[102] Or, "by Vanamala," Krishna"s chaplet.
[103] Tara = (a) wife of Sugriva, the monkey king; (b) star.
[104] Mountaineer.
[105] Arjuna, or Karttavirya, was captured by Ravana when sporting in the Nerbuddha, and was killed by Paracurama. V. Vishnu Purana, Bk. iv., ch. 11.
[106] Dushana was one of Ravana"s generals; Khara was Ravana"s brother, and was slain by Rama.
[107] Cf. Uttararamacarita, Act V.
[108] Ekalavya, king of the Nishadas, killed by Krishna. Mbh., I., 132.
[109] Or, curls.
[110] V. Harivamca, 83.
[111] Or, with clouds.
[112] She-rhinoceros.
[113] Or, rainbows.
[114] Ekacakra = (a) a city possessed by Vaka; (b) one army, or one quoit.
[115] Naga = (a) elephant; (b) snake.
[116] Or, cikhandi, a son of Drupada, a friend of the Pandavas.
[117] Or, mirage.
[118] Or, eager for the Manasa lake. The Vidyadhara was a good or evil genius attending the G.o.ds. V. Kulluka on Manu, xii., 47.
[119] Yojanagandha, mother of Vyasa.
[120] Or, "bearing the form of Bhima." He was Bhima"s son. V. Mbh., I., 155.
[121] (a) Crescent moon of civa; (b) eyes of peac.o.c.ks" tails.
[122] Hiranyakacipu. V. Harivamca, 225.
[123] Or, an ambitious man surrounded by bards (to sing his praises).
[124] Or, loving blood.
[125] Nishadas = (a) mountaineers; (b) the highest note of the scale.
[126] (a) Had pa.s.sed many ages; (b) had killed many birds.
[127] Or, great wealth.
[128] Black.
[129] Or, Durga.
[130] Or, mountain.
[131] (a) Magnanimity; (b) great strength.
[132] Anabhibhavaniya.
[133] (a) Awakening cry; (b) moral law.
[134] Owls are supposed to be descendants of the sage Vicvamitra.
[135] As omens.
[136] Picitacna, a demon, or, according to the commentary here, a tiger.
[137] Lit., "creating a doubt of."
[138] Cf. Emerson"s Essay on Experience: "Sleep lingers all our life-time about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir-tree."
[139] Read, crama.
[140] Lit., "To have been an extract from."
[141] Sacred to Indra, and burnt by Agni with the help of Arjuna and Krishna.
[142] Three horizontal lines.
[143] Truth in thought, word, and deed.
[144] Read, Nishpatata.
[145] Nilapandu, mottled blue and white. The Hindu penance is to be between five fires: four on earth and the sun above. V. Manu, vi. 23.
[146] The sign of a vow.
[147] (a) Bark garment; (b) bark of trees.
[148] (a) Girdle. V. Manu, ii. 42; (b) mountain slope.
[149] Or, the moon.
[150] Or, with.
[151] (a) Kripa = compa.s.sion; (b) Kripa was the teacher of Acvatthama, or Drauni.