[4] Ambiká, i. q., Párvatí the wife of Śiva.
[5] Liebrecht, speaking of the novel of Guerino Meschino, compares this tree with the sun and moon-trees mentioned in the work of the Pseudo-Callisthenes, Book III. c. 17. They inform Alexander that the years of his life are accomplished, and that he will die in Babylon. See also Ralston’s Songs of the Russian people, p. 111.
[6] A period of 432 million years of mortals.
[7] More literally the cardinal and intermediate points.
[8] Reading manomṛigi, the deer of the mind.
[9] Member of a savage tribe.
[10] I. e. of the pearls in the heads of the elephants.
[11] I. e. the sun.
[12] Throbbing of the right eye in men portends union with the beloved.
[13] No doubt by offering the flowers which she had gathered.