[[9]] Sthiti, the established world-order, is one of the three terms of the universe, as opposed to sarga, its creation, and pralaya, its destruction and end.
[[10]] The smashána is rather a burning-ground than a cemetery. But it is often called pitrigriha—"the home of the fathers," and thus cemetery may stand, as an equivalent.
[[11]] i.e. goblins and vampires.
[[12]] Maheshwara, who is speaking, wears a necklace of skulls.
[[13]] i.e. a naked mendicant ascetic.
[[14]] Nemo potest supra seipsum, said the Schoolmen—a profound observation exactly in harmony with old Hindoo ideas on moral force.
[[15]] i.e. Indra. Mátali is his messenger, the Hindoo Mercury.
[[16]] This singular idea, familiar now to Europe, in the form of the prayer-wheels of Tibet, is not wholly without parallels in the West. The only difference is, that the Hindoos are a very logical people, and carry the absurd to its extreme.
[[17]] The wife of the sage Gautama, with whom Indra had an intrigue that covered him with shame, in more ways than one.
[[18]] Chaturmukha.