and Pushkara, 486; not regarded as a vice, 505; comparison of the gambling match of Nala with that of Yudhish- thira, ib.
Gándhára, country, name of, still preserved in Kandahar, 71. Gándhárí, daughter of the Raja of Gánd- hára, marries Maháraja Dhritarashtra, 65; blindfolds herself on hearing that he was blind, ib.; her sons named Kauravas, ib.; significance of her marriage, 71; absurd myth respecting the birth of her sons, 72, note; summoned by the Mahá- raja to the Council of the Kauravas, 268; sends for Duryodhana and remonstrates with him in the presence of the Council, ib.; affecting interview with Krishna after the slaughter of her sons in the great war, 342; Krishna consoles her by engag- ing that the Pándavas will prove more dutiful than the Kauravas, 343; her reply, ib.; Krishna renews his promises, 341; her affecting interview with the Pándavas, 362; Yudhishthira's excuses, ib. her resignation, ib.; she reproaches Bhíma for having drank the blood of Duhsásana, ib. ; his denial, ib.; sends the Pándavas to their mother Kuntí, ib. ; piously consoles Draupadí, 363; accom- panies the sad procession of the women to the plain of Kurukshetra, 364; her la- mentations over her son Duryodhana, ib. ; departs with the Maharaja and Kuntí to the jungle on the Ganges, 439; his death,
Gandharvas, their form of marriage, 48; slay the eldest son of Raja Sántanu, 52, 54 ; capture Duryodhana and Karna, 194; later conception of them as ghosts, 205; Draupadí represents her five husbands as Gandharvas, 208; rumour that they had slain Kichaka, 216; great commotion in the city of Viráta, ib.; Bhíma mis- taken for one, 217; difficulties regarding, 228; a Hill tribe subsequently converted into celestial beings, 228.
Gándíva, the mythical bow of Arjuna, 266, note.
Ganges, river, said to have borne children
to Raja Sántanu, 50, note; bathing in, and sprinkling with water a part of the funeral ceremony, 365; the locality of the retirement of the Maharaja, 439. Garura, a bird, the vehicle of Krishna as Vishnu, 412.
Gautama, son of Gotama, the mythical
father of Kripa and Kripá, 78, note. Gayatri, the, 23; different translations of, ib.,
Generalissimo, election of, prior to a war, 276.
Geographical identification, difficulties in the way of, 62, note; in the story of Raja Viráta, 232.
Ghosts, conception of the Gandharvas as, 205; the Pandavas set up a dead body in a place of burning to guard their wea- pons, 206; religious ideas connected with, 226; belief in their amours, 228; the re-
ligious belief of the aborigines, 239. Gokula, encampment of the Yádavas there,
Govarddhana mountain, worshipped by the Yádavas instead of Indra, 467; Indra sends down rain to wash away the country, ib.; Krishna renders the mountain fiery hot, and raises it over the people like an umbrella, ib.
Gurus, or ecclesiastical heads, correspond- ing to hereditary Bishops, 79; the heads of the sects, 80; their ecclesiastical visita- tions, ib.; their spiritual powers, ib.; their temporal powers, 81; their non- existence amongst the ancient Kshatriyas proved by the mythical character of the traditions which refer to them, ib.; their garbling of the Mahá Bhárata, 82.
Hanuman, the monkey demigod, mythical son of Váyu, 190; his interview with his alleged brother Bhíma, ib.; his super- natural shrinking and swelling, ib. Hastin, son of Bharata, 47. Hastinapur, near the modern Delhi, the opening scene in the Mahá Bharata, 42; significance of the site as an outpost of the Aryans, ib.; approximate description of, 43; the city, ib.; the palace, ib.; the Council hall, ib.; the Raj, ib.; coun- try to the south and east a land of fable, 56; scarcity of women at, 57, note; ex- hibition of arms at, 86; mythical character of all legends referring to localities at a distance, 100; triumphant entry of the Pandavas after the great war, 368; tri- umphant return of Arjuna with the horse in the Aswamedha of Yudhishthira, 416; Parikshit, son of Arjuna, obtains the Raj, 453.
Hidimba, the Asura, Bhíma fights and slays him, 108.
Hidimbi, sister of Hidimba, marries Bhíma, 109; extraordinary honeymoon, ib. Homa, displaced animal sacrifices, 159; offering of, at the installation of Rája Yudhishthira, 371; offering of, combined with the sacrifice of the horse, 426; in- troduced as a Brahmanical sacrifice, 427; performance of, 430; religious merit acquired by, 435.
Horse, twelve adventures of, after the loosening in the Aswamedha of Yud- hishthira, 396; first adventure: carried away by the son of a Raja by the counsel of one of his thousand wives, ib.; restored through the mediation of Agni who had married the Raja's daughter, ib.; un- meaning character of the story, ib., note; second adventure: legend of the dis- obedient wife who was transformed to a rock, 397; third adventure: legend of the Raja and the cauldron of boiling oil, 399; recovery of the horse by Arjuna, 400; fourth adventure: horse transformed into a mare, ib.; mythical character of the story, ib., note; fifth adventure: horse enters the country of the Amazons, ib.; sixth adventure: horse enters a
country where men, women, and animals grow upon trees, 402; men with blanket ears, 403; monsters, ib.; human sacri- fices, ib.; seventh adventure: horse en- ters the country of Manipura, 404; eighth adventure horse enters the city of Rat- napura, 412; ninth adventure: the horse enters the Raj of Chandrahasa, 413; tenth adventure: the horse enters the sea beyond the northern mountain, ib.; eleventh adventure: the horse enters the Raj of Jayadratha, 414; twelfth adven- ture triumphant return to Hastinapur, 416; review of the twelve adventures, 417; locality of the adventure in Mun- nipore still pointed out by the Mun- niporees, 425; later adventures connected with Krishna, 426; narrative of the sac- rifice of-see Aswamedha.
Horse, sacrifice of. See Aswamedha. Horses, taming, taught by Drona, 75. Hot Season, warred against by the Raja of the Rain, 464; assembling of the clouds in battle array, 466; flight of the Hot Season, ib.
Human sacrifices. See Naramedha.
India, importance of its history, 1; dis- tinction between the history of British administration and the history of the Hindús, ib.; difficulties in the way of apprehending the latter, 2; the Mahá Bharata and Rámáyana indispensable to a knowledge of the Hindús, 3; European ignorance of the Hindús, ib., note; in- fluence of the Mahá Bhárata and Rámá- yana upon the masses, 4; vast interval between the age in which the events occurred and the age in which they are recorded, 5; distinction between the Vedic and Bráhmanic periods, ib. Indra, conception of, as the god of rain, 8; characteristics of, 14; attributes of a human hero superadded to those of the god of the firmament, ib.; frequently addressed in familiar terms, ib.; par- tiality for strong drink, ib.; hymned as the discoverer of the soma, 15; spirit- ualized into a personified idea of the firmament, ib.; the hero of the Aryans and foe of the aborigines, ib.; character of the Vedic hymns addressed to him, ib.; invocations to him in his human capacity, ib.; invocations to him as the Supreme Being, 16; myth of his being the father of Arjuna, 71; myth that the five Pandavas were five Indras, 134; the ally of the Nágas or serpents, 141; Ar- juna and Krishna fight against him, ib.; interpolation of the myth, ib.; appears to Arjuna and directs him to propitiate the god Siva, 191; propitiated by the flesh of the horse at the Aswamedha of Yudhish- thira, 431; opposition of Krishna, 460; great feast at Vrindavana in honour of, 467; Krishna counsels the Yádavas to transfer the worship of Indra to the Govarddhana mountain, 467; Indra in his wrath sends down rain to wash away
the country, ib.; frustrated by Krishna, ib.; worships Krishna as the Supreme Lord, 468; informed by Nárada of the Swayamvara of Damayantí, 481; sets off for the Swayamvara, 482; renders Nala invisible, ib.; laughs at the wrath of Kali, 485.
Indra-prastha, remains of the ancient city of, between Delhi and the Kutub, 141; flourishing Raj of the Pandavas, 154; descends to Yuyutsu, son of Dhritarashtra, 453.
Installation of Raja Yudhishthira, 368; tri- umphant procession from the plain of Kurukshetra to the city of Hastinapur, ib.; arrival of Yudhishthira at the palace, 369; worship of the family gods, ib.; dis- tribution of gifts to the Brahmans, ib.; enthronement of the Raja facing the east, 370; ceremony performed by Dhaumya the Brahman, ib.; symbolical rites, ib.; pots of water from the sacred rivers, ib.; high place prepared for sacrifice, 371; Yudhishthira and Draupadí seated upon the tiger's skin, ib.; offering of the homa, ib.; the five purifying articles poured upon Yudhishthira and Draupadí, ib.; pots of sacred water poured over the pair, ib.; music sounded, ib.; bards and eu- logists chaunt the praises of Yudhish- thira, ib.; description of the umbrella and chámara as ensigns of royalty, 372; doubtful authenticity of the details, 374; apparent origin of the various monies, ib.; description of the ceremonies performed as given in the Agni Purána, 375, note.
Isaiah, his denunciations of the Mosaic ritual, 158, note.
Islands of the sea, inhabited by Daityas, 404; story of the old Rishi who inhabited one, 413.
Jámbavat, the Bear, Krishna's marriage to his daughter, 384; carries off the jewel from Prasena, 476; gives his daughter to Krishna, ib.
Janamejaya, his sacrifice of snakes, 46,
Jarásandha, Raja of Magadhá, conquered by Bhíma, 162; mythical character of the legend, 164, note; makes war against Mathurá, and is defeated by Krishna, 475; marches an army of barbarians against Mathurá, ib.; retreat of Krishna and the Yadavas to the city of Dwaraká, ib.
Jayadratha, Raja of Sindhu, visits Draupadí in the absence of her husbands, 199; falls in love with her, ib.; sends a Chieftain to inquire her name and lineage, ib.; enters the hut, 200; his wicked pro- posals, ib.; carries her away in his chariot by main force, 201; pursued by the Pán- davas, ib.; abandons Draupadi and seeks to escape, ib.; Yudhishthira's clemency, ib.; Bhíma drags him from his chariot and makes him a slave, 202; Draupadí orders his release, ib.; review of the tra-
dition, 202; already married to Duhsalá, ib.; prevents the Pándavas from rescuing Abhimanyu from the spider's web, 312; Arjuna vows to slay him before sunset on the morrow, 313; cowardly attempts to withdraw from the field, ib.; fierce strug- gle to reach him, 314; desperate conflict with Arjuna, 315; Arjuna cuts off his head before sunset, ib.; adventure in his Raj of the horse in the Aswamedha of Yudhishthira, 414; story of his widow Duhsalá, ib.; his dead son miraculously restored to life by Krishna, ib. Jimúta proves his superiority in pugilism and wrestling in the court of Raja Viráta, 209; trouble of the Raja that none of his own wrestlers could overcome him, ib.; great battle with Bhíma, ib.; Bhíma whirls him round by the legs and dashes him against the ground, ib.; his death, ib. Jungle, Bhima's honeymoon in, 109; clear- ing of, by Aryan colonists, 140; changes in the scenery, 189; occasional tempests, ib.; humble character of a conflagration, 442.
Kali, the personification of the Kali age, 485; his wrath at finding that Nala was chosen by Damayantí, ib.; his threat, ib.; not to be confounded with the goddess Kálí, ib., note; plots with Dwápara for the destruction of Nala, 486; takes pos- session of Nala, ib.; brings about a gam- bling match between Nala and Pushkara, ib.; tempts Nala to desert his wife in the jungle, 489.
Kálidása, his drama of "Sakuntala," 48. Kámpilya, the city of Raja Drupada, 119. Kanju, son of Vrihaspatí and pupil of Sukra, his love passages with Devayání, 510; delivered by Sukra from the wrath of the Daityas, ib.; refuses to marry Devayání, 511; exchanges curses with her, ib.
Kansa, Raja of Mathurá, deposed his father Ugrasena, 461; threatens to slay his cousin Devakí on her wedding day, 462; Vasudeva engages to deliver up her children, ib.; his efforts to secure the infant Krishna, ib.; seizes the supposed daughter of Devakí who escapes to heaven, 463; slaughters the worshippers of Vishnu and the male children, ib.; Nanda and the cowherds bring tribute, ib.; sends demons to slay Krishna, 464; performs a sacrifice to the god Siva in the city of Mathurá, 469; orders the death of Krishna and Balaráma, 471; slaughter of his fighting men, ib.; his restlessness, 472; his portentous dreams, ib.; orders his Ministers to prepare an arena for the exhibition of wrestlers, ib.; assembly of the Raja and his people, ib.; adventures of Krishna and Balaráma with his great elephant, 473; orders the slaughter of Krishna and Balaráma, and the arrest of Ugrasena, Vasudeva, and Devakí, 474; Krishna rises up and fights him, ib.; his
death, ib.; his Ránís perform the funeral rites for him, ib.
Kanwa, the sage, the putative father of Sakuntalá, 47.
Kapila, city of, 117, note. Karna, the son of a charioteer, his sudden appearance at the exhibition of arms at Hastinapur, 88; exultation of Duryod- hana and mortification of Arjuna, 89; challenges Arjuna to single combat, ib.; mutual abuse, ib.; Drona calls upon Arjuna to fight him, ib.; Kripa inter- poses to prevent the battle, ib.; created a Raja by Duryodhana, 90; appearance of his aged father, ib.; his filial reverence, ib.; Bhíma's contemptuous language to- wards him, ib.; combat prevented by the approach of night, ib.; led away by Duryodhana, ib.; question respecting his birth, ib.; his father not a charioteer but a carter, 92; question whether Duryod- hana really created him a Raja, ib.; legend of his being the son of Kunti by the Sun god, ib.; floated as a babe to the country of Anga, 94; brought up by a charioteer, ib.; object of the myth, 95; associated with the later Rajas of Anga, ib.; enters the lists at the Swayamvara of Draupadi and strings the bow, 121; Draupadí prevents his competing on account of the lowness of his birth, ib.; his appeal to the Sun, 121; captured by the Gandharvas, 194; congratulates Dur- yodhana on his performance of a Vaish- nava sacrifice, 197; his vow to slay Arjuna, ib.; remonstrates with Bhishma for praising Arjuna in the Council of the Kauravas, 250; his message to the Pán- davas, ib.; threat of Bhishma that Ar- juna will conquer him, 251; interposition of the Maharaja, ib. ; plots with Duryod- hana to seize Krishna, 269; invited by Krishna to join the Pándavas, 270; re- fuses to desert Duryodhana or to take a position where Arjuna would appear as his superior, ib.; his parting with Krish- na, 271; Bhishma stipulates that he absent himself from the great war, 276; he agrees so long as Bhishma is alive, ib.; engages to slay the Pándavas if Bhishma will retire from the command, 306; his five days of command in the great war, 323; the election, ib.; first day, ib.; in- decisive struggle, ib.; Karna engages to slay Arjuna, ib.; second day of his com- mand, desires that Salya would drive his chariot, ib.; sneers of Salya at his birth, 324; driven by Salya against Arjuna, 325; evil omens, ib.; contention with Salya respecting the prowess of Arjuna, ib.; refers to the depraved customs of the people of Madra, ib.; charges the Pándavas, ib.; attacks Yudhishthira in the absence of Arjuna, 326; reproaches Yudhishthira with the cowardice he had imbibed from Bráhmans, ib.; Arjuna goes forth to a final battle against him, 328; the armies stop fighting and the gods descend from heaven, ib.; his ad-
dress to his charioteer, 328; the battle, ib.; a wheel of his chariot sinks into the earth, ib.; slain by Arjuna with a cres- cent-shaped arrow, ib.; review of the narrative of his command, 329; seven mythical circumstances connected with the battle, 330, note; sorrow of Arjuna and Yudhishthira at his death, 365; kindness of Yudhishthira towards his widows, children, and dependants, ib.; death of his chief wife, 366.
Kási, the modern Benares, three daughters of the Raja carried off by Bhishma, 52; their marriage to Vichitra-vírya, 53; suspicious character of the story, 55; dis- tance from Hastinapur, ib. ; name of, pro- bably interpolated, 56.
Kauravas, sons of Maháraja Dhritarashtra, birth of, 65; absurd myth respecting their birth, 72, note; main incidents in their early life, 73; narrative of their jealousies of the Pandavas, 74; their education, 75; defeated by Drupada, Raja of Panchála, 96; increasing ill blood between them and the Pandavas, 97; their plot to burn the Pándavas at Váranávata, 101; their alarm at the marriage of the Pándavas with the daughter of Raja Drupada, 127, 136; jealousy of their wives at the beauty of Draupadí, 177; tradition of their going out into the jungle to mark the cattle, but really to spy out the Pándavas, 194; capture of Duryodhana and Karna by the Gandharvas, 195; stipulation as re- gards the thirteenth year of the exile of the Pandavas, 205; their proceedings during the thirteenth year of the exile, 219; fail to discover the Pándavas, ib.; spies bring the news of the death of Kích- aka, ib.; approve the proposal of Susar- man to invade the Raj of Viráta, 219; plan of campaign, ib.; they discover Ar- juna and discuss whether the thirteenth year is really over, 222; defeated by Ar- juna, ib.; authenticity of the campaigns of Duryodhana and Susarman disproved, 233; hold a great Council to receive the envoy from Raja Drupada, 249; pre- liminary message of the Pandavas, ib.; their demand for the restoration of their Raj, 250; reply of Bhishma, ib.; Karna's wrathful remonstrances with Bhishma for praising Arjuna, ib.; Karna's message to the Pandavas, ib.; Bhishma threatens that Arjuna will conquer Karna, 251; inter- position of Maharaja Dhritarashtra, ib.; embassy of Sanjaya to the Pandavas, 252; summoned to a Council to receive the re- turn messages brought by Sanjaya, 256; the elders counsel peace whilst the young men clamour for war, ib.; mission of Krishna, 256; question as to the recep- tion of Krishna, 258; they all go out to meet him excepting Duryodhana, 259; great Council at Hastinapur to discuss the mission of Krishna, 261; plot to seize Krishna, 269; mythical character of the mission of Krishna, 271; march to the plain of Kurukshetra, 274; separated from
the Pandavas by a lake, 277; interchange of challenges with the Pándavas, 279, 280; repulsed on the third day of the war, 305; Bhishma renews the battle, in which they are driven back by Arjuna, ib.; disheartened at not conquering the Pán- davas, ib.; Drona on the second day of his command draws them up in the form of a spider's web, 310; general outcry against the cowardly Chieftains who slew Abhimanyu, 312; reproach Arjuna for interfering in the combat between Bhuris- rava and Satyaki, 314; their grief on the death of Jayadratha, 315; their sorrow on the death of Drona, 317; their grief at the death of Duhsásana, 327; consterna- tion at the death of Karna, 328; their flight, 329; resolve to renew the battle on the morrow, ib.; eighteenth and last day of the great war, 331; they abstain from single combats and charge only in com- panies, ib.; their utter defeat, ib.; their camp plundered by the Pandavas, 341; said to have ascended to the heaven of Indra because they died fighting bravely, 355; passionate desire of the survivors for revenge, ib.; ghosts of the slain assem- bled from the river Ganges by Vyása the sage, 440; the widows drown themselves in the Ganges and rejoin their husbands,
Kesiní, maid servant of Damayantí, sent to Nala, 497; her interview with Nala, ib. ; perceives his divine powers, 498. Khándava-prastha, country of, migration of the Pandavas to, 138; myth of the burn- ing of the forest of, 140; remains of the ancient city of Indra-prastha, 141; flourishing Raj of the Pandavas, 154. Kíchaka, brother of the Rání of Raja Vi- ráta, his commanding influence, 210; pre- vails with the Rání to send Draupadí to his house, 211; affronts Draupadi, 212; follows her to the Council hall, ib.; Raja Viráta refuses to interfere, ib.; pays a second visit to the Rání, 214; threatens to carry away Draupadí, ib. ; makes lavish offers to Draupadi, ib.; Draupadí en- gages to meet him at midnight in the music and dancing-room, 215; his im- patience, ib.; proceeds to the music and dancing-room and is seized by Bhíma, ib.; the battle, ib.; slain by Bhíma and roiled into a ball, 216; Draupadí spreads the report that he has been slain by the Gandharvas, ib.; his brothers prepare to burn Draupadí alive with his dead body, ib.; Bhíma rescues her, 217; flight and death of the brethren, ib.; story of, dis- connected from the mythical references of the Pandavas, 226; review of, ib.; his character, 229; poetic justice in his slaughter, 230.
Kripa, an adopted son of Raja Sántanu, represented as the son of Gautama, 78, note; rebukes Karna, 89; advises Dur- yodhana to conclude a treaty with the Pán- davas, 329; with Aswatthama and Krita- varman, the only surviving warriors of the
Kaurava armies, 331; the three visit the wounded Duryodhana on the plain of Kurukshetra, 347; remonstrates with Aswattháma on his design to break at night into the camp of the Pándavas, 348; follows Aswattháma to the camp of the Pándavas, 349; guards the gateway with Kritavarman whilst Aswattháma goes in- side, ib.; return of the three warriors to Duryodhana, 351; their flight, 352. Kripá, wife of Drona, 76; represented as the daughter of Gautama the Brahman, 78, note.
Krishna, object of the Brahmanical com- pilers of the Mahá Bhárata to promulgate his worship, and to connect his history with that of the house of Bhárata, 67; contrast between the historical traditions of Krishna and the mythical fables re- specting Vyása, ib.; garbling of the tra- ditions, 68, note; his mediation in behalf of the Pandavas at the Swayamvara of Draupadí, 122; its mythical character, 135; myth of his hunting with Arjuna in the forest of Khándava-prastha, 140; ap- pearance of the god Agni, who desires to devour the forest, ib.; fights against Indra, 141; interpretation of the myth, ib.; receives Arjuna with great rejoicings at Dwáraká, 150; gives a great feast on the Raivataka mountain, ib.; perceives that Arjuna has fallen in love with his sister Subhadrá, and promises to give her in marriage, ib.; suggests an elopement, 151; wrath of his brother Balaráma, ib.; remonstrates with Balaráma, ib,; the marriage, 152; legend proved to be a fic- tion intended to cover his own criminal in- timacy with his sister, 153; counsels Yudhishthira as regards the Rajasúya, 162; mythical conquest of his ancient enemy Jarasandha, Raja of Magadhá, ib. ; mythical character of the story, 164; significance of the assertion that he washed the feet of the Bráhmans, 166, 169; re- ceives the argha, 170; wrath of Sisupála, ib. cuts off the head of Sisupála with his chakra, ib.; saves the Rajasúva, ib. ; con- formity of the incident with the tradi- tions of the Yádavas, and not with those of the house of Bhárata, 171; presenta- tion of the argha referred to the Bud- dhist period, ib.; reason why the Yadava tradition of the death of Sisupála is grafted on to the Kshatriya tradition, ib.; the legend a religious myth repre- senting the opposition of Vishnu to Siva, 172; the chakra an emblem of divine wrath of Vishnu, ib.; myth of his mira- culously preventing Duhsásana from stripping Draupadí in the gambling booth, 185, note, questionable character of his subsequent association with the Pandavas, 241; his speech at the Great Council, 242; speech of his kinsman Satyakí, 243; his second speech, 245; mythical charac- ter of the details which associate him with the Pandavas, 246; mythical efforts of Duryodhana and Arjuna to win over
Krishna to their respective sides, ib. ; ex- cuses himself to Duryodhana for speaking to Arjuna first, 247; promises to drive the chariot of Arjuna in the forthcoming war, 248; improbability of the legend, but re- ligious significance of the myth, ib.; his reply to the message sent by the Mahá- raja through Sanjaya to the Pandavas, 254; his mission to the Kauravas, 256; legend of the mission, 257; Yudhishthira applies to him for counsel, ib.; offers to go as ambassador to Hastinapur, 257; comforts Draupadí, ib.; bathes and wor- ships the sun and fire, ib. ; proceeds to Hastinapur, 258; sends on messengers to announce his arrival, ib.; Vidura coun- sels Duryodhana to give him a grand re- ception, ib.; great preparations com- menced by Duryodhana, ib.; Duryodhana resolves to put him into custody, 259; re- monstrances of the Maháraja, ib.; enters the city and is received by all the Kau- ravas excepting Duryodhana, ib.; haughti- ness of Duryodhana towards him, ib. ; resides in the house of Vidura where Kuntí is dwelling, ib.; affecting inter- view with Kuntí, ib.; comforts her with the assurance that her sons will conquer, 260; visits Duryodhana, ib.; refuses to partake of the entertainment prepared by Duryodhana, ib.; declares that there can be no friendship between them unless Duryodhana comes to terms with the Pándavas, 260; returns to the house of Vidura and declines all other invitations, 261; explains to Vidura the reason of his coming to Hastinapur, ib.; reverence paid to him by the people of Hastinapur, ib.; proceeds to the great Council of the Kauravas, 262; his reception by the Maharaja and Bhishma, ib.; his speech before the Council, ib.; reply of the Maharaja that he had better advise Dur- yodhana, 265; his advice to Duryodhana, ib.; Duryodhana's indignant speech to him, 267; he rebukes Duryodhana, ib.; advises the Maharaja to arrest Duryod- hana and his three allies, 268; reveals himself as the Supreme Being, 269; re- assumes his humanity and takes his leave of the Maharaja, ib.; returns to the house of Vidura and takes leave of Kuntí, ib.; invites Karna to join the Pándavas, 270; his parting with Karna, 271; returns to the Pandavas and desires them to prepare for war upon the plain of Kurukshetra, 271; legend of the embassy to be treated as a myth, ib.; marked difference between Krishna as a hero and as an incarnation of the Supreme Being, 272; suspicious character of the legend as a representa- tion of the actual relations between the Kauravas and Pándavas, ib.; proceedings of the alleged embassy irreconcilable with the myth that Krishna made over his, army to Duryodhana, ib.; turbulent character of the Council at Hastinapur indicative that the myth belongs to the Krishna group of legends, ib. ; legend of
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