[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.