Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . hymns in which the interrogative pronoun occurred were calledKadvat, having kad or quid. But soon a new adjective wasformed, and not only the hymns, but the sacrifices also, offeredto the god, were called Kaya, or Who-ish. At the time of 40 o Miscellaneous Minor Deities. Panini (the great grammarian), this word had acquired suchatimacy as to call for a separate rule explaining its tmmentator here explains Ka by Brahman. After this,we can hardly wonder that in the later Sanskrit literature of thePuranas, Ka appears as a recognised god, with
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . hymns in which the interrogative pronoun occurred were calledKadvat, having kad or quid. But soon a new adjective wasformed, and not only the hymns, but the sacrifices also, offeredto the god, were called Kaya, or Who-ish. At the time of 40 o Miscellaneous Minor Deities. Panini (the great grammarian), this word had acquired suchatimacy as to call for a separate rule explaining its tmmentator here explains Ka by Brahman. After this,we can hardly wonder that in the later Sanskrit literature of thePuranas, Ka appears as a recognised god, with a genealogy ofhis own, perhaps even a wife ; and that in the laws of Manu onef the recognised forms of marriage, generally known by thename of the Prajapati marriage, occurs under the monstroustitle of Kaya. In the Mahabharata Ka is identified with1 taksha, and in the Bhagavata Purana it is applied to Kasyapa,probably on account of their similarity to Prajapati. Max Mtillerj quoted in Dowsons Classical Dictionary, s. v. Ka?. THE LOTUS. ( 4oi ) CHAPTER XI. SUPERHUMAN, THOUGH NOT DIVINE BEINGS. I. APSARASAS, GANDHARVAS, AND KINNARAS. The Apsarasas are nymphs, the Gandharvas singers of Indrasheaven, and the Kinnaras human beings with horses heads, whoform the band in that of Kuvera. The Apsarasas are notprominent in the Vedas, but Urvasi and a few others arementioned. In Manu they are said to be the creations of theseven Manus. In the Epic poems they become prominent, andthe Ramayana and the Puranas attribute their origin to thechurning of the ocean. It is said that when they came forthfrom the waters, neither the gods nor the Asuras would havethem for wives, so they became common to all. They have theappellations wives of the gods, and daughters of pleasure. Then from the agitated deep up sprungThe legion of Apsarasas, so namedThat to the watery element they owedTheir being. Myriads were they born, and allIn vestures heavenly clad, and heavenly gems ;Yet more divine their nativ
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