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De-vaya-ni : The daughter of S’ukra. She married
Yaya-ti, a king of the lunar lineage.
Yaya-ti cursed her sons not to inherit the
kingdom. One of the slave-girls of
De-vaya-ni begot children by Yaya-ti and
those children inherited the kingdom.Dha-ran.a : The sixth stage of the eight-fold Yogic path
prescribed by Patanjali. The process
includes identifying of one’s mental
faculties with the object of meditation.
Dhruva : A great prince who attained the status of
an eternal star (the Pole Star) through
his penance. He was the son of Utta-na-
pa-da by Suni- ti. Insulted by his step-
mother, Suruchi, he retired into the
forests and got initiated by Na-rada into
the experience of the path of Lord
Na-ra-yan.a.
Dog Star : The star called Sirius. It is a sacred star to
the ancient spiritualists of India, Egypt,
Persia and Greece. It has a major role
in the practical occultism of a disciple.
It appears as a dog in the beginning and
the ending of the Maha-bha-rata. It
follows Yudhishtira (the eldest of the
five sons of Pa-ndu) almost upto heaven
and then identifies itself with Yama.
GGhati : A sixtieth part of the day.
Gandharva-s : That class of cosmic deities who preside
over the musical sense of the worlds.
They also govern the romantic muse of
the created beings.