The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (395 page)
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Bh
ma
.
ma.
In the
Mah
bh
rata
, the ‘Grandfather’ of the
P
avas
and
Kauravas
. Really the sky god Dyaus (one of the eight Vasus: see
DITYAS
) incarnate, Bh
ma is born as the son of King
a
tanu and the river Ganges (
Ga
ga
). While waiting to die, he rests on a bed of arrows, and exhorts Yudhi
hira with the legal and spiritual instruction which constitutes books xii and xiii of the
Mah
bh
rata
Mah
bhrata, the ‘Grandfather’ of the
P
avasand
Kauravas
. Really the sky god Dyaus (one of the eight Vasus: see
DITYAS) incarnate, Bh
ma is born as the son of Kingatanu and the river Ganges (Ga
ga). While waiting to die, he rests on a bed of arrows, and exhorts Yudhi
hira with the legal and spiritual instruction which constitutes books xii and xiii of theMah
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