ORIENTAL SERIES.

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revealed Veda. They are four in number (i.) Ayur-veda,
medicine; (2.) Gandharva-veda, music and dancing; (3.) Dha-
nur-veda, archery, military science; (4.) Sthapatya-veda, archi-
tecture.
TJPEJSTDEA. A title given to Kridwia by Indra.
TJEAGAS. The Nagas or serpents inhabiting Patala.
UEMILA. Daughter of Janaka, sister of Sita, wife of Laksh-
mana, and mother of Gandharvl Somada.
UEVA. Father of .Zfoehika and grandfather of Jamad-agni.
TJEVA$I. A celestial nymph, mentioned first in the JfJig-
veda. The sight of her beauty is said to have caused the gene-
ration, in a peculiar way, of the sages Agastya and Yasish&a by
Mitra and Yaruna. A verse says, " And thou, Vasishrfha, art
a son of Mitra and Varima." She roused the anger of these two
deities and incurred their curse, through which she came to
live upon the earth, and became the wife or mistress of Purii-
ravas. The story of her amour with Puru-ravas is first told in
the Satapatha Brahmarau The loves of Puru-ravas, theVikrama
or hero, and of Urvasi, the nymph, are the subject of Kali
dasa's drama called Yikramorvasl. See Puru-ravas.
USANAS. i. The planet Yenus or its regent, also called
$ukra 2.
(q.v.). Author of a Dharma-sastra or law-book.
tJSHJL A Daitya princess, daughter of Bana and granddaughter
of Ball She is called also Priti-jusha. She fell in
love with a prince whom she saw in a dream, and was anxious
to know if there were such a person. Her favourite companion,
Chitra-lekha, drew the portraits
of many gods and men, but
tlsha's choice fell upon Aniruddha, son of Pradyumna and
grandson of Knslma. Chitra-lekha, by her magic power, brought
Aniruddha to tfsha. Her father, on hearing of the youth's
being in the palace, endeavoured to kill him, but he defended
himself successfully. Bana, however, kept Aniruddha, " binding
Mm in serpent bonds." Krishna, Pradyumna, and Bala-rama
went to the rescue ; and although Bawa was supported by Siva
and by Skanda, god of war, his party was defeated, and Aniruddha
was carried back to Dwaraka with his wife tJsha.
USHAS. The dawn, the yw of the Greeks and Aurora of
the Latins. She is the daughter of heaven and sister of the
Adityas. This is one of the most beautiful myths of the Yedas,
and is enveloped in poetry. Ushas is the friend of men, she smiles