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he was set at liberty by the minister, he carried off Vasava-datta
from her father and a rival suitor, 2. A name of Agastya.
TJDDHAVA. The friend and counsellor of Knshfta. Ac-
cording to some he was Krishna's cousin, being son of Devabhaga,
the brother of Vasu-deva. He was also called Pavana-
vyadhi.
UDGALBI. A priest whose duty it is to chaunt the prayers
or hymns from the Sama-veda.
UDBANKA. Ham-chandra's aerial city. See Saubha.
UGRA. A name of Eudra, or of one of his manifestations.
See Eudra.
UGRASENA. A king of Mathura, husband of Kami, and
father of Kansa and Devaka. He was deposed by Kansa, but
Kn'shwa, after killing the latter, restored Ugrasena to the throne.
See Kansa.
UJJAYANl. The Greek O^v?? and the modern Oujein or
Ujjein, It was the capital of Vikrauiaditya and one of the
seven sacred cities. Hindu geographers calculate their longitude
from it, making it their first meridian.
TJLtJKA. 'An owl' Son of Kitava, He was king of a
country and people of the same name. He was an ally of the
Kauravas, and acted as their envoy to the Pjwwfavas.
ULtJPl. A daughter of Kauravya, Eaja of the Nagas,
with whom Arjuna contracted a kind of marriage. She was
nurse to her step-son, Babhru-vahana, and had great influence
over him. According to the Vishnu Purima she had a son
named Iravat
UMA, 'Light' A name of the consort of $iva. The
earliest known mention of the name is in the Kena Upanishad,
where she appears as a mediatrix between Brahma and the other
gods, and seems to be identified with VacL See Devi.
UMA-PATI 'Husband of Urna/ that is to say, Siva,
UPANISHADS. 'Esoteric doctrine.' The third division
of the Yedas attached to the Brahmana portion, and forming
part of the $ruti or revealed word. The Upanishads are generally
written in prose with interspersed verses, but some are wholly in
verse. There are about 150 of these works, probably even more.
They are of later date than the Bmhmattas, but it is thought that
the oldest may date as far back as the sixth century B.O. The
object of these treatises is to ascertain the mystic sense of the