ORIENTAL SERIES.

VANSA-BRAHMANA VARKSHi 335
teachers of the Yedas which are found attached to some of the
Brtxhmanas are called Yansas.
YAN&A-BRAHMA.ZVA. The eighth Brahmawa of the Samaveda
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VAPTISHMAT. A man who killed King Marutta of the
Solar race. Dama, son or grandson of Marutta, in retaliation
killed Yapushmat. With his blood he made the funeral offer-
ings to the Manes of Marutta, and with the flesh he fed the
Brahmans who were of Rakshasa descent.
YARA-DA. i
Eestower of boons.' A name of Devi, also of
Saraswati.
YARAHA. The boar incarnation of Yishmi. See Avatara.
YARAHA-KALPA. The present kalpa or year of Brahma.
See Kalpa.
YARAHA MIHIRA. An astronomer who was one of " the
nine gems" of the court of Yikramaditya. (See Nava-ratna.)
He was author of Bnhat-sanhita and B/ihaj-jataka. His death
is placed in $aka 509 (A.D. 587).
YARAHA PURAJVA. "That in which the glory of the
great Yaraha is predominant, as it was revealed to Earth by
Yishnu, in connexion, wise Munis, with the Manava kalpa, and
which contains 24,000 verses, is called the Yaraha Purawa "
;
but this description differs so from the Purana which bears the
name in the present day, that Wilson doubts its applying to it.
The known work " is narrated by Yishmi as Yaraha, or in the
boar incarnation, to the personified Earth. Its extent, how-
ever, is not half that specified, little exceeding 10,000 stanzas.
It furnishes also itself evidence of the prior currency of some
other work similarly denominated."
"
It may perhaps be
referred to the early part of the twelfth century."
YARA-ZVASI. The sacred city of Benares ; also called Kasi.
YARAJVAYATA- The city in which the Pa^avas dwelt in
exile.
YARARUCHI A grammarian who is generally supposed to
be one with Katyayana (q.v.).
There was another Yararuchi who
was one of " "
the nine gems at the court of Yikramaditya.
VARDDHA-KSHATRt A patronymic of Jayad-ratha
YARKSHl Daughter of a sage, who is instanced in the
Maha-bharata as being a virtuous woman, and wife of ten
husbands.