{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/vp/vp164.htm","path":"hin/vp/vp164.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp164.htm","text":"The Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, [1840]\nThe Roman numerals refer to the Preface, the Arabic figures to the Work.\nAbbreviations:--s. for son, d, for daughter, w. for wife, k. for king.\nABHAYA, s. of Dharma, p. 55, n. 13.\nAbhijit, a Y\u00e1dava chief, 436.\nAbhim\u00e1ni, an Agni, 83.\nAbhimanyu, s. of Ch\u00e1kshusha, 98. s. of Arjuna, 459, n. 5. 460.\nAbhinive\u015ba, 'dread of suffering,' 34, n. 2.\n\u00c1bh\u00edras, a people, 189. 195. 481. a race of kings, 474. 475, n. 64.\nAbhis\u00e1ras, a people, 191.\nAbh\u00fatarajasas, a class of deities, 262.\nAbhyutthit\u00e1\u015bwa, a prince, 386.\nAbiria, country of the \u00c1bh\u00edras, 195, n. 154.\nAch\u00e1ras, observances of caste and order, 291. of a householder, 300.\nAchyuta, 'the imperishable,' a name of Vish\u0144u, 8, n. 5.\nAdbhuta, Indra of the ninth Manwantara, 268.\nAdharma, a Praj\u00e1pati, 49, n. 2, son of Brahm\u00e1, 55, n. 14, married to Hins\u00e1, 55. their children, 56. married to Mrish\u00e1: their children, 55, n. 14.\nAdhipurusha, 'supreme spirit,' 93, n. 3.\nAdhiratha, a prince, 446.\nAdhiv\u00e1jya (Adhir\u00e1jya), a country, 188.\nAdho\u015biras, a hell, 207. sins punished in, 208.\nAdhrishy\u00e1, a river, 183.\nAdhwaryu, reader of prayers, 276.\n\u00c1di, the Br\u00e1hma Pur\u00e1\u0144a, xvi. a minor Pur\u00e1\u0144a, lviii.\nAd\u00edna, a prince, 412.\nAdit\u00ed, d. of Daksha, w. of Ka\u015byapa, 122, 348. receives the earrings produced at the churning of the ocean, 78, n. 8. receives them from Krish\u0144a, and praises him, 534.\n\u00c1ditya, 'the sun,' gives the Syamantaka gem to Satr\u00e1jit, 425.\n\u00c1dityas, twelve, the sons of Adit\u00ed: their names, 122. present in the sun's car in each month, 234, n. 2.\nAdri\u015byant\u00ed, w. of Sakti, mother of Par\u00e1\u015bara, 4, n. 12.\n\u00c1dyas, a class of deities, 263.\nAffliction, three kinds of, 638. how to be overcome, 641.\nAgada, a branch of medicine, 407, n. 11.\nAgastya, s. of Pulastya, 83, n. 5. an asterism, 226.\nAgneya, a Pur\u00e1\u0144a, 284.\nAgni, deity of fire, s. of Angiras, 83. k. of the Pitris, 153, n. 1. a star, 241.\nAgni Pur\u00e1\u0144a, one of the T\u00e1masa class, xii. description of, xxxvi. named, 284.\nAgnib\u00e1hu, son of Priyavrata and K\u00e1my\u00e1, 162. adopts a religious life, ibid.\nAgn\u00eddhra, s. of Priyavrata and K\u00e1my\u00e1, 162. k. of Jambu-dw\u00edpa, ibid.\nAgnihotra, 'burnt offerings,' 275, n. 1.\nAgnim\u00e1thara, teacher of the Rig-veda, 277.\nAgnimitra, a Sunga prince, 471.\nAgnisht\u0301oma, s. of Chakshusha, 98. kind of sacrifice produced from Brahm\u00e1, 42.\nAgnishw\u00e1ttas, a class of Pitris, 84, n. 10. 239, n. 3. 321, n. 1.\nAgnivarchas, a teacher of the Pur\u00e1\u0144as, 283.\nAgnivar\u0144a, a prince, 384, n. 15. 387.\nAgrah\u00e1yana, a month, 225, n. 19.\nAhaly\u00e1, d. of Bahwa\u015bwa, w. of Gautama, 454.\nAhamy\u00e1ti, s. of Samy\u00e1ti, 447.\nAhank\u00e1ra, 'egotism,' product of Mahat, 15, meaning of the term, ibid. n. 23. threefold condition, 16, n. 24. invested by Intellect: produces \u00c1k\u00e1s or 'ether,' 16.\nAhar, 'day,' a form of Brahm\u00e1, 40.\nAhikshetra, a city, 187, n. 20, 454, n. 49.\nAh\u00ednagu, a prince, 386.\nAh\u00ednaru, a prince, 462.\nAhirvradhna, a Rudra, 121.\n\u00c1huka, s. of Punarvasu, a Y\u00e1dava chief, 436.\nAhuk\u00ed, d. of Punarvasu, 436.\nAir or wind, the element, 16. deity of; presides over the skin, 17, n. 28.\nAir\u00e1vata, elephant produced from the ocean, taken by Indra, 78, n. 8. k. of elephants, 153.\nAir\u00e1vata, a serpent, 149, n. 16. k. of serpents, 153.\nAir\u00e1vata, north portion of the planetary sphere, 226, n. 21.\nAir\u00e1vati, a division of the lunar mansions, 226, n. 21.\nAja, a Rudra, 121, n. 17. a prince, 383.\nAjagava, the bow of Mah\u00e1deva, 101.\nAjaikap\u00e1d, a Rudra, 121\nAjaka, a prince, 399.\nAj\u00e1m\u00edd\u0301ha, s. of Hastin, 452.\nAj\u00e1tasatru, s. of Vidmis\u00e1ra, 466.\nAjav\u00edthi, a division of the lunar mansions, 226, n. 21.\nAjina, s. of Havirdh\u00e1na, 106.\nAjita, a form of Vish\u0144u, 264.\nAjitas, a class of deities, 122, n. 20.\n\u00c1jyap\u00e1s, a class of Pitris, 84, n. 10. 321, n. 1.\n\u00c1k\u00e1sa or 'ether;' produced from the rudiment of sound; produces that of touch, 16. and n. 25.\n\u00c1khy\u00e1n\u00e1ni, the Pur\u00e1\u0144as, 159, n. 10.\nAkritavra\u0144a, a teacher of Pur\u00e1\u0144as, 283.\nAkrodhana, a prince, 457.\nAkr\u00fara, s. of \u015awaphalka, 435. receives the Syamantaka jewel, 429. entrusted with it by Krish\u0144a, 434. sent by Kansa to Vrindavan, 536. praises Vish\u0144u, 547. takes Krish\u0144a and R\u00e1ma to Mathura, 548.\n\u00c1k\u00fat\u00ed, daughter of Sw\u00e1yambhuva Manu, 53. married to Ruchi; their children, 54.\n\u00c1k\u00fat\u00ed, w. of Chakshush, 99, n. 1.\nAlakanand\u00e1, a river, 170. borne by \u015aiva, 229.\nAlambana, 'silent prayer,' 653.\nAlarka, s. of Pratarddana, 408.\nAlindayas, a people, 193.\nAm\u00e1, a ray of the sun, 237.\nAmara Sinha, his definition of a Pur\u00e1\u0144a, iv.\nAmar\u00e1vati, the capital of Indra, 71.\nAmarsha, a prince, 387.\nAm\u00e1vasu, s. of Pur\u00faravas, 398. s. of Ku\u015ba, 399.\nAmavasy\u00e1, day of conjunction, 225. 237.\nAmbar\u00edsha, s. of Pulaha, 83, n. 6. s. of N\u00e1bh\u00e1ga, 351, n. 7. 379. s. of M\u00e1ndh\u00e1tri, 363. s. of Pras\u00fa\u015bruka, 384, n. 15.\nAmbasht\u0301has, a people, 177. and n. 6.\nAmbh\u00e1nsi, four classes of beings, 39, n. 14.\nAmbik\u00e1, w. of a Rudra, 59, n. 4.\nAmbuv\u00e1h\u00edni, a river, 183, n. 49.\nAmit\u00e1bhas, a class of deities, 262. 267.\nAmitadhwaja, s. of Dharmadhwaja, 645.\nAmitrajit, a prince, 463.\nAmmonius, his doctrines derived front the East, viii.\nAmrita, 'ambrosia,' the ocean churned for it, 75. drunk by the gods, 77. preserved in the moon, 238. drunk by the Pitris, 239.\nAm\u00farttaraya, a prince, 399.\nAnadhrisht\u0301i, A. of \u015a\u00fara, 436.\nAnagha, s. of Va\u015bisht\u0301ha, 83.\nAnakadundubhi, a name of Vasudeva, 436.\nAnala, a Vass, 120.\n\u00c1nalavi (\u00c1lambi), teacher of the Yajur-veda, 279, n. 1.\nAnamitra, a prince, 424.\nAnanta, a name of \u015aesha, 205.\nAn\u00e1ra\u0144ya, killed by R\u00e1va\u0144a, 371.\n\u00c1nartha, s. of Sary\u00e1ti, 354. a country, 355.\n\u00c1narttas, a people, 190.\nAnas\u00fay\u00e1, 'charity,' d. of Daksha, w. of Atri, 54.\nAnavaratha, a prince, 422.\nAnaximander, his notion of elemental investment, 16, n. 25. infinity of worlds, 215, n. 7.\nAn\u00e1yush, d. of Daksha, w. of Ka\u015byapa, 122, n. 19.\n\u00c1nd\u0301a-kat\u0301\u00e1ha, the shell of the world, 202, n. 6.\nAndhaka, s. of Satwata, 424.\nAndhas, a people, 190.\nAndhatamisra, 'utter darkness,' kind of ignorance, 34, n. 2.\nAndhra kings, dynasty of, 472. 473, n. 63. noticed by Pliny, 474, n. 63. second race of, 476, n. 64.\nAndhras, a people, 190, n. 69.\nAndhrabhrityas, dynasty of, 472.\n\u00c1ndhraj\u00e1t\u00edyas, same as \u00c1ndhras, 472.\nAnenas, s. of Kakutstha, 361. s. of Kshem\u00e1ri, 390. s. of \u00c1yus, 406. his descendants, 412, n. 3.\nAnga, a minor Dw\u00edpa, 175, n. 3.\nAnga, s. of Uru, 98. of the family of Atri, 99, n. 1. s. of Bali, 444.\nAngada, s. of Lakshma\u0144a, k. of \u00c1ngad\u00ed, 385.\nAngaja, s. of Brahm\u00e1, 50, n. 2.\nAng\u00e1raka, a Rudra, 121, n. 17.\nAng\u00e1ras, a people, 193.\nAngas, supplementary sciences of the Vedas, 284.\nAngas, a people, 188.\nAngiras, a Praj\u00e1pati, 49. marries Smriti, 54. marries two daughters of Ka\u015byapa, 119. their progeny, 123, n. 25. s. of Uru, 98.\nAnila, a Vasu, 120. s. of Tansu, 448.\n\u00c1ngirasas, of the family of Rath\u00ednara, 359. warrior-priests, ib. n. 6. sons of Harita, 369, n. 3. Animals, creation of; kinds of, 35, n. 5, born from Brahm\u00e1, 41.\nAniruddha, s. of Pradyumna, 579.\nAnjaka, s. of Viprachitti, 148.\nAnjana, a serpent, 149, n. 16. a prince, 390.\nAnquetil du Perron, translated the Upanishads, ii, note 4.\nAnrita 'untruth,' s. of Adharma, married to Nikriti; their progeny, 56.\nAn\u015ba, an \u00c1ditya, 122.\nAn\u015bu, a prince, 423.\nAn\u015bumat, grandson of Sagara, 377.\nAntach\u00e1ras, a people, 195.\nAntiochus the Great, named in inscriptions, 194, n. 144. 470, n. 23.\nAntarddh\u00e1na, 'disappearance,' a form of Brahm\u00e1, 40, n. 15. s. of Prithu, 106.\nAntarddhi, s, of Prithu, 106.\nAntar\u00edksha, a Vy\u00e1sa, 273. s. of Kinnara, 463.\nAntassil\u00e1, a river, 184, n. 57.\nAntra\u015bil\u00e1, a river, 184.\nAnu, s. of Yay\u00e1ti, 413. k. of the north, 415. his descendants, 444.\nA\u0144u, two Param\u00e1\u0144us, 22, n. 3.\nAnugraha, a secondary creation, 37. n. 11.\nAnuha, s. of Vibhr\u00e1ja, 452.\nAnuhl\u00e1da, s. of Hira\u0144yaka\u015bipu, 124.\nAnumat\u00ed, d. of Angiras, 83. first day of moon's wane, 225.\nAnupavrittas, a people, 189.\nAnur\u00e1dh\u00e1, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nAnuratha, a prince, 423.\nAnush\u0144\u00ed, a river, 183.\nAnusht\u0301ubh, metre from Brahm\u00e1, 42.\nAnuv\u00e1da, 'works,' or 'supplementary rites,' 159, n. 10.\nAnuvatsara, fourth cyclic year, 224.\nAnuvinda, s. of Jayasena, 437.\nApa, 'water,' the element; produced from the rudiment of taste, and produces that of smell, 16. and n. 25. 'waters' called N\u00e1r\u00e1, 28, n. 2.\nApa, a Vasu, 120.\nApachit\u00ed, d. of Paur\u0144am\u00e1sa, 82, n. 2.\nApar\u00e1jita, a Rudra, 121.\nAparak\u00e1sis, a people, 187.\nAparakuntis, a people, 187.\nAparin\u00e1min, a name of Purusha or 'spirit,' 13, n. 19.\nApar\u00e1ntas, a people, 189.\nAparravallabhas, a people, 193.\nApar\u00edtas, a people, 189, n. 60.\nApaspat\u00ed, s. of Utt\u00e1nap\u00e1da, 86, n. 1.\n\u00c1pava, a name of Va\u015bisht\u0301ha, 52, n. 5. 417, n. 11.\nApav\u00e1has, a people, 188.\nApom\u00fartti, s. of Atri, 83, n. 4.\nApostates, who, 334. Jains, 339. Buddhists, 340. V\u00e1rhaspatyas, ib. n. 7.\nApratiratha, s. of Rantin\u00e1ra, 448.\nApratisht\u0301ha, a hell, 207.\nApsarasas, 'nymphs,' born from Brahm\u00e1, 42. produced from the ocean, 76. daughters of Ka\u015byapa and Muni, 150. children of V\u00e1ch; two classes and fourteen ganas of, 150, n. 21. cursed by Asht\u0301\u00e1vakra, 618.\n\u00c1ptoryam\u00e1 rite, from Brahm\u00e1, 42.\n\u00c1radwat, a prince, 443.\n\u00c1rat\u0301t\u0301a, a prince, 443 n. 1. a people, ib.\nArbuda (Abu), a mountain, 180, n. 3.\nArbudas, a people, 177. and n. 6.\nArchish, w. of Krisa\u015bwa, 123, n. 26,\nArddhaketu, a Rudra, 121. n. 17.\n\u00c1rdra, a prince, 361.\n\u00c1rdr\u00e1, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\n\u00c1rdraka, a prince, 471.\nArhat, k. of the south, converted by Rishabha, 164, n. 7.\n\u00c1rhats, or Jains, their doctrines, 339.\nArimerddana, s. of \u015awaphalka, 435.\nArisht\u0301a, s. of Vaivaswata, 348, n. 4. a demon killed by Krish\u0144a, 536.\nArisht\u0301\u00e1, d. of Daksha, w, of Ka\u015byapa, 122.\nArisht\u0301akarman, a prince, 473.\nArisht\u0301anemi, a Praj\u00e1pati, 50, n. 2. married to four daughters of Daksha, 119. a name of Ka\u015byapa, 123, n. 23. a prince, 390.\n\u00c1rjjava, teacher of the Rig-veda, 278, n. 12.\nArjuna, s. of Kritav\u00edrya, 417.\nArjuna, s. of P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u, 437. 459. takes Krish\u0144a's family from Dw\u00e1rak\u00e1, 613. plundered by shepherds, 615. consoled by Vy\u00e1sa, 616.\nArjuna-trees, overturned by Krish\u0144a, 509.\n\u00c1rshabh\u00ed, a division of the lunar mansions, 226, n. 21.\nArtha, s. of Dharma, 55, n. 13.\nArtha \u015b\u00e1stra, 'science of government,' 284.\nAru\u0144a, s. of Ka\u015byapa and Vinata, 149.\nArundhati, d. of Kardama, w. of Va\u015bisht\u0301ha, 55, n. 12. d. of Daksha, w. of Dharma, 119.\n\u00c1runi, teacher of the Yajur-veda, 279, n. 1.\nAru\u0144oda, a lake, 169.\nArv\u00e1k\u015brotas, creation of mankind, 36, n. 7.\nArvar\u00edvat, s. of Pulaha, 83. a Rishi, 261.\nArvavasu, a solar ray, 236, n. 3.\n\u00c1ryaman, an \u00c1ditya, 122.\nAsamanjas, s. of Sagara, 377.\nA\u015bana, mode of sitting, 653.\nAsanga, a prince, 435.\n\u00c1shad\u0301ha, a month, 225, n. 19.\nAshadh\u00e1, a constellation: see Purv\u00e1shadha and Uttar\u00e1shadha, 226, n. 21.\nAsht\u0301avakra curses the Apsarasas, 617.\nAs\u00ed, a rivulet, 184.\nAsikn\u00ed, d. of V\u00edra\u0144a, w. of Daksha, 117. a river, 183.\nAsima-krish\u0144a, a prince, 461.\nAsipatravana, a hell, 207. sins punished in, 209.\n\u00c1slesh\u00e1, a lunar mansion, 226, n. 21.\nA\u015bmaka, s. of Sauda\u015ba, 382.\nAsmit\u00e1, 'selfishness,' 34, n. 2.\nA\u015boka, k. of Megadha, patron of Buddhism, 469, n. 23.\nA\u015bokavarddhana, s. of Vindus\u00e1ra, 469.\n\u00c1sramas or 'orders,' 294.\nAsruta or Asrutava\u0144a, s. of Dyutimat, 82, n. 1.\nAst\u00ed, w. of Kansa, 563.\nAsuras, proceeded from Brahm\u00e1, 40.\nA\u015bwakas (A\u015bmakas), a people, 188.\n\u00c1swal\u00e1yana, teacher of the Rig-veda, 278, n. 13.\nA\u015bwamedha, sacrifice of a horse, 275, n. 1. celebrated by Sagara, 378.\nA\u015bwamedhadatta, a prince, 461.\nAswatara, s. of Kadru, 149.\nA\u015bw\u00e1yus, s. of Pururavas, 398, n. 1.\nAswin\u00ed, a lunar asterism, 226, n. 21.\n\u00c1swins, sons of the sun, 266.\nAtala, a division of P\u00e1t\u00e1la, 204.\n\u00c1t\u0301avya, teacher of the white Yajush, 281, n. 5.\nAtharvan (Atharva-veda), proceeds from Brahm\u00e1, 42. arranged by Vy\u00e1sa, 276. how composed, ib. Sanhit\u00e1s of, 282. Kalpas of, 283.\nAtharva-veda (personified), s. of Angiras, 123, n. 25.\nAntim\u00e1ra, a prince, 447, n. 9.\nAtir\u00e1tra sacrifice, from Brahm\u00e1, 42.\nAtir\u00e1tra, s. of Chakshusha, 98.\nAtithi, s. of Ku\u015ba, 386.\nAt\u0301ivi\u015bikharas, a people, 189.\n\u00c1tm\u00e1, name of Vish\u0144u, 2, n. 2.\nAtri, a Praj\u00e1pati, 49. marries Anasuy\u00e1, 54. father of Soma, 392.\n\u00c1treyas, a people, 196.\nAudras, a people, 192.\nAurva, a sage, teaches Sagara, 290. his birth, ib. n. 1. and 373.\nAuttama (Auttami), third Manu, 261. his sons, ib.\nAvantis, a people, 187.\n\u00c1vantyas, a branch of the Haihaya tribe, 418, n. 20.\n\u00c1vara\u0144a, investment of elements by rudiments successively, 16, n. 25.\nAvarttana, an island, 175, n. 3.\nAvasth\u00e1nas, divisions of the sun's course, 226, n. 21.\nAvat\u00e1ras, alluded to in the Vedas, ii. of Vish\u0144u, xliii. of \u015aiva, ib. of Vish\u0144u as the Var\u00e1ha, 29. as a tortoise, 75. as Nrisinha, 145. as R\u00e1ma, 384. as Krish\u0144a, 492. as a fish, li.\nAv\u00edchi, a hell, 207.\nAvidy\u00e1, 'ignorance,' 34, n. 2.\nAvikshit, a prince, 352.\nAvyaya, a name of Purusha or 'spirit,' 13, n. 19.\nAyana, period of six months; day and night of the gods, 23.\nAy\u00e1tay\u00e1ma, texts of the Yajur-veda, 281.\n\u00c1y\u00e1t\u00ed, w. of Dh\u00e1tri, 82. d. of Meru, 85, n. 11.\n\u00c1y\u00e1ti, s. of Nahusha, 413.\nAyomukha, a D\u00e1nava, 147.\nAyur-veda, medical science, 284.\nAyus, s. of Pururavas, 398. his sons, 406.\n\u00c1yushmat, s. of Sanhr\u00e1da, 147. of Prahl\u00e1da, ib. n. 1.\n\u00c1yushmanta, s. of Utt\u00e1nap\u00e1da, 86, n. 1.\nAyutajit, s. of Bhajam\u00e1na, 429.\nAyut\u00e1\u015bwa, a prince, 379.\nAyut\u00e1yus, a prince of the Kuru race, 457. of Magadh\u00e1, 465.","title":"The Vishnu Purana: Index: A","type":"page"}