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Abhayada, son of Manasyu, 4.19.1 Aditi, mother of Āditya gods, Abhijit, son of Bhava, 4.14.4 1.15.128–131; 3.1.42 Abhimānin, son of Brahmā, 1.10.14 praises Kṛṣṇa, 5.30.3–23 Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna, 4.4.60; Āditya, Sun, 4.13.6 4.20.13 as Visṇu, 6.8.22 Abhimanyu, son of Manu, 1.13.5 Ādityas, deities, 3.1.31; 5.4.5; 5.17.8; Ābhīra, dynasty, 4.24.12, 15 5.37.16 Ābhīra, tribesmen, 5.38.14–33, 52, 69 arises from Kṛṣṇa, 5.7.61 abortion, 4.3.19 as Viṣṇu, 5.1.18 hell for, 2.6.8 contemplate Kṛṣṇa, 5.7.37 Absolute, brahman, 5.1.36; 5.18.35, ride solar carriage, 2.10.2 53; 6.6.1, 3; 6.7.29–95 passim sons of Kaśyapa, 1.15.125–139 and Viṣṇu, 6.7.103; 6.8.57 sovereignty over, 1.22.3 nature of, 1.22.41–63; 3.3.22–31; supplicate Viṣṇu, 1.9.62 4.1.6; 6.4.37–39; 6.5.64–72; adulthood, suffering of, 6.5.21–27 6.7.70 Advaita, see philosophy—Advaita actors, hell for, 2.6.22 aeon, kalpa, 1.3.28; 1.4.1, 3, 48; Adbhuta, king of gods, 3.2.22 2.7.12, 20; 2.12.3; 3.2.50, 53 Adhaḥśiras, hell realm, 2.6.4 deities reborn, 1.15.139 Adhiratha, son of Satyakarman, 4.18.5 Dhruva’s lifespan, 1.12.93 Adhisīmakṛṣṇa, son of end of, 1.2.62, 66; 1.19.66; 2.5.19; Aśvamedhadatta, 4.21.3 6.3.2, 12; 6.4.11 Adhomukha, hell realm, 2.6.18 Maitreya asks about, 1.1.8 Adhuni, son of Āpa, 1.15.111 start of, 1.5.4, 50, 58, 60; 1.8.2 adhvaryu, priest, 3.4.12 Vedas divided, 3.3.3 Adīna, son of Sahadeva, 4.9.14 afflictions, 1.17.88; 6.5.5–6 Aditi, daughter of Dakṣa, wife of Agasti, digestive fire, 3.11.94 Kaśyapa, 1.15.125; 4.1.7; 5.2.9 Agastya, son of Pulastya, 1.10.9 earrings of, 5.29.11, 22, 24, 35 ageing, premature, 6.1.42–43 grants boon to Kṛṣṇa, 5.30.25 ages, cycle of four, 1.3.11–15; 2.2.54; grants boon to Satyabhāmā, 3.2.46–60; 6.1.4–6; 6.3.11 5.30.27 Āgneyī, wife of Kuru, 1.13.6 491 THe VIṣṇU PurāṇA Agni, deity, 1.9.33, 68; 5.30.60; Ailīna, son of Apratiratha, 4.19.1 5.38.24 air, 6.4.20–24 as Abhimānin, son of Brahmā, Airāvata, elephant, 1.9.7–10, 25; 1.10.14 5.11.5; 5.12.2–25 passim; 5.29.1– as aspect of Viṣṇu, 1.22.27 34 passim; 5.30.53, 64, 68 granted sovereignty, 1.22.3 granted sovereignty, 1.22.5 present in guest, 3.11.69 rides solar carriage, 2.10.12 sage, 3.1.18 airs, vital, 3.11.93 sanctuary of, 2.2.46 Aja, son of Raghu, 4.4.49 sons of, 5.6.33 Aja, son of Uttama, 3.1.15 star, 2.12.34 Ājagava, bow, 1.13.40, 69, 82 supplicates Viṣṇu, 1.9.62 Ajaikapād, son of Viśvakarman, Agni, digestive fire, 3.11.94 1.15.121 Agni Purāṇa, 3.6.22 Ajaka, son of Sumantu, 4.7.5 Agnibāhu, sage, 3.2.44 Ajamīḍha, son of Hastin, 4.19.8, 13 Agnibāhu, son of Priyavrata, 2.1.7, 9 Ajātaśatru, son of Vidhisāra, 4.24.2 Āgnīdhra, king of Jambūdvīpa, Ajina, son of Havirdhāna, 1.14.2 2.1.7–17 Ajita, form of Viṣṇu, 3.1.37 agnihotra, sacrifice, 6.8.30 Akrodhana, son of Ayutāyu, 4.20.3 Agnimāṭhara, sage, 3.4.18 Akṛtavraṇa, purāṇic sage, 3.6.17–18 Agnimitra, son of Puṣpamitra, 4.24.9 Akrūra, son of Śvaphalaka, 4.13.24–53 Agnis, deities, 5.4.5 passim; 4.14.2; 5.15.9; 5.20.27; Agniṣṭoma, 1.5.53 5.37.42 Agniṣṭut, son of Manu, 1.13.5 meets Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, Agniṣvāttas, patriarchs, 1.10.18 5.18.1–10 imbibe nectar from moon, perceives vision of Viṣṇu in 2.12.11–13 Yamunā, 5.18.32–5.19.8 Agnitejas, sage, 3.2.31 praises Kṛṣṇa–Viṣṇu, 5.17.1–17; Agnivarcas, purāṇic sage, 3.6.17 5.18.48–58 Agnivarṇa, son of Sudarśana, 4.4.60 sets out for cattle camp, 5.15.23–24 Agrahāyana, month, 3.14.13 Ākūti, daughter of Svāyaṃbhuva, agriculture, 5.10.28–29 1.7.16–17; 3.1.36 Agrīdhra, sage, 3.2.44 Alakā, region, 4.6.30 Ahalyā, daughter of Vadhyaśva, Alakanandā River, 2.2.33, 35; 4.19.14 2.8.113–114 cleansed, 4.4.50 Alambuṣā, apsaras, 4.1.34 Ahaṃyāti, son of Saṃyāti, 4.19.1 Alarka, son of Vatsa, 4.8.8 Ahīnagu, son of Devānīka, 4.4.58 Amarāvatī, Indra’s city, 1.9.25; 4.1.68; Ahīnara, son of Udayana, 4.21.3 5.23.14 Ahirbudhnya, son of Viśvakarman, Amarṣa, son of Susandhi, 4.4.60 1.15.121 Amāvasu, son of Kuśa, 4.7.5 Āhuka, son of Punarvasu, 4.14.4; Amāvasu, son of Purūravas, 4.7.1 4.15.22; 5.37.54 Amāvāsyā, lunar phase, 2.12.8, 13 Āhukī, daughter of Punarvasu, 4.14.4 492 SeLeCTIVe INDex Ambālikā, daughter of king of Kāśī, ancestors, 1.8.23; 2.8.117; 5.23.34; 4.20.10 6.8.52 Ambarīṣa, son of Māṃdhātṛ, 4.2.37; creation of, 1.5.35 4.3.2 imbibe nectar from moon, Ambarīṣa, son of Nabhaga, 4.2.5; 2.11.23; 2.12.11–14 4.4.26 libations for, 3.11.27–30 Ambaṣṭhas, people, 2.3.18 make complaint, 6.8.35–37 Ambhogiri, mountain, 2.4.62 nurtured by sun, 2.11.23 Ambikā, daughter of king of Kāśī, offering for, 3.15.39–56 4.20.10 one day and night for, 6.1.4 Ambikā, goddess, 5.1.84 path of, 2.8.85–86 Āmbikeya, see Mount Āmbikeya prayer for, 3.15.32–37 Amitābhas, deities, 3.1.21; 3.2.15 rituals for, 3.14.1–3.16.20 Amitadhvaja, son of Janaka song of, 3.14.21–31; 3.16.17–20 Dharmadhvaja, 6.6.7 sovereignty over, 1.22.5 Amitrajit, son of Suvarṇa, 4.22.3 status of, 3.13.29, 35, 38 Amṛtā River, 2.4.11 Andhaka, clan 5.32.21; 5.35.16; Aṃśa, born to Kaśyapa and Aditi, 5.37.12, 37 1.15.131 Andhaka, son of Satvata, 4.13.1 Aṃśu Andhaka, son of Vipracitti,1.21.12 rides solar carriage, 2.10.13 Andhaka, Yādava elder, 4.13.39–44 son of Puruhotra, 4.12.17 Andhakāraka, mountain range, 2.4.50 Aṃśumant, son of Asamañjas, Andhakāraka, son of Dyutimant/ 4.4.5–18 region, 2.4.48 Amūrtaraya, son of Kuśa, 4.7.5 Andhakas, 5.35.16; 5.38.60 Anādhṛṣṭi, son of Śūra, 4.14.8 Andhatāmisra, hell realm, 1.6.41 Anagha, sage, 3.2.31 Andhras, dynasty, 4.24.11, 14 Anagha, son of Vasiṣṭha, 1.10.13 Anenas, son of Āyus, 4.8.2 ānaka, drum, 4.14.8 Anenas, son of Kakutstha, 4.2.20 Ānakadundubhi, father of Kṛṣṇa, Anenas, son of Kṣemāri, 4.5.12 4.15.11 Aṅga, son of Kuru, 1.13.6 Anala, a Vasu, 1.15.110 Aṅga, son of Dīrghatamas, 4.18.1 Anamitra, son of Sumitra, 4.13.6 descendants of, 4.18.1–5 Ānanda, son of Medhātithi/region, Aṅgada, son of Lakṣmaṇa, 4.4.58 2.4.4–5 Aṅgiras, sage, 1.10.8; 1.15.136; 4.2.7; Ananta, 2.5.14, 23; 2.13.9; 5.18.54 4.6.11 see also Śeṣa counsels Dhruva, 1.11.44 Anapāna, son of Aṅga, 4.18.2 descendants of, 1.13.44 Anaraṇya, son of Saṃbhūta, 4.3.14 marries Dakṣa’s daughter, 1.7.23 anarchy, 1.13.30–32, 66 mind-born son of Brahmā, 1.7.5 fear of, 4.5.9 receives two girls from Dakṣa, Ānarta, son of Śaryāti, 4.1.42 1.15.104 Anasūyā, wife of Atri, 1.10.8 rides solar carriage, 2.10.9 Anavaratha, son of Madhu, 4.12.17 son of Kuru, 1.13.6 493 THe VIṣṇU PurāṇA Aṅgirases, descendants of Aṅgiras, apparition, attacks Prahlāda, 1.1.28–34; 4.2.7; 4.3.3 1.19.14–25 Anila, a Vasu, 1.15.110 Apratimaujas, sage, 3.2.27 animals, 1.17.87; 1.19.67; 2.6.34; Apratiratha, son of Rantināra, 4.19.1 3.6.1–3; 5.2.17; 5.23.34; 6.7.57 Apratiṣṭha, hell realm, 2.6.5 as forms of Viṣṇu, 3.17.28 apsarases, 4.1.34; 4.6.32, 39, 41; creation of, 1.5.9–11, 48–49, 59 4.11.1; 5.23.34; 6.8.14 domestic, 1.5.51; 5.30.12; 6.7.65 and Aṣṭāvakra, 5.38.73–84 domestic as Visṇu, 6.8.24 as Viṣṇu, 5.1.19; 6.8.23 qualities of, 3.17.28 attend Hiraṇyakaśipu, 1.17.9 sovereignty over, 1.22.7 churned from Ocean of Milk, wild, 1.5.51–52; 5.23.35; 5.30.12; 1.9.94 6.5.7; 6.7.65 creation of, 1.5.58 wild as Visṇu, 6.8.24 dance for Kṛṣṇa, 5.3.5 wild imbued with the Absolute, dance for Śrī, 1.9.100 1.22.57 dance for Sun, 2.10.20; 2.11.16 see also individual animals origin of, 1.21.25 Aniruddha, son of Pradyumna, ride solar carriage, 2.10.2 4.15.20; 5.18.58; 5.28.7–10, 28; worship Śeṣa, 2.5.24 5.32.6, 23–24; 5.33.5–11, 49–50; see also Alambuṣā; Ghṛtācī; 5.37.41 Pramlocā; Urvaśī; Viśvācī Añjana, son of Kuṇi, 4.5.12 Āptoryāma, sacrifice, 1.5.56 Antardhana, son of Pṛthu, 1.14.1 Āpūraṇa, nāga Antardhi, son of Pṛthu, 1.14.1 recites Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 6.8.44 Antarikṣa, divides Vedas, 3.3.14 rides solar carriage, 2.10.10 Antarikṣa, son of Kiṃnara, 4.22.3 Āpyas, deities, 3.1.27 ants, 1.19.68 Ārādhita, son of Jayasena, 4.20.3 Anu, son of Yayāti, 4.10.4, 8, 22; Āradvant, son of Setu, 4.17.2 4.18.1 Arbuda, kingdom, 4.24.15 Anubṛhadratha, son of Śatadhanvan, location, 6.8.29 4.24.7 Arbudas, people, 2.3.16 Anugraha, creation, 1.5.24 archery, 1.14.6; 3.18.58; 4.15.21; Aṇuha, son of Vibhrāja, 4.19.10 4.19.14; 5.21.21 Anuhlāda, son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, see also Dhanur Veda 1.15.142 Ārdraka, son of Vasumitra, 4.24.9 Anumati, daughter of Aṅgiras, 1.10.8 Arimardana, son of Upamadgu, 4.14.2 Anurādhā, lunar mansion, 3.14.7 Ariṣṭa, Daitya, 5.1.24; 5.4.2; 5.12.21; Anuratha, son of Kuruvatsa, 4.12.17 5.14.1–14; 5.15.1; 5.20.35; 5.29.4 Anuṣṭubh, metre, 1.5.56; 2.8.7 Ariṣṭakarman, son of Paṭumant, Anutaptā River, 2.4.11 4.24.11 Anuvinda, 4.14.10 Ariṣṭanemi, son of Ṛtujit, 4.5.12 Āpa, a Vasu, 1.15.110 children of, 1.15.134 Apāṃmūrti, sage, 3.2.27 receives girls from Dakṣa, 1.15.103 Aparājita, a Rudra, 1.15.122 rides solar carriage, 2.10.14 494 SeLeCTIVe INDex Ariṣṭā, daughter of Dakṣa, wife of power of, 1.15.12; 4.4.16 Kaśyapa, 1.15.125; 1.21.25 unvirtuous conduct of, 6.1.33 Arjuna, son of Pāṇḍu, 4.14.9; 4.20.11; worship Kṛṣṇa, 5.7.66–67 5.35.28; 5.37.2, 55–58 see also female—ascetics advent foretold by Indra, Asiknī, female ascetic, wife of Dakṣa, 5.12.17–20 1.15.89 defeated by tribesmen, 5.38.20–33 Asipatravana, hell realm, 1.6.41; 2.6.3, leads women from Dvārakā, 26 5.38.1–53 Asita, sage, 4.24.46 praises Kṛṣṇa, 5.38.43–53 Asitoda Lake, 2.2.25 arjuna, tree, 5.15.2; 5.20.33 Aśmaka, son of Saudāsa, 4.4.45 Arjuna Kārtavīrya, king, 4.6.4; etymology of, 4.4.45 4.11.4–9; 4.24.65 Aśmasārin, minister, 4.20.7 arrogance, hell for, 2.6.19 Aśokavardhana, son of Bindusāra, arrow-makers, hell for, 2.6.16 4.24.7 arsonists, hell for, 2.6.23 Aṣṭāvakra, brahmin, 5.38.71–82 Artha Śāstra, 3.6.28 curses apsarases, 5.38.80–82