CHYAVANA; iii•Hindu mythology, is the so of Bhriga,, the'son of Brahma, by his wifef A ..Rakshasa; or/ fiend,--'attempting to carry o , Puloma, the child was 'prematurely. bo'rit; whenc his nameoficim Chya,;,lo ,fall .from:,P ,Upon ! birth ;.,.his splendour ,was ,such as , to reduce. th insulter of his mother to itShes.• Having adopte a life of a,scotic devotiim, he.-svas so .inunerded. i abatmetion, that he became completely covered with the nests of white ants. Sukanya, daughter of king Sariyati, wandering in the forest, observed what she thought two lights in an anthill, and thrust in two blades of kusa grass, which, when withdrawn, were followed by a flow of blood. Mitch alarmed, the princess repaired to her father and related what had happened. The king, con jecturing the truth, immediately went to the spot to deprecate the wrath of tho rishi, and pacified him by giving him the damsel in marriage. After
being married some time, the Aswini Kuniara, pa.ssing by Chyavana's residence, conferred upon him youth and beauty, in requital of which boons ho gave them a share in the soma juice offered at sacrifices to the gods. The gods, with Indra at their head, opposed this grant, and ImIra lifted up his hand to strike Chyavana dead with his thunder bolt, when the sage paralyzed his arm. To appal the gods he created the demon Mack, intoxication personided, in terror of whom and of the power of the saint, the gods acceded to the participation of the Aswini Kumam in divine honours. Indra was restored to the use of his arm, and Mada WAS divided and distributed amongst dice, women, and Purana and the Dana Dianna section of the Mahabharat, p. 263.