ORIENTAL SERIES.

PUSHKARAVATIRAGA* 251
PUSHKARAYATL A city of the Gandharas not far from
the Indus. It is the ny**Xawr/ of Ptolemy, and the Pouse-
kielofati of Hiouen Thsang.
PUSHPA-DANTA. '
Flower-teeth/ i. One of the chief
attendants of Siva. He incurred his master's displeasure by
listening to his private conversation with Parvati and talking of
it afterwards. For this he was condemned to become a man,
and so appeared in the form of the great grammarian Katyayana.
2. One of the guardian elephants. See Loka-pala.
PUSHPAKA. A self-moving aerial car of large dimensions,
which contained within it a
palace or city. Kuvera obtained it
by gift from Brahma, but it was carried off by Ravawa, his
half-brother, and constantly used by him. After Rama-chandra
had slain Rava^a, he made use of this capacious car to convey
himself and Sita, with Lakshmaraa and all his allies, back to
Ayodhya ; after that he returned it to its owner,
Tvuvera. It is
also called Ratna-varshuka, "that rains jewels."
PUSHPA-KARANZ)mL A name of UjjayinL
PUSHPA-MITRA. The first of the Sunga kings, who suc-
ceeded the Mauryas, and reigned at Patfali-putra. In his time
the grammarian Patanjali is supposed to have lived.
PUSHPOTKATA. A Rakshasi, the wife of Yisravas and
mother of Ravarai and Kumbha-karna,
PUT. A hell to which childless men are said to be condemned.
" A name invented to explain the word puttra, son (hell-saver)/
PUTANA. A female demon, daughter of Bali. She attempted
to kill the infant Knshwa by suckling him, but was herself
sucked to death by the child.
, RADHA. i. Wife of Adhiratha and foster-mother of Kama.
2. The favourite mistress and consort of Krishna while ho lived
as Go-pala among the cowherds in Vnnda-vana. She was wife
of Ayana-ghosha, a cowherd. Considered by some to be an incarnation
of Lakshmi, and worshipped accordingly. Some have
discovered a mystical character in Radha, and consider her as
the type of the human soul drawn to the ineffable god, Knshtta,
or as that pure divine love to which the fickle lover returns.
RADHEYA- A metronymic of Kama.
RADHIKJL A diminutive and endearing form of the name
Radha.
RAGA (mas.), RAGINl (fern.). The Ragas are the musical