ORIENTAL SERIES.

TRINAVARTTA TRITA. 321
therefore let the pious make no difference between the three."
The representation of the Tri-murti is one body with three
heads : in the middle Brahma, on the right Vishnu, and on the
left Siva. The worship of Brahma is almost extinct, "but Vishnu
and Siva receive unbounded adoration from their respective
followers, and each is elevated to the dignity of the supreme
being.
T^IJVAVAETTA. A demon who assumed the form of a
whirlwind and carried off the infant Kn'shna, but was over-
powered and killed by the child.
TEI-PADA.
c
Three-footed,' Fever personified as having
three feet, symbolising the three stages of fever heat, cold, and
sweat.
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TEI-PTJEA. 'Triple city. i. According to the Hari-vansa
it was aerial, and was burnt in a war with the gods. 2. A name
of the demon Bana, because he received in gift three cities from
Siva, Brahma, and Vishnu. He was killed by Siva, His name
at full length is Tripurasura. The name is also applied to Siva.
TEI-PUEL The capital city of the Chedis, now traceable
a the insignificant village of Tewar, on the banks of the Nar-
mada.
TEI-SANKU. See Satya-vrata.
TELSIEAS.
'
Three-headed.' r. In the Vedas, a son of
Twashrfri; also called Viswa-rupa. 2, Fever personified as a
demon with three heads, typical of the three stages of heat, cold,
and sweating. 3. Kuvera, god of wealth. 4. An Asura killed
by Vishnu. 5. A son or a friend of Eavana killed by Eama.
' A trident. '
The trident of Siva.
TEI-SULA.
TEITA, TEITA APTYA. A minor deity mentioned occasionally
in the j?ig-veda, and generally in some relation to Indra.
Thus " Indra broke through the defences of Vala, as did Trita
through the coverings (of the well)." In explanation of this and
similar allusions, a legend is told by the commentator to the
effect, that Ekata, Dwita, and Trita (first, second, and third),
were three men produced in water by Agni, for the purpose of
rubbing off the remains of an oblation of clarified "butter. Agni
threw the cinders of the offerings into water, and from them
sprang the three brothers, who, from their origin in water (dp) t
were called Aptyas. Trita went one day to draw water from a
well and fell into it The Asuras then heaped coverings over