[278] Or, reading avirala, thick coming.
[279] The Vishṇu Purāṇa, Bk. ii., ch. ii., calls Mandara the Mountain of the East; Gandhamādana, of the South; Vipula, of the West; and Supārçva, of the North.
[280] Father of Kuvera.
[281] Brahmā.
[282] A phrase denoting readiness to obey. V. supra, p. 15.
[283] Pouring water into the hand was the confirmation of a gift. V. supra, p. 150.
[284] Transpose iti.
[285] Hybiscus mutabilis changes colour thrice a day.
[286] Or, at a wrong time.
[287] Remove the stop after asyāḥ and Candrāpīḍaḥ, and place one after gantum.