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CHHANDQGACHITRA-KUTA.
CHHANDOGA, A priest or chanter of the Sama-veda.
CHHANDOGYA Name of a TJpanishad of the
veda. (See Upanishad) It has "been printed by Dr. Roer, and
it has been translated into English by Kajendra Lai, and pub-
lished in the Bibliotheca Indica, There is also another printed
edition of the text. The Chhandogya TJpanishad consists of
eight out of ten chapters of the Chhandogya Brahmawa the first
;
two chapters are yet wanting. This work is particularly dis-
tinguished by its rich store of legends regarding the gradual
development of Brahmanical theology.
CHHAYA. 'Shade/ A handmaid of the sun. Sanjna, wife
of the sun, being unable to bear the fervour of her lord, put her
handmaid Chhaya in her place. The sun, believing Chhaya to
be his wife, had three children by her : $ani, the planet Saturn ;
the Manu Savarru. ; and a daughter, the Tapati river. As mother
of Saturn, Chhaya is known as Sani-prasu. The partiality
which she showed for these children provoked Yama, the son of
Sanjna, and he lifted his foot to kick her. She cursed him to
have his leg affected with sores and worms. This made it clear
that she was not Sanjna and mother of Yama, so the sun went
in search of Sanjna and brought her back. According to one
Purawa, Chhaya was a daughter of Sanjna, the wife of the sun.
"Viswakarma, and sister of
CHINTA-MAM. 'The wish-gem.' A jewel which is sup-
posed to have the power of granting all desires. The philo-
sopher's stone. It is said to have belonged to Brahma, who is
himself called by this name. It is also called Divya-ratna.
CHIEA-JIYIK '
Long-lived. J
Gods or deified mortals, who
live for long periods.
CHITRA-GUPTA. A scribe in the abodes of the dead,
who records the virtues and vices of men. The recorder of
Yama.
CHITEA-KtTrA. <
Bright-peak.'
The seat of Valnnki's her-
mitage, in which Rama and Sita both found refuge at different
times. It is the modern Chitrakote, on the river Pisuni,
about fifty miles south-east of Banda in BundelkliancL It is a
very holy place, and abounds with temples and shrines, to which
thousands annually resort. " The whole neighbourhood is Rama'a
country. Every headland has some legend, every cavern is connected
with his name." Gust in " Calcutta Review"