ORIENTAL SERIES.

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DUR-GA. A commentator on the Nirukta.
' DUR-GA
' DUR-MUKHA.
Inaccessible.' The wife of iva. See DevL
Bad face.' A name of one of Dhnta-
rashfra's sons. Also of one of Kama's monkey allies, and of
several others.
DUR-VASAS. <
Ill-clothed.' A sage, the son of Atri and
Anasuya, "but, according to some authorities, he was a son or
emanation of $iva. He was noted for his irascible temper, and
many
fell under his curse. It was he who cursed $akuntala
for keeping him waiting at the door, and so caused the separation
between her and King Dushyanta. But it was he who
blessed Kunti, so that she became a mother by the Sun. In
the Vishnu Purawa he is represented as cursing Indra for treat-
ing with disrespect a garland which the sage presented to him.
The curse was that " his sovereignty over the three worlds
should be subverted," and under it Indra and the gods grew
weak and were overpowered by the Asuras. In their extremity
they resorted to Vishmi, who directed them to churn the ocean
of milk for the production of the Amnta (water of life) and
other precious things. In the Maha-bLiirata it is stated that on
one occasion ELnslma entertained him hospitably, but omitted
to wipe the fragments of food from the foot of the sage. At
this the latter grew angry and foretold how Knslma should be
killed The Yislmu Purawa states that K?'ishna fell according
to " the imprecation of Dur-vasas," and in the same work Dur-
vasas is made to describe himself as one "whose nature is
stranger to remorse."
DURrVASASA PURAjVA. One of the eighteen Upa Pu-
rawas. See Purana.
DUR-YODHANA. 'Hard to conquer.' The eldest son of
King Dhnta-rashfra, and leader of the Kaurava princes in tho
great war of the Maharbharata. His birth was somewhat mar-
vellous. (See Gandharl.) Upon the death of his brother PFifttfu,
Dhnta-rashfra took his five sons, the PaWava princes, to his own
court, and had them educated with his hundred sons. Bicker-
ings and jealousies soon sprang up between the cousins, and
Dur-yodhana took a special dislike to Bhlma on account of his
skill in the use of the club. Dur-yodhana had learnt the use of
this weapon under Bala-rama, and was jealous of any rival He
poisoned Bhima and threw his body into the Ganges, but Bhlma