Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3434

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3). The end. Śrī Kṛṣṇa informed Uddhava beforehand the fact that the Yādava dynasty was going to end. Uddhava felt grief and requested Śrī Kṛṣṇa to take him also to Vaikuṇṭha (the abode of Mahāviṣṇu). Śrī Kṛṣṇa taught Uddhava the doctrine that the body of man and such other things seen in the whole universe were nothing but mere delusion. At that time Uddhava asked Śrī Kṛṣṇa twentyone questions about Bandha and Mokṣa (Bondage and deliverance). To all these questions Śrī Kṛṣṇa gave him satisfactory answers. (Bhāgavata Skandha 11). Before the destruction of Dvārakā, the Yadus left the city. They went to Prabhāsatīrtha, a place on the sea coast and lived there. Uddhava who knew that the destruction was imminent, bade farewell to them and walked away alone. He was filled with a brightness. Śrī Kṛṣṇa did not stop him. (M.B. Mausala Parva, Chapter 3). It is stated in Bhāgavata, Skandha 11, Chapter 29, that Uddhava went to the hermitage of Badarikā and engaged himself in penance. UDDIIPAKA. See under Pañcatantra. UDICYA. One of the disciples of Vyāsa. (Bhāgavata, Skandha 12). UDRAPĀRAKA. A serpent born in the family of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. This serpent fell in the sacrificial fire of Janamejaya and was burnt to death. (M. B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 57, Stanza 17). UDVAHA I. A Kṣatriya king born from the family of Krodhavaśa, an asura. (M.,B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Stanza 64). UDVAHA II. A part of air. It is believed that air or wind is the breath of Mahāviṣṇu. In the Purāṇas mention is made about 49 types of Maruts or winds. Seven breaths are important among them. They are:(1) Pravaha (2) Avaha (3) Udvaha (4) Saṃvaha (5) Vivaha (6) Parivaha and (7) Parāvaha. About Udvaha mention is made in Bhāṣā Bhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 329 thus: "Which is the wind that takes water from the four oceans and gives it to the clouds? That ever-blowing great wind is Udvaha." UDYOGAPARVA. A sub-section of Mahābhārata. (See under Bhārata). UGRA I. A military captain of Śūrapadmāsura, Chief of asuras. In the Viramahendra Kāṇḍa of Skanda Purāṇa, two warriors, Ugra and Mayūra are reported to have attacked Indrapuri. UGRA II. One of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (M. B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse 103). Bhīmasena killed him (M. B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 64, verses 34, 35). UGRA III. A Yādava prince. The Pāṇḍavas sent to him an invitation letter to help them in the war. (M. B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 12). UGRA IV. A synonym of Lord Śiva. (M. B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 17, Verse 100). UGRA V. Son of Kavi, the Prajāpati. (M. B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 85, Verse 133). UGRA VI. See under Varṇa. UGRADAṂṢṬRĪ. A daughter of Mahāmeru. Merudevī had nine daughters, Meru, Pratirūpā, Ugradaṃṣṭrī Latā, Ramyā, Śyāmā, Nārī, Bhadrā and Devavithī. They were wedded by the sons of a king named Agnidhra. (Bhāgavata, 5th Skandha). UGRAKA. A serpent. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 35, Verse 7).