ORIENTAL SERIES.

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CHARAKA. One of the chief schools of the Yajur-veda.
CHARAKA-BRAHMA^A. A Brahmana of the Black
Yajur-veda.
CHARAKA. A Yedic school or society. It is explained by
a commentator as "a number of men who are pledged to the
reading of a certain akha of the Yeda, and who have in this
manner become one body."
CHARA^VAS. Panegyrists. The panegyrists of the gods.
CHARMAJVTATI The river Chambal
CHARU, CHARU-DEHA, CHARU-DESBLVA, CHARTJ-
GUPTA. Sons of Krishna and RukminL
CHARU-DATTA. The Brahman hero of the drama Mrich-
chhakaii
CHART! HASINt 'Sweet smiler. 1
This epithet is used for
Rukmim and for Lakshmana, and perhaps for other wives of
Krishna,
CHARU-MATL Daughter of Krishna and Rukmini.
CHARYAKA. i. A Eakshasa, and friend of Dur-yodhana,
who disguised himself as a Brahman and reproached Yudhi-
FJufoira for his crimes, when he entered Hastina-pura in triumph
after the great battle. The Brahmans discovered the imposture
and reduced Charvaka to ashes with the fire of their eyes. 2.
A sceptical philosopher who advocated materialistic doctrines.
He probably lived before the composition of the Ramayana, and
is perhaps identical with the Charvaka of the Maha-bharata.
His followers are called by his name.
CHATUR-VAR2VA. The four castes. See Varna.
CHEDL Name of a people and of their country, the modern
Chandail and Boglekhand. The capital was Sukti-mati, and
among the kings of this country were Dama-ghosha and Sisu-pala.
CHEKITANA. A son of DhnshZa-ketu, Raja of the Kekayas,
and an ally of the Paw