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

James Talboys Wheeler

N. Trübner, 1867

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INTRODUCTION	1

4 Jealous wrath of Duryodhana	4

Characteristics of the Vedic period	6

Connection of cooking with sacrifice	12

Relations between the Vedic Aryans and their deities	13

Súdras	32

Duryodhanas surprise at the marvels at Indraprastha	33

Jayadratha carries away Draupadí in his chariot by main force	40

Burning of the remaining bodies	365

Description of the umbrella and chámara as emblems of sove	372

year	383

Visits the Maharaja and Rání	389

The horse fastened to the rock	399

Perfumes distributed by beautiful girls	407

Sensational descent into the city of Serpents	423

Review of the foregoing narrative	441

CHAPTER I	42

Womens apartments	43

Selfsacrifice of Mádrí on the funeral pile of her husband	45

Foundation of the great Raj of Bhárata by Raja Bhárata	48

Gandharva marriage a union without marriage ceremonies	49

The myth proved to be an interpolation by the supernatural	60

Original idea of Satí amongst the Scythians	69

Duties of the Purohita as a priest of the family an instructor	80

Galleries adorned with flags and garlands	86

Historical significance of the change	92

Review of the foregoing myth Its incredibility	95

Buddhists	103

Life of the Pandavas in the jungle	104

Hidimbis proposals to Bhíma	109

Life of the Pandavas as mendicant Bráhmans in the city	110

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

Duryodhana Sakuni Duhsásana and Karna leave the Council	134

Councilhall	137

The Pandavas receive the ambassador in Council	139

Memory of the incident preserved in a later myth	140

The modern Munnipurees a genuine relic of the Scythic Nágas	149

Absence of allusions to animal sacrifice in the description	160

Rajas of the Middle and South Countries	166

Yudhishthira sends public messages by Sanjaya to the elders	176

Stakes his brothers as slaves and loses them	179

Bhíma serving as cook	182

Unpardonable nature of the affront which had been put upon	186

Practises the use of arms in the heaven of Indra	192

Four incidents in the jungle life of the Pándavas	194

reignty	198

Questionable beauty	200

The Pandavas return to their hut and learn what has occurred	201

Draupadí enters the presence of the Rání	207

Kitchen	209

Bhíma commanded by Yudhishthira not to interfere	213

Explains how Yudhishthira has in every case prohibited	214

Ridiculous dispute between Yudhishthira and Raja Viráta	218

Invasion of Susarman in the northern quarter	220

Youth and ignorance of Uttar	221

Review of the foregoing legend	226

I agree with Krishna especially	243

I agree with Drupada but wish	245

The Kauravas summoned to a Council at which Sanjaya delivers	256

Krishnas visit to Duryodhana	260

and plot to seize Krishna	269

Mythical references to Krishna	271

Dubious incidents	278

Brahmanical origin of the rules	284

Thirteenth day of the war and third of Dronas command	310

Arjuna taunted by Yudhishthira	326

Krishna advises Bhíma to provoke Duryodhana to leave	335

Extraordinary counsel of Krishna that Bhíma should strike	344

Aswattháma escapes with the heads of the five sons of	350

Want of family sympathy on the part of the Brahmanical	360

Encouraged by Krishna	447

Death of Vasudeva	450

PART III	457

Personal character of Krishna	459

Flight of the Hot Season	466

Portentous dreams of Kansa	472

Three Hindú traditions referring to three different epochs	478

Wrath of Kali at finding that Nala was chosen	485

Nala takes service with Rituparna Raja of Ayodhya under	491

The gods prevail on Nala to ask Damayantí to choose one	493

Nala freed from Kali	497

Damayantí sends for a portion of the meat which Nala	498

The Brahmans a professional class officiating for both Aryans	509

Sarmishthá obeys	515

Review of the foregoing legends of Devayání	519

Sports of the daughter of the Minister and daughter of	528

Family associations connected with fire in cold climates	535

Matrimonial law	536

Garbling of the Mahá Bhárata by the Purohitas and Gurus	537

Termination of the war and triumph of the Pándavas	538

243	539

Slays the Raja and his elephant at a single blow	540

Frightful confusion in the darkness	541

Pursuit of Jayadratha	542

Death of Raja Sántanu	543

Hypothesis that the three twiceborn castes are descendants	544

Alteration of the letter	545

Tradition obscured by mythical additions	546

2nd Embassy of the family priest of Drupada to Hastinapur 249	547

Fidelity of Damayantí	548

General consternation	549

2nd Education of the Kauravas and Pandavas by Drona	550

Duryodhana jealous of the Rajasúya plots to dispossess	551

Advice of Krishna to Duryodhana	552

Significant terror of the widows	553

Mythical character of all legends referring to localities at	554

Character of the Vedic hymns addressed to Agni	555

55	557

Myth introduced to cover the tradition of Krishnas criminal	558

Krishnas presents to the women	559

Sends his charioteer to Hastinapur	560

Exaggerations and embellishments of the Kshatriya	561

The Swayamvara origin of the institution 117	562

Invocations to Agni as a destroyer	563

Freedom of intercourse which prevailed in the Vedic period	564

No further allusion to the exceptional character of the mar	565

350	566

Vyása the chief of the sacrifice	567

Historical form of the tradition	569

Beautiful wives of the Serpents	570

Prominence of the Sun in all ancient religions	571

Characteristics of Varuna or Water	572

Traditionary history of Vyása the arranger	573

Pleasure of gratified revenge as displayed in the dying hour	574

Yudhishthira requires that Sakuni should play fair	575

Grand entry into the city of Hastinapur 369	576

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Título	The History of India from the Earliest Ages: The Vedic period and the Mahá Bhárata Volumen1 de The History of India from the Earliest Ages, James Talboys Wheeler
Autor	James Talboys Wheeler
Editor	N. Trübner, 1867
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Michigan
Digitalizado	13 Feb. 2009

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