The History of India from the Earliest Ages: The Vedic period and the Mahá Bhárata

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N. Trübner, 1867
 

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Monotheistic verses
28
Duryodhanas surprise at the marvels at Indraprastha
33
Jayadratha carries away Draupadí in his chariot by main force
40
CHAPTER I
42
Selfsacrifice of Mádrí on the funeral pile of her husband
45
Gandharva marriage a union without marriage ceremonies
49
Familiar to the age when the Bráhmans persecuted
56
Efforts of the Brahmanical compilers to represent the heroes
59
Unpardonable nature of the affront which had been put upon
64
2nd Education of the Kauravas and Pandavas by Drona
75
Duties of the Purohita as a priest of the family an instructor
80
NALA AND DAMAYANTÍ
91
Review of the foregoing myth Its incredibility
95
Subordinate details to be also ascribed to a later
98
Pandavas to be regarded as the representatives of the Aryan
104
Life of the Pandavas as mendicant Bráhmans in the city
110
Review of the foregoing legends of Devayání
114
Polyandry an institution still existing in Thibet
116
The Pandavas resolve to attend
118
Dhrishtadyumna follows his sister to the house of the Pán
124
Acknowledgment of the right of the elder brother to choose
132
Amour of Dushyanta and Sakuntalá in the jungle
134
Returns to the quarters of the Pándavas in the camp of
136
Womens apartments 227 ཧྨཋཋདེཋཀྑཾ ཙཧྨཛཱ ཋཧྨཛཛཧྨཛཱ ཋཛཋཔཾ
137
Memory of the incident preserved in a later myth
140
The modern Munnipurees a genuine relic of the Scythic Nágas
149
The city of Dwaraká overwhelmed by a cyclone
151
Question of whether the Swayamvara did not belong to
160
Yudhishthira appointed Yuvaraja or heirapparent
161
Possibility of the legend originating from an independent source
174
Mythical losses of Yudhishthira
179
Draupadí evidently familiar with the idea
185
Impressive picture of the departure of the Pandavas and Drau
186
Indications that the Pándavas never wandered at a great dis
193
The animals of the jungle implore Yudhishthira to leave
199
Draupadí enters the presence of the Rání
207
Kitchen
209
Draupadí vainly appeals to the Rání
213
Explains how Yudhishthira has in every case prohibited
214
Arjuna brings back Uttar and makes him drive the chariot
222
Leading characters in the tradition of the amour
227
City of Viráta identified with the site of the modern Dholka
233
Bhíma serving as cook
235
CHAPTER X
241
to be neutral If war is inevitable let the messengers
245
Bhishma threatens that Arjuna will conquer Karna
251
Diplomatic qualifications of Sanjaya
252
Sends on messengers to announce his arrival
258
Krishnas visit to Duryodhana
260
Advice of Krishna to Duryodhana
266
Duryodhana Sakuni Duhsásana and Karna leave the Council PAGE
269
Appointment of signs and watchwords
277
4th Rules agreed to on both sides for ameliorating the horrors
283
Brahmanical origin of the rules
284
Brahmanical discourses
290
Final combat between Duryodhana and Bhíma prefaced by
293
Thirteenth day of the war and third of Dronas command
310
Deadly conflict between Bhima and Duhsúsana
326
Krishna advises Bhíma to provoke Duryodhana to leave
335
Krishna reproached by Duryodhana
345
Extraordinary meeting between the Raja and Arjuna
423
Departure of the Rajas
433
Three incidents during the period
439
Review of the foregoing narrative
442
Burning of Vasudeva with four of his widows
450
Horrible character of the jungle fire
452
Migration of the Yádavas from Mathurá to Dwáraká
459
Churning day in the house of Nanda and Yasodá
465
Flight of the Hot Season
466
Portentous dreams of Kansa
472
Proofs that the story belongs to a late stage in the Vedic
478
Wrath of Kali at finding that Nala was chosen
485
Nala takes service with Rituparna Raja of Ayodhya under
491
Damayantí sends for a portion of the meat which Nala
498
The Brahmans a professional class officiating for both Aryans
509
Mythical detail representing the Yádavas as descendants
510
Sarmishthá obeys
515
Significant expression in the story of Sarmishthá of
519
Sports of the daughter of the Minister and daughter of
528
Tragic end of the Minister
534
Krishna and Arjuna fall in with the assembly of ladies
535
Matrimonial law
536
42
537
Termination of the war and triumph of the Pandavas
538
Exaggerated slaughter
539
Slays the Raja and his elephant at a single blow 303
540
Bhíma fights Drona until sunrise
541
Ancient and modern condition of the Bhíls
542
Pándu devotes himself to hunting in the Himálayas
543
Origin of the caste system in the period between the Vedic
544
Ancient wars to be found amongst the earliest traditions
545
Tradition obscured by mythical additions
546
Oriental idea of happiness
547
Pleasant encampment
548
Reign of the blind Dhritarashtra 65
549
Arrival of Drona at Hastinápur
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97
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Historical form of the tradition
552
Galleries adorned with flags and garlands
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52
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Jayadratha abandons Draupadí and seeks to escape
555
Bhishma proposes a division of the Raj between the Kauravas
557
Myth introduced to cover the tradition of Krishnas criminal
558
282
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Story of Gándhári blindfolding herself
560
Exaggerations and embellishments of the Kshatriya bards
561
Further proofs that the narrative is a fiction originating
562
Prominent part taken by the Scythic Nágas in the history
563
Region south and west of Hastinapur a land of fable in
564
Omission in the tradition of all reference to the clearing of
565
Mádrí the sister of a Raja of Madra on the southern slope
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Astronomy
569
The Rání Satyavatí resolves to marry the three damsels
570
Pavilions for the suitors
571
Water a purifier and a household necessity
572
Invasion of Susarman in the northern quarter
573
Pleasure of gratified revenge as displayed in the dying hour
574
The narrative
575
Disinclination of Yudhishthira to be appointed Raja
576

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