B.

Babhruvāhana, a warrior, [138]

Badarikā, a hermitage, [216]

Bakula, a tree, Mimusops elengi, [16], [144], [178]

Bala, v. Balarāma, [22]

Bāla, a king, [213] note

Balāhaka, a warrior, [61], [62], [63], [65], [69], [70], [171]

Balarāma, brother of Kṛishṇa, [8], [33], [51], [97], [156]

Bāṇa, or Bāṇabhaṭṭa, the author, [vii], [viii], [xii], [xiv], [xvii], [xviii], [xix], [xx], [xxi], [xxii], [3]

Bāṇa, a demon, [1]

Bendall, Professor, [xiv]

Bhagīratha, a king, [3], [25], [37], [47], [72], [88]

Bharata, a king, [47], [60], [72], [88], [102], [147], [161], [196], [212]

Bhatsu, a guru, [1]

Bhīma, a warrior, [60], [78], [216]

Bhīshma, a warrior, [30]

Bhoja, [xviii]

Bhṛigu, a sage, [138]

Bhūshaṇa, or Bhūshaṇabhaṭṭa, [viii], [xxiii], [183]

Brahmā, [2], [3], [10], [35], [39], [41], [55], [94], [96], [101], [105], [134] note, [147]

Bṛihadratha, a king, [53]

Bṛihaspati, a sage, [4], [11], [46] note, [50]

Bṛihatkathā, [xii], [3] note, [212]

Birthless, the, [1]

Budha, a star, [214] note

Buddha, [xvii]

Buddhacarita, [94] note