Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . Yama consents,and bids her now return home. Still she persists infollowing. Two other boons are granted in the sameway, and still Savitri follows closely on the heels ofthe king of death. At last, overcome by her con-stancy, Yama grants a boon without exception. Thedelighted Savitri exclaims : Nought, mighty king, this time hast thou excepted : let my husband live ;Without him I desire not happiness, nor even heaven itself ;Without him I must die. So be it, faithful wife, replied the king of death : Thus I release him ; and with that he loosed the cord that
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . Yama consents,and bids her now return home. Still she persists infollowing. Two other boons are granted in the sameway, and still Savitri follows closely on the heels ofthe king of death. At last, overcome by her con-stancy, Yama grants a boon without exception. Thedelighted Savitri exclaims : Nought, mighty king, this time hast thou excepted : let my husband live ;Without him I desire not happiness, nor even heaven itself ;Without him I must die. So be it, faithful wife, replied the king of death : Thus I release him ; and with that he loosed the cord that bound his soul. Amongst the many names by which Yama is known,the following are the most common :—Dharmaraja, King of , Lord of the , He who judges , The , The , Time. Dandadhara, He who carries the , The god of funeral , The son of , He who puts an end to life. PART PURANIC DEITIES-. THE PURANIC DEITIES. CHAPTER I. THE PURANAS. The chief sources of information respecting the mod-ern mythology of the Hindus are the two great Epics—the Ramayana and the Mahabharata—the Puranas,or old traditional stories, eighteen in number, andthe five principal Tantras. There is nothing definitely known as to the dateof the Epics, beyond the fact that they are later thanthe Vedas, and earlier than the Puranas. Some placethe Ramayana as early as 500, whilst others affirmthat it could not have been composed before 100,and that a considerable portion was added much Mahabharata is supposed to be fully a centurynearer our own time. Unlike the Vedas, they, as wellas the Puranas and Tantras, may be read by other thanBrahmans. Each of these books is of immense bulk,and the same stories frequently reappear in to this day they retain a firm hold of the faith andveneration of the mass of the people of India. Nor isthis to be
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