ORIENTAL SERIES.

356 VTDHATRI VIKRAMAD1TYA.
VrDHlT-SI 'Creator.' A name of Brahma, of Vishnu,
and of Yiswa-kaima*
VIDTJRA. A son of Vyasa by a Stidra slave girl, who took
the place of his consort, Vidura was called Kshattri, a term
ordinarily applied to the child of a Sudra father and Brahman
mother. He enjoyed the character of the " wisest of the wise,"
and gave good advice to "both Kauravas and Pafldavas, hut in
the war he sided with the latter. See Maha-bharata.
VTDtJRA. A mountain in Ceylon, probably Adam's Peak.
YIDYAX-MODA-TARAjSTGI/VI. <
Fountain of pleasure to
the learned' A philosophical work by Rama-deva, translated
into English by Raja Kali Krishna,
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YIDYA-DHARA (mas.), YIDYA-DHABI (fern.). Possessors
of knowledge/ A class of inferior deities inhabiting the
regions between the earth and sky, and generally of benevolent
disposition. They are attendants upon Indra, but they have
chiefs and kings of their own, and are represented as inter-
marrying and having much intercourse with men. They are
also called Kama-rupin, '
taking shapes at will;' Khechara and
Nabhas-chara, 'moving in the air;' Priyam-vada, 'sweet-spoken.'
YIDYARAJVYA, YIDYARA^YYA-SWAMI. 'Forest of
learning.' A title of Madhavacharya, as patron of the city of
Yidya-nagara, afterwards altered to Yijaya-nagara, the capital of
the last great Hindu dynasty of the Dakhin.
YlJA-GANHA. A work on algebra, translated by Cole-
brooke and by Strachey. It is a chapter of the work called
Siddhanta-siromam, written by Bhaskaracharya. There are
several editions of the text.
VIJAYA-NAGARA, The capital of the last great Hindu
dynasty of the south. It was originally called Vidya-nagara,
'
city of 5
learning, after the great scholar and minister Madha-
vacharya, entitled Yidyaraftya, *
forest of learning,'
days of its glory the Yidya was altered to Yijaya, l
But in the
victory/
YIJNANESWARA Author of the law-book called Mitak-
shara.
YIKARNA. A son of Dhnta-rashfra.
YIKRAMADITYA. A celebrated Hindu king who reigned
at Ujjayim. He is said to have been the son of a king named
Gardabhila, His name has been given to the Samvat era, commencing
57 B.C. He was & great patron of learning, and his