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he was not invulnerable, "but he caught them, threw them over
his shoulders, and ran off with them as if they had been chil-
dren. They broke both his arms, threw him down, beat him
with their fists, and dashed him to the earth, but they could not
kill him, so they dug a deep hole and buried him alive. After
his burial there arose from the earth a beautiful person, who
said that he was a Gandharva who had been condemned by
Kuvera to assume the shape of a Eakshasa, from which Uama
had enabled him to
escape. He was also called Tumburu,
VIEAJ. Manu thus describes : Viraj
"
Having divided hi?
body into two parts, the lord (Brahma) became with the half a
male, and with the (other) half a female ; and in her he created
Viraj. Know that I (Manu), whom that male Viraj himself
created, am the creator of all this world." (See Manu.) One
passage in the Ji%-veda says, "From him (Purusha) sprang
Yiraj, and from "
Yiraj (sprang) Purusha (Muir's Texts, v.
50,
369), like as Aditi is said to have sprung from Daksha, and
Daksha from AditL Yiraj, the male half of Brahma, is supposed
to typify all male creatures ; and Sata-rupa, the female
half, all female forms.
VIEA-MITEODAYA. A law-book by Mitra-misra, of autho-
rity in the Benares School. It is in the form of a commentary
on the Mitakshara. The text is in print.
YIEATA. A country in the vicinity of the modern Jaypur,
The present town of Baira/ is 105 miles south of Delhi. Its king
was called Eaja of Virata or Kaja Virata It was at his court
that the Pandava princes and Draupadi lived in disguise. They
rendered him great services against his enemies, and he fought
on their side in the great war and was killed by Dro7?a. See
Matsya.
YIEOCHANA. A Danava, son of Prahlada, and father of
Bali He is also called Drisana. When the earth was milked,
Virochana acted as the calf of the Asuras. See Pnthi.
VIEtJPAKSHA. 'Deformed as to the eyes.' A name of
Siva, who has three eyes. Also one of the Eudras. Also a
Danava, son of Kasyapa.
VISAKHA-DATTA. Author of the drama. "Mudra-rak-
shasa," He is said to be of royal descent, but his family has
not been identified.
VLSALA. A name of the city TJjjayinl