Diti
Limit; daughter of Dak
ṣ
a, wife of Ka
ś
yapa, mother of the Daityas
Draupad
ī
Daughter of Drupada, king of the Pa
ñ
c
ā
las, born from the sacrificial fire, marries the five P
ā
ṇ
ḍ
ava brothers
Dro
ṇ
a
Master of arms of both the P
ā
ṇ
ḍ
avas and the Kauravas, born of the seed of Bharadv
ā
ja, father of A
ś
vatth
ā
man, an ally of the Kauravas
Drupada
King of the Pa
ñ
c
ā
las, father of Draupad
ī
Durv
ā
sas
A brahman and
ṛṣi
, a portion (
aṃśa
) of
Ś
iva
Dusk
Sandhy
ā
drāpara
When playing dice the throw that gives a remainder of two. In the sequence of the
yugas
, it follows the
kṛtayaga
and the
tretāyuga
, and comes before the
kaliyugu
Dv
ā
rak
ā
City where K
ṛ
ṣ
ṇ
a reigns, on the northeastern coast of India
dritīya
Second
Dwarf
V
ā
mana, the fifth
aratāra
of Vi
ṣ
ṇ
u
Earth
P
ṛ
thiv
ī
Elephant
Air
ā
vata, one of the
ratnas
“gems,” that appeared during the churning of the ocean
Eleusis
Place of the eponymous mysteries
Euchantress
Mohin
ī
Everything
Sarva; one of the names of Rudra
Evil of Death
Pāpmā mṛtyuḥ
Existence
Bhava; one of the names of Rudra
Extreme
Uttar
ā
Eye of the Pond
Hradeck
ṣ
us
Father
Praj
ā
pati
Father Time
Praj
ā
pati
Fénelon
French theologian, 1651–1715
Fifth Veda
One of the definitions of the
Mahābhārata
Fire
Agni
Forest of Cedars
Devad
ā
ruvana: a place inhabited by
ṛṣis
and their wives, on the slopes of the Him
ā
laya
Forest of Kh
ā
ṇ
ḍ
ava
A forest near Indraprastha; or Sugar Candy Forest
Forest of Naimi
ṣ
a
Naimi
ṣ
ā
ra
ṇ
ya: the forest where Ugra
ś
ravas recited the
Mahābhārata
for the first time
Four Vedas
The
Ṛ
g Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda
Fury of the
Bralumanicide
Brahmahaty
ā
Ga
ṇ
as
Genies who follow
Ś
iva
Gandham
ā
dana
A mountain east of the Him
ā
laya
G
ā
ndh
ā
r
ī
Wife of Dh
ṛ
tar
ā
ṣ
t
ṛ
a, mother of the Kauravas
Gandharvas
Celestial demons
Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 1869–1948
G
ā
ṇ
ḍ
ī
va
A prodigious bow, given to Arjuna by Agni
Ga
ṇ
a
ś
a
Lord of the Trops; son of P
ā
rvat
ī
: has an elephant’s head
Ga
ṅ
g
ā
Sister of P
ā
rvat
ī
: the river Ganges
G
ā
rg
ī
Woman theologian of the Kuru-Pa
ñ
c
ā
las
gārhapatya
Belonging to the sacrificer; domestic fire; one of the three sacrificial fires. It is from the circular
gārhapatya
that one takes the flame to light the
āharanīya
Garu
ḍ
a
Immense eagle, son of Ka
ś
yapa and Vinat
ā
Gaur
ī
Name of an Apsaras
Gautama
Name of the clan into which the Buddha was born
Gav
ā
ṃ
pati
A
ṛṣi
contemporary with the Buddha
Gay
ā
A place in the Bihar region near which the awakening of the Buddha occurred
G
ā
yatr
ī
Daughter of Brahm
ā
gāyatrī
A Vedic meter made up of three lines of eight syllables
Geldner
K.F. Geldner, indologist, 1853–1929
Gemini
A constellation between Canis Major and Orion
Genie
Yak
ṣ
a
Genies
Ones who drink words; R
ā
k
ṣ
asas
Genies
Following
Ś
iva: Ca
ṇ
as
Gh
ṛ
t
ā
c
ī
Name of an Apsaras
Gilda
The protagonist of
Gilda
by Charles Vidor, 1946
Goddess
Dev
ī
Gokula
A village near Mathur
ā
Good Creation
Creation of Ohrmazd, in Avestic theology
Gop
ā
Wife of Siddh
ā
rtha Gautama, the Buddha
gopī
Cow girl
Gotama
Or Gautama; one of the Saptar
ṣ
is, author of hymns 74–93 of the first
maṇḍala
of the
Ṛ
g Veda
Grace-Done-to-
Antelopes
Became the name of King V
ā
r
ā
ṇ
asi’s Antelope Park after the Buddha, in one of his earlier lives, passed through it in the form of an antelope
grāma
Village; temporary settlement of nomad shepherds
grāvastut
Praiser of stones; officiant in the rite of the
soma
Great Bear
Or Great Chariot; a northern constellation of seven stars
Great Black One
Mah
ā
k
ā
la; epithet of
Ś
iva
gṛhapati
Leader, guide of the officiants who takes the place of the sacrificer.
yajamāna
, in the
sattra
G
ṛ
tsamada
A
ṛṣi
attributed with the authorship of the second
maṇḍala