ORIENTAL SERIES.

HARTS-CHANDRA HART-VANSA. ng
gave himself up to meditation on Vishrra. The gods then
arrived, headed by Dharma and accompanied by Viswamitra.
Dharma entreated him to refrain from his intention, and Indra
informed him " that he, his wife, and son, had conquered heaven
by their good works." Haris-chandra declared that he could not
go to heaven without the permission of his master the Cha?i^ala.
Dharma then revealed himself. When this difficulty was
removed, Haris-chandra objected to go to heaven without his
faithful subjects. "This request was granted by Indra, and
after Viswamitra had inaugurated Eohitaswa, the king's son, to
be his successor, Haris-chandra, his friends, and followers, all
ascended in company to heaven." There he was induced by
the sage Narada to boast of his merits, and this led to his
expulsion from heaven. As he was falling he repented
of his
fault and was forgiven. His downward course was arrested,
and he and his followers dwell in an aerial city, which, accord-
ing to popular belief, is still visible occasionally in mid-air.
HAEITA, HAElTA i. A son of Yuvanaswa of the Solar
race, descended from Ikshwaku. Prom him descended the
"
Harita Angirasas. In the Linga Purarai it is said, The son of
Yuvanaswa was Harita, of whom the Haritas were sons. They
were, on the side of Angiras, twice-born men (Brahmans) of
" "
or according to the Vayu, they were the
Kshatriya lineage ;
sons of Angiras, twice-born men (Brahmans), of Kshatriya race,"
possibly meaning that they were sons raised up to Harita by
Angiras. According to some he was a son of Chyavana. 2.
Author of a Dharma-sastra or law-book.
HAEITAS, HAEITA-ANGIEASES. See Harita,
HABITS, HAEITAS. '
Green/ In the 5%-veda the horses,
or rather mares, of the sun, seven or ten in number, and typical
"
of his rays. The prototype of the Grecian Charites." Max
Mutter.
HAEI-VANSA, The genealogy of Hari or Vishnu, a long
poem of 16,374 verses. It purports to be a part of the Mahir
bharata, but it is of much later date, and " may more accurately
be ranked with the Pauramk compilations of least authenticity
and latest date." It is in three parts ; the first is introductory,
and gives particulars of the creation and of the patriarchal and
the second contains the life and adventures of
regal dynasties ;
"Krishna ; and the last and the third treats of the future of the