YUGAN-DHARA—YUYUTSU. 383 Others severely afflicted and driven to practise austerities. desiring heavenly bliss offered sacrifices. Thus men declined. through unrighteousness. In the Kali Yuga righteousness remained to the extent of one-fourth only. Practices enjoined by the Vedas, works of righteousness, and rites of sacrifice ceased. Calamities, diseases, fatigue, faults, such as anger, &c., distresses, hunger, and fear prevailed. As the ages revolve righteousness declines, and the people also decline. When they decay their motives grow weak, and the general decline frustrates their aims.—Muir, i. 144. In the Krita Yuga the duration of life was four thousand years, in the Treta three thousand, in the Dwapara two thousand. In the Kali Yuga there is no fixed measure. Other passages of the Mahā-bhārata indicate "that the Krita Yuga was regarded as an age in which Brahmans alone existed, and that Kshatriyas only began to be born in the Tretā." YUGAN-DHARA. A city in the Panjab. A people dwelling there and in the vicinity. YUVANASWA. A king of the Solar race, father of Mandhātri. A legend represents this son as being conceived by and born of his father. YUVA-RĀJA. throne. 'Young king.' The heir-apparent to a YUYUDHANA. A name of Satyaki. YUYUTSU. A son of Dhrita-rashtra by a Väisya handmaid. On the eve of the great battle he left the side of the Kauravas and joined the Pandavas. When Yudhi-shthira retired from the world he established Yuyutsu in the kingdom of Indraprastha. SANSKRIT INDEX. Abdhi-jau Aswins. Abhayada, 69. Abhimani-Swāhā. Abhra-matanga-Loka-pāla. Adhyaya-Veda 346. Adi-Kavi Brahmā. Adi-parva, 190. Adityas-Daksha. Adri-jä= Devi. Adrika-Satyavati, Uparichara. Adrisyanti-Parāsara. Adwaita-Madhava. Adwaita, 82. Agasti-Varuna. Aghora Siva. Agneyastra-Viswa-karma. 386 An-anya-ja Kāma. Anaranya, 313. Anarta-Kusa-sthali. Anavaratha, 69. SANSKRIT INDEX. Ārushi-Aurva, Chyavana, 75. Asaras Rakshasas. = Ashtadhyayi Pānini. Asikni-Sapta-sindhava. Asi-patra-vana-Naraka. Asita-danshtra = Makara. Asmaka, 313. Aswalayana Brahmana - Brah- SANSKRIT INDEX. Ayodhya-kanda-Rāmāyana. Bharati Saraswati. Bharga-bhūmi, 70. Bhaswati-Surya. 387 Bhauma Mangala. Bhidira Vajra. Bhimaratha (two), 69. Bhishana-Bhairava. Bhishma-parva, 191. Bhrigu-Aurva, Twashtri, Khy- Bhrigus-Krita-vīrya. Bhumi-jā Sītā. Bhumi-putra Mangala. Bhūta-nayaki=Devi. Bhuvana-Viswa-karmā. Bindu-sara-Maurya. Brahma Nārada. kumbha. Ghritachi, Ni- |