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Saumya and Eanliineya. He is also called Praharshafia, Eod-
hana, Tunga, and $yamanga, 'black-bodied.' The intrigue of
Soma with Tara was the cause of a great quarrel, in which the
gods and the Asuras fought against each other. Brahma compelled
Soma to give up Tara, and when she returned to her
husband she was pregnant. A son was born, who was so "beautiful
that Bn'haspati and Soma both claimed him, Tara for a
long time refused to tell his paternity, and so excited the wrath
and nearly incurred the curse of her son. At length, upon the
command of Brahma, she declared Soma to be the father, and
he gave the boy the name of Budha. This name is distinct
from Buddha.
CHAITANYA-CHANDEODAYA. <
The rise of the moon
of Chaitanya.' A drama in ten acts by Kavi-kama-pura. It is
published in the Bibliotheca Indica. Chaitanya was a modern
Vaishwava reformer, accounted an incarnation of Krishna.
CHAITEA-EATHA The grove or forest of Kuvera on
Mandara, one of the spurs of Meru; it is so called from its being
cultivated by the gandharva Chitra-ratha.
CHAKOEA. A kind of partridge. A fabulous bird, supposed
to live upon the beams of the moon.
CHAKEA-VAETL A universal emperor, described by the
Vislmu Puiwa as one who is born with the mark of Yishmi's
discus visible in his hand; but, Wilson observes, "the gram-
c
matical etymology is, He who abides in or rules over an exten-
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sive territory called a Chakra.'
CHAJISIIUSHA. The sixth Mauu. Hee Maim.
CHAMPA. Son of Pntlm-laksha, a descendant of Yayati,
through his fourth son, Ami, and founder of the city of
Champa.
CHAMPA, CHAMPAVATJ, CITAMPA-MALINl, CHAM-
PA-PUEI The capital city of the country of Anga. Traces of
it still remain in the neighbourhood of Bhagalpur. It was also
called Malini, from its being surrounded with champaka trees
as with a garland (mala).
It is said to have derived its name
from Champa, its founder, but the abundant cliampaka trees
may assert a claim to its designation.
CHAMUJTOA. An emanation of the goddess Durga, sent
forth from her forehead to encounter the demons ChawA and
She is thus described in the Markawdcya Purana :
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