons of drought, 41; assists the gods, 43; refuses to accede to Rāma's prayer, 406

Vasishtha, a son of Brahmā, 380

Vasudeva, the father of Krishna, 201

Vāta, a name of Vāyu, 66

Vāyu, a storm-god, 9, 64; description of, 65

Vedas, the, 3 ff.

Vedāvati, a name of Sitā, 178

Vedic deities, the; how they obtained superiority over the asuras, 10

Vijayā, a name of Durgā, 306

Virabhadra, an emanation of Siva, 445

Viradha, a giant slain by Rāma Chandra, 182; cursed by Kuvera, 392

Vishnu, the preserver, 116; superior to other gods, 118; this admitted by Siva, 119; reason for his many incarnations, 121; benefit obtainable by his worship, 123; his pre-eminent position not acknowledged in Vedic age, 125; conquered in battle by Jalandhara, 444; his identity with Brahmā affirmed, 145

Vishvamvara, a name of Vishnu, 127

Visvakarma. See Tvastri. The maker of Jagannāth's image, 251

Visvamitra, a hermit, 176 ff.

Visvarūpa, a son of Visvakarma, 76

Vītihotra, a name of Agni, 27

Vivaswat, a name of Surya, 35

Vrihaspati, the preceptor of the gods, 228; one of the planets, 433

Vritraha, a name of Indra, 62

Vyāsa, a Rishi, 5, 412 ff.

Yādapati, a name of Varuna, 44

Yadus, heroes of the Mahābhārata, 411 ff.

Yajneswara, a name of Vishnu, 127

Yakshi, wife of Kuvera, 392

Yama, origin of, 78; his kingdom, 80; hymns addressed to, 81; marriage, 83; interview with Savitri, 84

Yoganindra, the energy of Krishna, 201

Yudhisthira, a son of Dharma, 414; character of, 415; ruler of Hastinapur, 417 ff.

Yugas, the four, 357

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Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic - By W. J. Wilkins (1900) This text is in the public domain because it was published prior to 1923.

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