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Authors: Ramesh Menon
THE MAHABHARATA: A Modern Rendering, Vol 1 (89 page)
Varaha | boar: Vishnu’s third incarnation. |
Varanasi | city sacred to Siva. |
Varsha | continent. Also, rain. |
Varuna | God of seas. |
Vasantha | spring. |
Vasuki | king of the nagas. |
wind weapon. | |
Veda | ancient book of sacred hymns. |
Vedanta | lit. the end of the Vedas. Includes the Upanishads. Discourses on the Brah |
man. | |
Vedi/vedika | altar. |
Vetala/i | hunter, huntress |
Vidya | an art. |
magical being. | |
Vimana | sky ship. |
Vina | Indian stringed instrument, like a lute. |
Vina nadam | the soound of a vina. |
divine artisan. | |
Cosmic Form. | |
Vivasat | ancestor: the Sun. |
vrata | vow. |
Vrishni | a Yadava tribe, to which Krishna belongs. |
Vyuha | battle formation. |
Yaama | a measure/hour of the night. |
Yadava | Krishna’s clan. |
Yaga, yagna | sacrifice. |
sacrificial beast. | |
enclosure for a sacrifice. | |
Yajaka | one who undertakes a yagna. |
Yajus, Yajur Veda | a Veda. |
Yaksha | a forest spirit. |
Yama | God of Death. |
Yamala | a tree. |
Yamaduta | death’s messenger, servitor. |
yantra | occult symbol. A device. |
yatra | journey, often with religious significance. |
Yoga | ‘union’; union with the Self, with God. |
Yogi, yogin | one who is united with his higher Self, with God. |
Yogini | female yogi. |
Yojana | 8/9 miles approximately. |
Yoni | vagina. Vaginal smybol at the base of a lings. |
Yuddha | war. |
yuga | an age. |
yuganta/yugantara | conjunction of two ages; a time of change. |
yuga sandhi | the cusp between two yugas. |
yuvaraja | crown prince, heir apparent. |
Ramesh Menon
was born in 1951 in New Delhi. He has lived and worked in Delhi, Hong Kong, Bangalore, and Jakarta, and now lives in Kodaikanal. He is also the author of The Ramayana, A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003).
Table of Contents
Copyright © 2006 by Ramesh Menon
SEVEN THREE PRINCESSES OF KASI
THE BLIND NIGHT AND THE PALE ONE
THE THREE PRINCES OF HASTINAPURA
SEVENTEEN A CURSE IN THE FOREST
TWENTY-TWO SWEET, DEADLY SPRING
TWENTY-THREE THE PANDAVAS COME HOME
TWENTY-NINE THE BRILLIANT PUPIL
THIRTY-TWO A YOUNG MAN’S DREAMS
THIRTY-THREE KARNA FINDS A MASTER
THIRTY-FIVE THE GOLDEN WARRIOR
THIRTY-SEVEN A FATHER AND HIS SON
FORTY-TWO FLIGHT THROUGH THE JUNGLE
FORTY-SEVEN ENCOUNTER IN THE NIGHT
‘SHARE THE ALMS YOU’VE BROUGHT’
FIFTY-ONE ANXIETY IN HASTINAPURA
FIFTY-TWO THE COUNCIL AT HASTINAPURA
FIFTY-THREE VIDURA IN KAMPILYA
FIFTY-FIVE MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS
FIFTY-SIX NARADA VISITS INDRAPRASTHA
FIFTY-SEVEN ULUPI AND CHITRANGADAA
SIXTY-ONE THE YATI AND THE PRINCESS
THE YADAVAS COME TO INDRAPRASTHA
THE BURNING OF THE KHANDAVA VANA
KRISHNA ARRIVES IN INDRAPRASTHA
NINETEEN THE MIRACLE AND THE OATHS
TWENTY DHRITARASHTRA’S FICKLENESS
TWENTY-ONE THE SECOND GAME OF DICE
NINETEEN WHERE THE SAUGANDHIKA GROWS
TWENTY-FOUR BHEEMA’S ADVENTURE
TWENTY-FIVE THE RIDDLES OF NAHUSHA
TWENTY-EIGHT THE FOOLISH BRAHMANA
TWENTY-NINE DURYODHANA’S GHOSHA-YATRA
THIRTY THE SHAMING OF DURYODHANA
THIRTY-TWO THE POWERS OF DARKNESS
THIRTY-THREE THE RISHI DURVASA
YAKSHA PRASNA: THE YAKSHA’S RIDDLES
FOUR THE COOK AND THE WRESTLER
FOURTEEN THE PRINCE AND THE EUNUCH
