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the other side of the river. Valmiki the teeth, pinch grasses or write or draw on the ground Slta to (Sarga 50,

. (Ams a 3, Visnu Purana) . , Ayodhya Kanda) Bharata comes to the forest in GRlVA. A daughter in bird form born to Kasyapapraja- Guha is seen next when Bhavata returned from pati by his wife Tamra. Grlva had the following search of . When Kekaya in of Sri Rama and Laksmana and came sisters, Kakl, Syenl, BhasI, Grddhrika and Suci, all birds. he went search to Guha in Guha then Bharata all ( Purana, Chapter 1) . Snigiverapura. gave available information regarding Sri Rama. Guha then GRTSAMADA I. A celebrated sage. He was the son of sent the Dasa army along with Bharata. (Sarga 84, a sage called Vitahavya. Grtsamada was equal to Brhas- Kanda, Valmiki Ramayana). pati and a great friend of . Once this sage lec- Ayodhya Guha, chief of Srngiverapura, spent the night with tured to Yudhisthira on the glory of Siva. Many have and Laksmana under an Oka tree. mistaken Grtsamada for Indra. Once the bound Rama (Chaper 6, him by ropes mistaking him for Indra. He had a son Agni Purana) . GUHA A tribe of people of ancient India. Andhras, named Kuceta. (For more details see under Varistha) (S). Pulindas, Cucukas, Guhas, Sabaras and Bhadras are (Chapters 18 and 30, AnuSasana Parva) . some of the tribes of the south. (Sloka 42, Chapter 207, GRTSAMADA II. A King of the Bhargava dynasty. He Santi Parva). was the son of Suhotra. Grtsamada had two bro- King GUHASENA. See under Devasmita. thers. and Kusa, and a son, Sunaka. (9th Kasya GUHYAKA. A Yaksa. (A division ofYaksas who were Skandha, Bhagavata) . prominent members of the court of ) . They were GRTSAMADA III. The son born to Indra of Mukunda. present at the marriage of Draupadl. (Sloka 7, Chapter There is the about him in Ganesa following story 186, Adi Parva). Purana. Other details. in the is borne Once when Rukmarigada was out from the palace, (i) The palace of Kubera sky by Guh- Indra, in the guise of Rukmangada, went to yakas. (Sloka 3, Chapter 10, Sabha Parva) . wife and with slew on the mountain Mukunda, of Rukmangada, slept (ii) Bhlmasena many Guhyakas her who was at that time sexually hungry. She delivered of Gandhamadana. (Sloka 55,^ Chapter 11, Salya a child in due course. This boy was Grtsamada. He Parva) . died in the grew into a great scholar. Nobody was able to defeat (iii) Some of the soldiers who Mahabha- him in any verbal duel. Once Grtsamada went to the rata battle went to the world of the Guhyakas. (Sloka palace of the king of Magadha to attend a Sraddha (an 23, Chapter 4, Svargarohana- Parva) . offering to the manes) along with Vasistha and others. GULIKA. A hunter who was given moksa by the sage Atri Maharsi who was present there then spoke sligh- Uttanga. This hunter once made an attempt to steal at tingly of Grtsamada's parentage and Grtsamada coming the gold plates on the roof of the Visnu temple the home questioned his mother. The mother then told him palace of Sauvlra. Uttanga was present at the temple what had happened and Grtsamada getting angry at the then and, Gulika tried to kill the sage. The sage cursed immoral act committed by his mother cursed her and him and killed him. Taking pity on him later Uttanga said "May you be a Kantaka tree". Mukunda also did sprinkled some water from the river Ganga, on him not leave her son free. She cursed him thus "You will and the hunter attained . (Naradiya Purana). went and have a demon as your son". But Grtsamada GUNA. See under Pattu (Ten). did to and penance propitiate Ganapati got Bra.hman.ya. GUl^ADHYA. He is the author of the celebrated Brhat- GRTSAPATI. He was the son of a of the Kapila, King katha which is a precious mine of Sanskrit Literature. Puru He had a brother called Kausika. Grtsa- dynasty. Gunadhya had written this in satariic (paisacika) lan- had sons in all the four Brahmana, pati castes, namely, guage difficult for ordinary people to read or understand. and Sudra. 277, Ksatriya, Vais"ya (Chapter Agni This was translated into Sanskrit by the poet Ksemen- Purana) . dra in a book called Brhatkathamanjarl. This was the the GUDAKESA. Another name of Arjuna. He got first translation and it was in an abridged form. Soma- name because he conquered sleep. (Sloka 8, Chapter made a more elaborate translation and it is this 138, Adi Parva). translation that is now known as the Kathasaritsagara. of Pusk'aravatl. GUDHASENA. A King of the country Gunadhya is believed to be an incarnation of the Siva- is a behind GUHA. King of the country ofNisadas alias Srrigi- parsada, Malyavan. There story Malyavan of the river Sri Rama cursed and made to be born as man Parvatl. . verapura, on the banks Ganga. being by when he went on exile to the forests went to the resi- Once Parvatl worried Siva to tell her a story original dence of Guha accompanied by Laksmana and Slta. and interesting and not heard of by anybody before. him Guha, a devotee of Rama, received them with respect Placing Nandikesa at the door and instructing not roots to to allow" inside Siva started the offering them many kinds of fruits and eat. anybody narrating story But Sri Rama said that it was not proper to accept of the Vidyadharas to Parvatl. At that time Puspadanta, at fruits and roots and so he drank only pure water from chief of the genie-guards of Siva who was liberty him. But Guha was asked to feed his horse. At night to go to the presence of Siva at any time, came there when Laksmana stood watch over Rama and Slta, Guha and heedless of the protests of Nandikesa entered the volunteered to stand guard but Laksmana refused to room. There he found Siva telling a story to Parvatl with Laksmana and she was the same with attention. The accept the offer. So Guha kept company hearing rapt that also heard it and both of them spent the night talking to each other. story was so interesting Puspadanta in a in the room. After In the morning as per Rama's request Guha brought standing concealed place having a canoe and Guha himself took Rama, Laksmana and heard the whole story Puspadanta went back unnoticed