ORIENTAL SERIES.

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VYAVAHARA-MAYtlKHA. A law-book of the Mahratta
echool by Nilakanflia Bha#a. Translated by Borrodaile.
YYAVAHARA-TATWA. A modern work on law accord-
ing to the Bengal school by Raghunandana, who is also called
Smarta-Bhaztfacharya.
YADAYA. A descendant of Yadu. The Yadavas were the
celebrated race in which Kr/shwa was born. At the time of his
birth they led a pastoral life, but under him they established a
kingdom at Dwaraka in Gujarat. All the Yadavas who were
present in that city after the death of Krfshna perished in it
when it was submerged by the ocean. Some few were absent,
and perpetuated the race, from which many princes and chiefs
still claim their descent The great Rajas of Yijaya-nagara
asserted themselves as its representatives. The Vishnu Purana
says of this race, " Who shall enumerate the whole of the mighty
men of the Yadava race, who were tens of ten thousands and
hundreds of hundred thousands in number?"
YADU. Son of King Yayati of the Lunar race, and founder
of the line of the Yadavas in which Krishna was born. He
refused to bear the curse of decrepitude passed upon his father
by the sage $ukra, and in consequence he incurred the paternal
curse, "Your posterity shall not possess dominion." Still he
received from his father the southern districts of his kingdom,
and his posterity prospered
YAJA. A Brahman of great sanctity, who, at the earnest
solicitation of King Drupada, and for the offer of ten millions of
kine, performed the sacrifice through which his "altar-born"
children, Dhn'shtfa-dyumna and DraupadI, came forth from the
sacrificial fire.
YAJJSTA.
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Sacrifice.' Sacrifice personified in the Pura/ias
as son of Ruchi and husband of Dakshiwa. He had the head
of a deer, and was killed by Yira-bhadra at Daksha's sacrifice.
According to the Hari-vansa he was raised to the planetary
sphere by Brahma, and made into the constellation Mnga-siraa
(deer-head).
YAJNA-DATTA-BADHA. '
The death of Yajna-datta,' An
episode of the Ramayana. It has been translated into French
by Che'zy.
YAJNA-PARIBHASHA. A Sutra work by Apastambha.
YAJNA-SENA- A name of Drupada.