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DHUNDHU-MARADILIPA .
but was dug out and killed by King Kuvalayaswa and his
21,000 sons, who were undeterred by the flames which checked
their progress, and were all killed but three. This legend pro-
bably originated from a volcano or some similar phenomenon.
From this exploit Kuvalayaswa got the name of Dhundhu-
mara, '
of Dhundhu. ;
slayer
DHUNDHU-MARA. See Dhundhu and Kuvalayaswa.
DHUR-JA2 7
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!. Having heavy matted locks.' A name of
Rudra or Siva.
DHURTA-NARTAKA. '
The rogue actors/ A farce in two
parts by Sama Raja Dikshita,
" The chief object of this piece
is the ridicule of the Saiva ascetics."
DSURTA-SAMAGAMA. 'Assemblage of rogues. 5 A
comedy by Sekhara or Jyotir Iswara. "It is somewhat indeli-
cate, but not devoid of humour." It has been translated into
French by SchoebeL
DIGr-AMBARA. i
Clothed with space.' A naked mendi-
cant. A title of Siva.
DIGr-GAJAS. The elephants who protect the eight points
of the compass: (i.) Airavata; (2.) Pundarika; (3.) Va-
mana; (4.) Kumuda; (5.) Ajnjana; (6.) Pushpa-danta ; (7.)
Sarva-bhauma ; (8.) Su-pratika.
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DIG-YIJAYA. Conquest of the regions (of the world). 1
i. A part of the Maha-bharata which commemorates the con-
quests effected by the four younger Pa^ava princes, and in
virtue of which Yudhi-shzJhira maintained his claim to uni-
versal sovereignty. 2. A work by /Sankaracharya in support
of the Yedanta philosophy, generally distinguished as /Sankara
Dig-vijaya.
DIK-PALA, '
Supporters of the regions/ The supporters
of the eight points of the compass. See Dig-gaja.
DILlPA. Son of Ansumat and father of Bhagiratha. He
was of the Solar race and ancestor of Rama. On one occasion
he failed to pay due respect to Surabhi, the '
cow of fortune/
and she passed a curse upon him that he should have no
offspring until he and his wife Su-dakshifta had carefully
tended Surabhi's daughter NandinL They obediently waited
on this calf Kandini, and Dilipa once offered his own life to
save hers from the lion of /Siva, In due time the curse was
removed, and a son, Raghu, was born to them. This story is