Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists

1Myths of the Hindus & BuddhistsAquilla or Garuda, the divine,385EGYPT.One of the extremities ofbreeding-ground of Asia, iEKA-CHAKRA. The Pandavasarrive at town of, 142EKA-LAVYA. Drona declines, asa pupil, 123 ; worships clayimage of Drona, 124 son of;the king of the Nishadas, 124 ;his skill as an archer, 124 ;histhumb paid as Drona s fee, 125ELEPHANT. The thought of Aryanman played about the, 16 ;thesix-tusked, 252-254ELEPHANT-HEADED. Indian imagination conceives the universeas the, 17 ; meaning of, 1 8EPICS. Stories from the, 314 toendEPIC, THE. Of Hinduism, 19-21FFIRE. Sita prays to, 73 ; Indrajitsacrifices to, 88 ; tests, andrestores Sita, 99 ; Agni equivalent, 99 Sita; and, 107 Shiva s;gift to, 298 ; offerings to, byLord-of-Horses, 345FIRE-GOD. Nila, son of, 84 ;accepts Indra jit s sacrifice, 88FISHING. Shiva s, 300, 301FLUTE. Krishna s, and its influence on the herd-girls, 228,230, 232, 233, 235FRANCE, ANATOLE. Penguins of,reference to, 13FULFILLER OF DESIRE. SeeGanesha, 18Territory). Cosmical significance and attributes of, 18 ;the Fulfiller of Desire, 18;thegod of merchants, 19 ; chapelsof, 21 ;second son of Shivaand Parvatl, 298 ;eldest sonof the Mother of the Universe,38iGANGA. Equivalent, Ganges.Story of birth of, told byVishvamitra to Rama, 29 ;Rama reaches, 45 Sita ; prayst. 45 ; Jamna joins with, atPrayag, 46 follows; Ocean,passes across, 101 ;78 Rama;Sita and hermitages by, 106-108 ; Bharadwaja s ashramanear, 121 ;Drona grants landsto south of, to Drupada, 135,136; ship found on, by thePandavas, 141 Amba bathes;in, 1 80 ; messengers to Bhishmafrom, 195 Dhritarashtra re;tires to, 208 ;Yudhishthirabathes away his mortal griefin, 2 1 5 elder sister of; Uma, 295 ;Fire gives Shiva s gift to, 298 ;the birth of, another version,317-322 ; King Dilipa pondershow to bring down, 320 Bhaglrathabrings down, 320 ;;about the city of Brahma flowsthe, 396GANGES. See Ganga. The nameof ship made by Vidura forKuntI and her sons, 139GARUDA . Hanuman and, heroes,1 5 the divine; bird, attendantof Narayana, 22 ;Vishnuappears, riding on, 26, 291 ;at siege ofHanuman and, 66 ;GANDHAR!. Mother of Duryodhana,watches the tournamentto test the princes, 127 ;thegame of dice between Sakuniand Yudhishthira and, 164 ;Dhritarashtra retires with, 208 ;the curse of, 243GANDHARVA . Musical ministrantsof the upper air, 20GANDIVA. See Arjuna, 168 ;Arjunas bow, 195, 196, 205, 207GANESHA or GANAPATI (Lord ofthe Multitudes, or Lord of the408Lanka, 82 ; weapon, a, 92 ;Kaliya fears, 227 Siddhartha;and a, 267 ; equivalent, Aquila ;the divine eagle, 385GAURI. Rukmim prays to imageof, 239GAUTAMA. Alias Siddhartha;son of Suddhodana, 245, 246 ;marries Yashodhara, 246 ;Channa charioteer of, 246 ;seeks superhuman insight afterthe manner of Brahman ascetics, 246 Mara; tempts, 247 ;by enlightenment becomesBuddha, 247 the; story of hiselephant and, 373-374