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mountain and forest in Havnta, the central region of the
which contains the mountain Mem. The authorities are not"
agreed as to its relative position with Menu 2. A general of the
monkey allies of Kama. He was killed by Eavawa's son Indra-jit,
but was restored to life by the medicinal herbs brought by Hanuman
from Mount Kailasa.
GANDHAEA, GANDHAEA A country and city on the
west bank of the Indus about Attock. Mahomedan geographers
call it Kandahar, but it must not be confounded with the
modern town of that name. It is the Gandaritis of the ancients,
and its people are the Gandarii of Herodotus. The Yayu Pur-
a?ia says it was famous for its breed of horses.
GANDHAEI Princess of Gandhara. The daughter of Su-
bala, king of Gandhara, wife of Dhrita-rashfra, and mother of
his hundred sons. Her husband was blind, so she always wore
a bandage over her eyes to be like him. Her husband and she,
in their old age, both perished in a forest fire. She is also
called by the patronymics Sauball and Saubaleyi. She is said
to have owed her hundred sons to the blessing of Vyasa, who,
In acknowledgment of her kind hospitality, offered her a boon.
She asked for a hundred sons. Then she became pregnant, and
continued so for two years, at the end of which time she was
delivered of a lump of flesh. Vyasa took the shapeless mass
and divided it into 101 pieces, which he placed in as many
jars. In due time Dur-yodliana was produced, but with such
accompanying fearful portents that Dhnta-rashfaa was besought,
though in vain, to abandon him. A month afterwards ninetynine
other sons came forth, and an only daughter, Duft-sala.
GANDHAEVA. The '
heavenly Gandhatva' of the Veda
was a deity who know and revealed the secrets of heaven and
divine truths in general He is thought by Goldstiicker to
have been a personification of the fire of the sun. The Gand-
harvas generally had their dwelling in the sky or atmosphere,
and one of their offices was to prepare the heavenly soma juice
for the gods. They had a great partiality for women, and had
a mystic power over them. The Atharva-veda speaks of " the
6333 Gandharvas." The Gandharvas of later times are similar
in cbwicter* they have charge of the soma, are skilled in
modicmo, regulate the astorisms, and are fond of women. Those
of India's heaven arc generally intended by the term, and they