[113] Lopâçaḥ siṅham pratyańćam atsâḥ; Ṛigv. x. 28, 4.
[114] Avaruddhaḥ paripadaṁ na sinhaḥ; x. 28, 10.
[115] Çaçah kshuram pratyańćam ǵagâra; x. 28, 9.
[116] Kroshṭâ varâhaṁ nir atakta kakshât; x. 28, 4.
[117] Vatso vṛishabhaṁ çûçuvânaḥ; x. 28, 9.
[118] Sinhaḥ çaçamivâlakshya garuḍo vâ bhuǵañgamam; Râmây. xxiii.
[119] Cfr. Mémoires sur les Contrées Occidentales, traduits du Sanscrit par Hiouen Thsang, et du Chinois par St Julien, i. 375.
[120] Redimunt ea parte corporis, propter quam maxime expetuntur; Pro Æmilio Scauro. It is said that when the beaver is pursued by hunters, it tears off its testicles, as the most precious part for which beavers are hunted, popular medical belief attributing marvellous virtues to beavers' testicles.
[121] xii. 35.
[122] Cited by Afanassieff in the observations on the first volume of the Russian stories.