explanation of attributes, <page 28>

Buddha, incarnation of Vishnu, <page 225> ff.; Was this Buddha the founder of Buddhism? <page 226>; Puranic account of, <page 227> ff.; Lalita-Vistara, account of, <page 231> ff.; relics of Buddha preserved, <page 244>

Budha, one of the planets, <page 433>

C.

Chaitanya, incarnation of Vishnu, <page 253> ff.

Chanchala, name of Lakshmi, <page 133>

Chanda, a demon slain by Durga, <page 312>

Chandi, a form of Durga, <page 309>, <page 312>

Chandra, one of the planets, <page 432>. See also SOMA.

Chandrashekara, a name of Siva, <page 283>

Chhagaratha, a name of Agni, <page 28>

Chinnamustaka, a name of Durga, <page 317>

Chitragupta, son of Indrani, <page 63>

Chyavana, a sage cured by the Asvins, <page 46>

Civilization, origin of, <page 16>

Cow of plenty, the, <page 167>

Creation, the, Vedic account of, <page 343>; Manu's, <page 346>; Puranic, <page 347>

D.

Daksha, a son of Brahma, <page 372>

Damodara, a name of Vishnu, <page 127>

Dandadhara, a name of Yama, <page 86>

Dasabhuja, a name of Durga, <page 307>

Dasaratha, the father of Rama Chandra, <page 172>

Dasyas, the, a tribe who assisted in building Rama's bridge, <page 192>

Devaki, mother of Krishna, <page 201>

Devasena, wife of Kartikeya, <page 337>

Devi, a name of Uma, <page 284>

Dhananjaya, a name of Agni, <page 27>

Dharmaraja, a name of Yama, <page 86>

Dhata, a name of Brahma, <page 107>

Dhenki, the vahan of Narada, <page 479>

Dhenuka, an asura slain by Balarama, <page 222>

Dhritarashtra, the father of the Kurus, <page 412>

Dhumketu, a name of Agni, <page 27>

Digambara, a name of Siva, <page 283>

Discus, the, of Vishnu, how made, <page 34>

Diti, the wife of Kasyapa, <page 67>

Divakara, a name of Surya, <page 35>

Divapati, a name of Indra, <page 62>

Divodasa, King of Benares, misled by Vishnu as Buddha, <page 228>

Draupadi, the wife of the Pandus, <page 418>

Drona, the preceptor of the Kurus and Pandus, <page 416>

Durga, a demon slain by Durga, <page 296>

Durga, various accounts of her origin, <page 297> ff.; when worshipped, <page 300>; names of, <page 301>; her great conflict, <page 302>

Durvasas, a sage, <page 413>

Duryodhana, the ruler of Hastinapur, <page 414>, <page 421>