[297] Indra wonders that no battle-slain heroes are arriving at the Indian Valhal.
[298] At the period the poem was composed there were only four “guardians”; later there were eight.
[299] Evidently the zenana system was in vogue prior to the Mohammedan conquest.
[300] Death by hanging was not regarded as a special disgrace.
[301] Deities cast no shadows, they never perspired, nor did their feet touch the ground when walking. Their eyes never winked.
[302] Heaven, earth, and the underworld.
[303] Dowson regards the demon Kali as the personification of the Kali Yuga.