#

sarga

meaning

1

mahat

greatness

2

tan-matra-s

[elements]

3

vikara-s = indriyaka

= senses

4

mukhya

[immovable beings]

5

tiryag-srotas

animals

6

urdhva-srotas

upward [deities]

7

arvac-srotas

[mankind]

8

anu-graha

favor

9

kaumara

child

#

yuga

color of Gada-dhara (7:35)

deities in yuga-s (10:15-16)

1

Kr.ta

white

Nara-ayan.a

2

Treta

red

Rudra

3

Dvapara

blue

Yajn~a-murti

4

Kali

black

"many forms" (Bahu-rupa)

#

loka

inhabitants of loka

1

Bhu

humans

2

Bhuvar [:9 world like the sun]

aerial beings

3

Svar [:10 lotus on Na-vr.ka]

caelestial beings

4

Mahar [:12 from eye, :13 fire on right, frost on left]

Kumara-s (Sanaka, etc.)

5

Jana [:6 thread with atman threaded like jewels on it]

Vairaja-s

6

Tapas [:14 life in our heart]

Tapasvin-s ("gods" performing austerities)

7

Satya [:15-16 "great water"; varn.a-s]

"gods" free from re-birth

#

soldiers from jewel (11:83-84)

demons (11:93-95)

8 ministers of Mahis.a (93:3-4)

1

Su-prabha

Pra-ghasa

1. Pra-ghasa

2

Dipra-tejas

Vi-ghasa

2. Vi-ghasa

3

Su-ras`mi

San-ghasa

3. S`anku-karn.a

4

S`ubha-dars`ana

As`ani-[sa]prabha

4. Vibha-vasu

5

Su-kam-ti

Vidyut-prabha

5. Vidyut-malin

6

Sundara

Su-ghos.a

7

Sunda

Unmatta-aks.a

8

Su-dyumna

Agni-datta

9

Su-manas

Agni-dams.t.ra

(10a?)

Su-veda

Agni-tejas

(11b?)

Su-nala

Bahu &

10

S`ubhra

S`akra

11

Su-s`ila

6. Su-mati

12

Sukha-da

7. Parjanya

13

S`ambhu

8. Krura

14

Sudam-ta

Pratardana

Vi-radha

15

Soma

Bhima-karman

Vipra-citti

#

avatara

meaning

1

Nara-ayan.a

waters-travel

2

Matsya

fish

3

Kurma

tortoise

4

Varaha

pig

5

Nr.-simha

human lion

6

Vamana

midget

7

Paras`u-rama

axe

8

4-fold: Rama, Laks.mana, Bharata, S`atru-ghna

9

Vasu-deva

goods-god

10

Kalki

pasty

#

17:

faculty

= deity

origins of deities are recounted in

1

:28-29

fire (warmth?)

Agni

18:

2 & 3

:31

pran.a & apana

the 2 As`vinau

20:

4

:33

speech

+Gauri

21:

5

:34

space

Gan.a-pati

23:

6

:37

dhatu-s

{should be Vajra-dhatu of Vajra-yana}

24: (serpents)

7

:39

ahankara

Skanda

25:

8

:41

"sun" (at solar plexus?)

Aditya

26:

9

:43

"passions"

the +Matr.-s

27:

10

:44

illusion

+Maya

28:

11

:45

quarters

Dis`-es

29:

12

:46-47

breath

Ku-vera

30:

13

:48

mind

Vis.n.u

31:

14

:49

protector (Dharma)

Yama

32:

15

:50-51

Mahat "the subtle cause of beings"

Maha-deva = S`ambhu

33:

34: (pitr.-s)

16-digit

:55-56

Purus.a [= Sarva-j~na, :57]

Soma (moon)

35:

r.s.i

officiated as

Marici

Brahman

Atri

"supervisor"

Angiras

Agnidhra

Pulastya

Hotr.

Pulaha

Udgatr.

Kratu

Prastotr.

Pracetas

Pratihartr.

Vasis.t.ha

Subrahman.ya

#

emotion

matr.

1

love

+Yoga-is`vari

2

anger

+Maha-is`vari

3

greed

+Vais.n.avi

4

pride

+Brahman.i

5

stupefaction

+Kaumari

6

rivalry

+Indra-raja

7

malignity

+Yama-dan.d.a-dhara

8

tolerance

+Varahi

deity (28:16-19)

Indra, who was vanquished & went to

Agni, who was vanquished & went to

Yama, who was vanquished & went to

Nis-r.ti, who went to

Varun.a, who went to

Vayu, who went to

Ku-vera, who went to

S`iva, who went to

Brahma

king __ in Kr.ta Yuga

is re-born as king __ inTreta yuga

Su-prabha

Praja-pala

Dipta-tejas

S`anta

Su-ras`mi

S`as`a-karn.a

S`ubha-dars`ana

Pan~cala

Su-kanti

Su-s`anti

Sundara

Sunda

Mucu-kunda

Su-dyumna = Pra-dyumna

Turu

Su-manas

Soma-datta

S`ubha

Samvaran.a

Su-s`ila

Vasu-dana

Sukha-da

As`u-pati

S`ambhu

Sena-pati

Kanta = Sudanta

Das`a-ratha

Soma

Janaka

chapter of VaP

vrata

month, on tithi-s 10^th-to-12^th

39:

Matsya

Marg-s`irs.a (Dhanus)

40:

Kurma

Paus.a (Makara)

41:

Varaha

Magha (Kumbha)

42:

Nara-simha

Phalguna

43:

Vamana

Caitra (Mes.a)

44:

Paras`u-rama

Vais`akha (Vr.s.bha)

45:

Rama

Jyes.t.ha (Mithuna)

46:

Kr.s.n.a

Asad.ha

47:

Buddha

S`ravan.a (Simha)

48:

Kalki

Bhadra-pada (Kanya)

49:

Padma-nabha

As`va-yuja (Tula)

50:

+Dharan.i

Karttika

one may worship

for

Nara-simha

ridding oneself of sins

Vamana

removing all stupefaction

Paras`u-rama

wealth

Rama

annihilation of enemies

Bala-rama & Kr.s.n.a

begetting sons

Buddha

physical charm

Kalki

victory

52:

relation

name

meaning

:1

"a tri-coloured son"

Aham

ego

:2

son's daughter

Ava-bodha

consciousness

:2

her daughter

Vijn~ana

knowledge

:3-4

five sons = Dasyu-s (aborigines)

5, including Aks.a

eye, etc. [sense-organs]

:5

city of 9 outlets; 1 pillar; 4 pathways; etc.

human body

:6

Pas`u-pala himself

Purus.a

person

:9

4-faced, 4-handed, 4-footed son of Supreme lord

the 4 Veda-s

53: 5

son of the 4-faced, 4-handed, 4-footed

Svara, who was churned

"musical note"

:15

head of Svara, became coconut-kernel

Vivr.tti (:24)

inaction

:16

trunk of Svara, became sesame

Pravr.tti (:24)

action

#

raks.asa

1

An~jana

2

Nila-kuks.i

3

Megha-varn.a

4

Vala-ahaka

5

Uda-raks.a

6

Lalat.a-aks.a

7

Su-bhima

8

Svar-bhanu

#

raks.asa

1

Bhima

2

Dhvanks.a

3

Dhvasta-kr.s.n.a

4

S`anku-karn.a

5

Vajraka

6

Jyoti-virya

7

Vidyut-malin

8

Rakta-aks.a

9

Vidyut-jihva

10

Ati-kaya

11

Maha-kaya

12

Dirgha-bahu

#

raks.asa

1

Kala

2

Kr.ta-anta

3

Rakta-aks.a

4

Haran.a

5

Mitra-han

6

Nala

7

Yajn~a-han

8

Brahma-han

9

Go-ghna

10

Stri-ghna

11

Samvartaka

direction

vyuha (99:30)

weapon (99:31-32)

NE

mace (musala)

E

Bala-bhadra

SE

discus

S

Pradyumna

SW

(?) waterlily

W

Aniruddha

NW

(?) club

N

Vasu-deva

#

color

1

golden brown

2

yellowish brown

3

rosy red

4

gurlike brown

5

variegated

6

whitish yellow

7

whitish brown

8

blackish brown

9

reddish brown

10

tawny in tail

11

white in hoof

#

Puran.a

1

Brahman

2

Padma

3

Vais.n.ava

4

S`aiva

5

Bhaga-vata

6

Naradiya

7

Mar-kan.d.eya

8

Agneya

9

Bhavis.ya

10

Brahma-vaivarta

11

Lainga

12

Varaha

13

Skanda

14

Vamana

15

Kaurma

16

Matsya

17

Garud.a

18

Brahma-an.d.a

115:

caste

duty

:23

Brahman.a

"living on alms"

:27

Ks.atriya

"munificent in gifts"

:33

Vais`ya

"honouring his guru"

:38

S`udra

"Fond of prostrating"

#

offence

1

taking another's food

2

sexual contact

3

seeing a woman in her menses

4

touching a corpse

5

seeing a corpse

6

answering calls of nature

7

wearing blue cloth

8

talk

9

not purifying oneself

10

angry mind

11

consider prohibited objects as meritorious

12

wearing cloth reddened by saffron

13

toucheth me in darkness

14

wearing black cloth

15

wearing unwashed cloth

16

eat, even unknowingly

17

eating fish & meat

18

eating goose (& other waterbirds)

19

touching my dipaka ("lamp-bearer")

20

going to cremation-ground

21

eating oil-cake

22

eating pork

23

drinking liquor

24

eating vegetables with saffron

25

putting on the garment of another

26

eat without offering it first to gods or manes

27

bathing with footwear on

28

tormenting the body

29

undigested food

30

offer incense without offering sandalwood-paste & flowers

31

open door (of my temple) without sounding the drums

32

"the most serious" ["eructations", in 136:112]

119:

kinds of foods

specifically

:5

fruits

madhuka, udumbara

:8-9

vegetables

cillika, rakta-s`ali, s`ali, s`iva-sundari, s`irika, kula-s`alika

:10-11

grains

gram, sesamum, panic-seed, gavedhu, makus.t.a, vahika, s`yamaka

:12

mammal-meat

deer, goat, hare

:17-18

bird-meat

lavaka, vartika, kapin~jala

126:

at -- tirtha

one enjoyeth for --- years

the world of

:31-32

Manasa

1,000

Ap-saras-es, at Nandana

:35-37

Maya

10,000

Ku-vera

:39-40

Sarva

15,000

"heaven"

:42-44

Purn.a-sukha (a thermal spring)

15,000

Soma

:48-49

{A-mara}

10,000

"heaven"

:89-91

{Varun.a}

8,000

Varun.a

milky

yellow

red

emerald-colored

color of pearl

remains [in hell] drinking menstrual blood for 1,000 years; thereupon,

is born blind, penniless and stupid and never realizeth that he is in hell

for --- years

as a ---; thereupon,

10,000

Can.d.ala

7,000

blind man

100

frog

3

bee

11

beetle

7

snake

7

chameleon

100

elephant

32

camel

9

cat {cf. "9 lives"}

15

monkey

for --- years

as a ---; thereupon,

100

cricket

100

eagle

300

frog

10

daemon

6

eunuch "drinking semen"

7

blind man

32

kite

10

cakravaka-bird

{?}

"a moss-eater"

{?}

"a bird in the sky"

for --- years

as a ---; thereupon,

5

a worm [weevil-larva] in parched grain

5

ichneumon

10

tortoise

14

pigeon

for -- life

a --; thereupon,

1st

elephant

2nd

camel

3rd

wolf

4^th

jackal

5^th

horse

6^th

antelope

7^th

"ordinary deer"

hound

jackal

owl

for --- years

as a ---; thereupon,

10

pig

14

hunter

14

rat

19

daemon

8

porcupine

30

tiger

for --- years

as a ---; thereupon,

15

goose

10

shark

5

pig

for --- years

as a ---; thereupon,

2

owl

3

tortoise

for --- years

as a ---; thereupon,

15

boar in hell

3

hound

1

jackal

for --- years

as a ---; thereupon,

13

cobbler {cf. Welsh myth}

{?}

boar

{?}

hound

hound

monkey

goat

jackal

blind man

rat

139:

by means of

one goeth to

for -- years

:2-8

smearing steps with cowdung

Kus`a dvipa

12,000

:9-12

collecting cowdung

S`almala dvipa

12,100

:14-16

bathing idol

Kraun~ca dvipa

"as many thousands of years as there are in the water offered."

:18-21

sweeping temple

S`aka dvipa

"as many hundreds of years as there are particles of dust expelled by his sweeping."

:22-27

singing

Nandana

"as many thousands of years as there are syllables in the song."

:106-108

S`ampa tala / Sannipata

abode [Uttara-kuru] of Ku-vera

9,900

:109-111

dancing

Pus.kara dvipa

33,000

:112-113

instrumental & vocal music

Jambu dvipa

140:

at -- tirtha

where -- torrents fall

-- days' fasting

where one is reborn

:21-22

Koka-mukha

1/2 (one night)

Kraun~ca dvipa

:26-27

Soma

5

Go-meda dvipa

:29-30

Tunga-kut.a

4

5

Kus`a dvipa

:31-32

A-nitya as`rama

1

Pus.kara dvipa

:34-34

Agni-saras

5

5

Kus`a dvipa

:37-38

Brahma-saras

1

5

Surya loka

:40-42

Dhenu-vat.a

1

7

all 7 continents

:53-54

Kaus`iki

5

Indra loka

:59-60

Matanga

1

Kimpurus.a

:62-64

Vajra-bhava

1

"gets a body ... holding the weapon Vajra"

:66-67

S`akra-rudra

3

Jambu dvipa

:69-71

Dams.t.ra-ankura

1

S`almali dvipa

:73-75

Vis.n.u

3

"remaining in airy form" to Vayu loka

:77-78

Sarva-kamika

1

"will be born ... with the memory of the past"

:81-84

Matsya-s`ila

3

Padma-patra to the north of Meru

149:

at -- tirtha

where -- torrents fall

foregoing -- meals

delighteth in world of --

:38-39

Pan~ca-pin.d.a

5

Indra

:43-44

Sagamana

4

4

Vaikhanasas

:47-48

Hamsa-kun.d.a

1

6

Varun.a

:53-54

Kadamba

4

r.s.i-s

:59-60

Cakra

5

5

"Svarga"

:67-70

Raivataka

6

Soma

:77

8

the Ap-saras-es, at Nandana

:83-85

Vis.n.u-sankraman.a

1

the sun

151:

at -- tirtha

where -- torrents fall

foregoing -- meals

delighteth in world of --

:36-37

Pan~ca-saras

4

4

Citra-angada of the Gandharva-s

:39-40

Narada-kun.d.a

5

1

Narada

:42-43

Vasis.t.ha-kun.d.a

3

5

Vasis.t.ha

:45-46

Pan~ca-kun.d.a

5

5

Pan~ca-s`ikha

:48-49

Sapta-rs.i-kun.d.a

7

7

daughters of the r.s.i-s

:51-52

S`arabhanga-kun.d.a

1

6

daughters of the r.s.i-s

:54-55

Agni-saras

8

Agni[-saras]

:57

Br.has-pati

1

6

Br.has-pati

:60-61

Vais`va-nara

1

6

Vais`va-nara

:63-64

Karttikeya

15

6

Karttikeya

:66-68

Uma

10

10

Uma

:69-71

Maha-is`vara-kun.d.a

3

12

Rudra

Manu

Praja-pati

Paras`arya (Vyasa)

Atri

Auddalaki

Apa-stambha

Br.has-pati

S`ukra

Gautama

S`ankha

Likhita

Angiras

Bhr.gu

Pulastya

Pulaha

name, location

description

what is done there

:17 Kumbhi-paka

pit of dung

:18 biting lips

:19 forest of swords

:20 dismembered

:19 red lead, strewn with red-hot sand

:21 black & spotted hounds bite; so do serpents & scorpions

:22 S`almali-tree

its thorns tear body

:27 river Karambha-valuka

is like blazing fire, 100 yojana-s long

:26 is to be crossed

:28 river Vaitaran.i

bitter water, 50 yojana-s long, 5 deep; :29 full of skin, flesh, and bones

:29 in it are big scorpions; :30 owls poisonous with sharp tongues

:31 empty abodes

:32 are devoured by rats, leaving but the skeleton; :33 "But in the morning the body gets flesh agains as soon as the wind wafts over it."

:34 mango-grove

birds feed on man, eating eyen & ears

:36 fire-place Yama-culli, :37 with smoke

:35 On the south, at a distance of 3 yojana-s, banyan-tree which gloweth [pink] like evening cloud

:38 thrown ito it by Raks.asa-s, the dead remain in this fire-place for a month

:39 river S`akunika

full of fat & marrow

:40 seven kinds of torment, :41 to be undergone in their sequence

:42 ten S`ula-s

:43 are held on tridents by Raks.asa-s, and so baked over embers -- :42 a day & a night

:42 thirteen Kumbhi-paka-s

:45 pit of dried cowdung

:44 are held head-downwards over choking smoke, and then fried, :45 and then held over burning marrow -- 10 days in each

:46 river "Yama"

at a distance of 3 yojana-s; it it floweth molten lead

:47 "completely unconscious, they get rest here for a while."

:48 +[Yami] sister of Yama

pond

:49 get food & drink -- for 3 days

:50 mountain S`ula-graha

extending 100 yojana-s, it is constituted of a single rock

:51 hot rainfall -- is traversed in a day

:52 S`r.ngat.aka

forest

biting black flies, whose transformeth one into a worm {cf. Irish myth}; showers of flesh & blood

:54 seeing one's relatives

:55 is bound; :56 receiving blows with whips & bitings by snakes

:60 one becometh "a stationary being." [Jaina!]

pig

buffalo

chicken

hare

jackal