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general, JSFala, son of Viswa-karma, at the time of his invasion
of Ceylon. This name is given to the line of rocks in the
channel between the continent and Ceylon, called in maps
"Adam's bridge. "_
EAMATAPANIYOPAEISHAJD. An Upanishad of the
Atharva-veda, in which Kama is worshipped as the supreme god
and the sage Yajnawalkya is his glorifier. It has heen printed
and translated by Weber in his Indische Studien, vol. ix.
EAMBHA. An Apsaras or nymph produced at the churning
of the ocean, and popularly the type of female beauty. She
was sent by Indra to seduce Viswamitra, but was cursed by that
sage to become a stone, and remain so for a thousand years.
According to the Eamayawa, she was seen by Eava^a when he
went to Kailasa, and he was so smitten by her charms that he
ravished her, although she told him that she was the wife of
Nala-kuvara, son of his brother Kuvera.
EAME^WAEA. 'Lord of Kama.' Name of one of the
twelve great Lingas set up, as is said, by Eama at Eameswaram
or Kamisseram, which is a celebrated place of pilgrimage, and
contains a most magnificent temple.
* EAMOPAKHYANA. The story of Eama, 7
as told in the
Vana-parva of the Maha-bharata. It relates many, but far from
it makes no
all, of the incidents celebrated in the Eamayana ;
mention of Vfilmlki, the author of that poem, and it represents
Eama as a human being and a great hero, but not a deity.
EAISTTIDEYA. A pious and benevolent king of the Lunar
race, sixth in descent from Bharata. He is mentioned in the
Maha-bharata and Purawas as being enormously rich, very reli-
gious, and charitable and profuse in his sacrifices. The former
authority says that he had 200,000 cooks, that he had 2000
head of cattle and as many other animals slaughtered daily
for use in his kitchen, and that he fed innumerable beggars daily
with beef.
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EATJ. Love, desire/ The Venus of the Hindus, the goddess
of sexual pleasures, wife of Kama the god of love, and
daughter of Daksha. She is also called Eeva, Kami, Priti,
Kama-patni, 'wife of Kama $' Katna-kala, '
part of Kama;' Kama-
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priya, beloved of Kama ; Eiiga-la/a, *
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vine of love ; MayavatI,
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deceiver ; Kelikila, wanton ; $ubhangi, '
fair-limbed.'
KATNAVALI 'The necklace. 7 A drama ascribed to a