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CONTENTS.
PAGE. | ||
Hyman to Agni by Brahmā . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
66 | |
History of Ruru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
68 | |
Story of the Dunduva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
70 | |
Astika Parva. | ||
Story of Jaratkāru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
73 | |
Birth of Astika . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
76 | |
History of Kadru and Vinatā . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
77 | |
Churning of the Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
78 | |
The wager between Kadru and Vinatā . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
84 | |
Kadru's curse on the snakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
ib | |
Kadru and Vinatā go to see Uchchaisravas, and see the Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
85 | |
Birth of Gadura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
87 | |
Hymn to Gadura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
88 | |
Wrath of the Sun, and the appointment of Aruna as his charioteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
90 | |
Hymn to Indra by Kadru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
92 | |
Gadura's inquiry as to the cause of his bondage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
95 | |
Gadura devises means to bring the Amrita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
96 | |
Of Kasyapa and Gadura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
97 | |
Story of the Elephant and the Tortoise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
98 | |
Bad omens are seen by the gods and their preparation for battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
102 | |
Battle of the gods with Gadura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
107 | |
Gadura takes away the Amrita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
109 | |
Of Gadura and Vishnu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
ib | |
The mutual grant of boons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
110 | |
Conversation of Indra with Gadura and Gadura's obtaining the name of Suparna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
ib | |
Indra steals the Amrita from the snakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
112 | |
The cleaving of their tongues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
ib | |
Enumeration of the names of the chief serpents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
113 | |
Asceticism of Sesha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
114 | |
Sesha obtains boons from Brahmā . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
115 | |
Consultation of the snakes on the subject of their mother's curse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
116 |