A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, & literature / by John Dowson.

  • Dowson, John, active 1913.
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1913
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Credit: A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, & literature / by John Dowson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANTAKA. ‘ The ender,’ A name of Yama, judge of the dead, ANTAKlKSBLA The atmosphere or firmament between heaven and earth, the sphere of the Gandharvas, Apsarases, and Takshas. ANTAKVEDL The Doab or country between the Ganges and the Jumna, ANU. Son of King Yayati by his wife Sarmishfiia, a Daitya princess. He refused to exchange his youthful vigour for the curse of decrepitude passed upon his father, and in consequence his father cursed him that his posterity should not possess dominion, Notwithstanding this, he had a long series of de- scendants, and among them were Anga, Banga, Kalinga, &c., who gave their names to the countries they dwelt in. ANUKRA]\IAi\^I, ANUKRAMAiN^IKA. An index or table of contents, particularly of a Veda. The Anukrama?^is of the Vedas follow the order of each Sanhita, and assign a poet, a metre, and a deity to each hymn or prayer. There are several extant. ANUMATL The moon on its fifteenth day, when just short of its full In this stage it is personified and worshipped as a goddess. ANUaS'ARA a Rakshasa or other demon, ANUVINDA. A king of UjjayinL See Vinda. APARANTA ‘On the western border,' A country which is named in the Vish7m Pura7ia in association with countries iu the north; and the Vayu Purana reads the name as Aparita, which Wilson says is a northern nation. The Hari-vansa, how- ever, mentions it as “a country conquered by Parasu-rama from the ocean,” and upon this the translator Langlois observes: “ Tradition records that Parasu-rama besought Varu7ia, god of the sea, to grant him a land which he might bestow upon the Brahmans in expiation of the blood of the Kshatriyas. Varu/ta withdrew his waves from the heights of Gokar?2a (near Mangalore) down to Cape Comorin” (As. Researches, v. i). This agrees with the traditions concerning Parasu-rama and Malabar, but it is not at all clear hoAv a gift of territory to Brahmans could expiate the slaughter of the Kshatriyas by a Brahman and in behalf of Brahmana APARVA. According to the Hari-vansa, the eldest daughter of Himavat and Mena. She and her two sisters, Eka-par/ia and