Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c22.133

c22.133

Vāsudeva, Garuḍa, pillar at Vidiśā in honour of, 305. Vāsudeva cult, 305, 306. Vatsa, (Kauśāmbi), textile manufacture in, 262. Vatsarāja, 330. Vātsyāyana, 148, 308, 337; author of the Kāmasūtra, 195. Vāyu purāṇa, reference to the, by Bāṇa, 22-23. Vedāṅgas, 333. Vichāraśreṇi, the, of Merutunga, 136. Vidarbha (Varad(h)ataṭa, an Aryan state, 321. Videha, 142, 308, 310; language in, 313. Vidiśā, 269; Aśoka's love with Devī at, 209; garuḍa pillar at, 305. Viduratha, a king of the Ikshvaku clan of Kosala, 17. Vidyādharas 253. Vigaṭāśoka (Samprati?), 244, 245, a brother of Aśoka (?) 208. Vihāra, 214. Vihārayātrā, royal hunt, 162, 241. Vijaya, 257; and Ceylon, 256. Vijayasimha, the traditional conqueror of Ceylon, 44. Vijigīshu, 3. Virkrama era, foundation of the, 136. Village government under the Nandas, 22, 181-182, 185. Vinayapiṭaka, 284. Vinaya texts, 302. Virasena, 244. Viśākhadatta, the author of the Mudrārākshasa, 134. Viśakanyā poison maiden, 147. Vishaya, an administrative division under the Nandas, 22. Viṣhṇudharmottara, the 146. Viṣhṇugupta, see Kauṭilya, 146, 148 191. Viṣhṇupurāṇa, the, 134, 140; on Pushyamitra, 246. Viṣhṭi, 192, 199. Viśvāmitra, 288. Vitāśoka, brother of Aśoka, 214, and 215n. Vīthī, a dramatic variety, 332. Vītihotras, the, exterminated by Mahāpadma, 17, 19-20. Vrātyas the, 10, 311. Vrijjika (Vriji) a republic, 19, 21, 173 Vṛisha, the vāhana of Śiva, 344. Vṛishala, see Chandragupta, 139, 140, 294. Vṛishasena, 244. Vṛshṇi race, 306. Vyāḍi, a post-Pāṇini grammarian, 25, 325, 327, 329, 331, 335. Vyāḍiparibhāshā, 327. Vyāḍiparibhāshāvṛtti, 327.