MAHABHARATA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH ... - Mandhata Global
MAHABHARATA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH ... - Mandhata Global
MAHABHARATA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH ... - Mandhata Global
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SABDA-BEDHI, an archer who shoots an invisible game by hearing the<br />
sound it makes.<br />
SAKTI, javelin.<br />
SALA, a tall forest tree.<br />
SAMADHI, austere religious practice.<br />
SAMAN, hymn chanted at sacrifice.<br />
SAMI, a dark leafy tree.<br />
SANKRA, conch-shell used as a sounding instrument in wars and in festivities.<br />
SAPTA-PARNA, a plant with a seven branched leaf.<br />
SARASA, the Indian crane.<br />
SARVAVARNIN, an Indian tree.<br />
SASTRA, sacred scriptures.<br />
SATAGHNI, a weapon of war, supposed to kill a hundred men at one discharge.<br />
SAVANA, a religious rite.<br />
SAVITRI, a hymn; also the goddess of the hymn.<br />
SIDDHA, holy celestial beings.<br />
SLESHA, an Indian tree.<br />
SRAVANA, July -August.<br />
SRI, the goddess of beauty and wealth, wife of Vishnu.<br />
SUPARNA, celestial bird.<br />
SWARGA, heaven.<br />
SWASTI, a word uttered to dispel evil.<br />
SWAYAMVARA, a form of bridal, the bride selecting her husband from among Suitors.<br />
TALA, a Species of palm-tree bearing a large round fruit; also the fruit of the tree.<br />
TAMALA, a graceful leafy tree.<br />
THIRTHA, holy rites at the crossing of rivers.<br />
THIRATRA, a three nights' penance and fast.<br />
USIRA, a kind of hard wood.<br />
VANARA, monkey. T'he hill tribes of Southern India, who formed an alliance with the<br />
hero of the Epic, are represented as Vanaras.<br />
VEDA, the most ancient and holiest scriptures of the Hindus.<br />
VIJAYA, Karna's bow.<br />
VILWA, a tree bearing an edible fruit.<br />
VINA, the lyre.<br />
YAJNA, sacrifice.<br />
YATO DHARMA STATO JAYAH, where there is virtue there is victory.<br />
YOJANA, a measure of distance equal to about nine English miles.<br />
YUGA, the period of the world's existence.