, 1885, s.v. Bee').
11. The vast epic poem, or collection of poems known as the
Mahabharata, consists of over 100,000 Sanskrit verses. The main
subject is the war between the five Pandavas, or sons of Pandu, and
their cousins the Kauravas, sons of Dhritarashtra. Many poems of
various origins and dates are interwoven with the main work. The best
known of the episodes is that of _Nala and Damayanti,_ which was well
translated by Dean Milman, See Macdonell, _A History of Sanskrit
Literature_ (Heinemann, 1900).
12. The five Pandava brothers were Yudhishthira, Bhimia, Arjuna,
Nakula, and Sahadeva, the children of Pandu, by his wives Kunti, or
Pritha, and Madri.
13. 'The Narbada has its special admirers, who exalt it oven above
the Ganges, . . . The sanctity of the Ganges will, they say, cease in
1895, whereas that of the Narbada will continue for ever' (Monier
Williams, _Religious Thought and Life in India,_ London, 1883, p.
348), See _post,_ Chapter 27.
14. Sleeman wrote 'Py-Khan', a corrupt spelling of pakhan, the
Sanskrit pashana or pasana, 'a stone'. The compound pashana-murti is
commonly used in the sense of 'stone image'.
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