ORIENTAL SERIES.

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JA YANTAKA.
intercession of Draupadi lie was allowed to depart He was
killed, after a desperate conflict, by Arjuna on the fourteenth
day of the great battle.
JAYANTA Son of Indra, also called Jaya.
JAYANTL Daughter of Indra. She is called also Jayani,
Deva-sena, and TavishL
JIMUTA A great wrestler, who was overcome and killed
by Bhima at the court of Virata.
JlMUTA-VAHANA 'Whose vehicle is the clouds.' A
title of Indra. A name borne by several persons, and among
them by the author of the Daya-bhaga,
JISBLAfU. A name of Arjuna.
JUSHKA A Turushka or Turki king, who ruled in Kash-
mir and in Northern India. See Kanishka.
JWALA-MUKHL 'Month of fire.' A volcano. A cele-
brated place of pilgrimage in the Lower Himalayas, north of the
Panjab, where fire issues from the ground. According to the
legend, it is the fire which Sati, the wife of /Siva, created, and in
which she burnt herself.
JYAMAGHA. A king of the Lunar race, proverbial as
"most eminent among husbands submissive to their wives."
Saibya, his wife, was barren, but he was afraid to take another
wife till, having overcome an enemy and driven him from his
country, the daughter of the vanquished king became his cap-
tive. She was beautiful, and Jyamagha desired to marry her.
He took her in his chariot and carried her to his palace to ask
the assent of his queen. When $aibya saw the maiden, she
was filled with jealousy, and angrily demanded who the " lighthearted
damsel " was.
"
replied, She is the
The king was disconcerted, and humbly
young bride of the future son whom thou
shalt bring forth." It had ceased to be with Saibya after the
manner of women, but still she bore a son who was named
Vidarbha, and married the captive princess.
JYOTISHA. Astronomy. One of the Yedangas. The object
of this Vedanga is to fix the most auspicious days and seasons
for the performance of sacrifices. There has been little dis-
covered that is ancient on this subject ; only one short tract,
consisting of thirty-six verses, in a comparatively modern style, to
which scholars cannot assign an earlier date than 300 years B.O."
KA The interrogative pronoun "who?" This word has