[137] Omens and Superstitions of Southern India, by Edgar Thurston, p. 799 et seq., 1912.

[138] Muir's Original Sanskrit Texts, vol. i, pp. 9-10.

[139] P'an Ku in his giant form. Like the Egyptian Ptah, he is now a dwarf and anon a giant.

[140] A Journey in Southern Siberia, by Jeremiah Curtin, pp. 44-8.

[141] Rigveda, i, 162, and i, 163.

[142] That is, the so-called “royal house”, or house of the “king of the sacred rites”.

[143] A broad-headed people.

[144] Horse sacrifice.

[145] The Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad.