A holy place in northern India. Bathing here and spending a night has the same benefit as donating a thousand cows as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 84.

A vidyadhara. Once, he and his wife Madalasa found a child on the banks of the Yamuna. This child later became the founder of the Hehaya dynasty – Ekavira.

An Anga king.

A vishwadeva who is mentioned in Mahabharata Anushasanaparva Chapter 191 verse 35.

An army unit. See Akshauhini.

A holy place in Saurashtra that’s a part of Vinashana. Saraswati, who had once disappeared, was found here, and bathing here gives one the effect of an Agnishtoma yajna as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 82 verse 112.

Bharata’s younger brother, a yogi. Bharata was born in the dynasty of Priyavrata, a descendant of Manu. Bharata, the country is named after him. He had nine brothers – Kushavarta, Ilavarta, Brahmavarta, Aryavarta, Malaya, Bhadraketu, Sena, Indrasprik, Keekata. In addition to this, he had another nine brothers from a step mother, called Navayogis. One of them was Chamasa. The others were Kavi, Hari, Ambarisha, Prabudha, Pippalayana, Avirhotra, Dramida, Karabhajana, as per Bhagavata Navamaskanda.

A kind of animal whose tail is its specialty. It is believed that when it moves around in the forest, if its tail gets stuck. It is said that the if its tail gets stuck in a place, it will wait there until it gets unstuck on its own. Kashyapa and Krodhavasha had ten daughters – Mrigi, Mrigamanda, Hari, Bhadramada, Matangi, Sharduli, Shweta, Surasa, Surabhi, Kadru. From Mrigamanda were born Chamaris and Srimaras as per Ramayana Aranyakanda Sarga 14.

A king in ancient India as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 1 verse 238.

A manipravalakavya in Malayalam, also known as Chandrikamahotsava and Medinichandrotsava.It is split into 5 khandas and has over 570 shlokas. It is believed to have been written in 16 AD. The background is thus.

Once a gandharva and his consort were making love in the Marataka mountain, when a scent reached them. She requested him to get her the flower. He reached Chittilapally in Kerala after a long search and learned that it emanated from the chandrotsava being celebrated by a prostitute named Medinivennila. The story is about his narration to his consort of the 6 days of celebrations which he saw there.

Near Chittilapally was born a prostitute named Mati. Medinivennila was her daughter and an incarnation of Chandra’s wife Chandrika. The reason for this is that once Shachi conducted a chandrotsava in devaloka. Menaka and Chandra fell in love with each other there and promised to meet each other there. But Chandrika arrived there in Menaka’s form and fooled Chandra. Chandra was angry and cursed that she would be born as a prostitute, and said that she would be released when a chandrotsava was celebrated. That was why Medinivennila had conducted a chandrotsava. It is also believed that this was a festival to appease Kama.