[68]. Arka, ‘the sun,’ in Sanskrit. [This is due to Wilford (Asiatic Researches, iii. 134) and is, of course, impossible.]
[69]. Pha-ra is but a title, ‘the king.’ [Egyptian Pro, ‘the great house.’]
[70]. Des divinités génératives: ou du culte du Phallus chez les anciens et les modernes (Paris).
[71]. Of the former race the Ranas of Mewar, of the latter the princes of Narwar and Amber, are the representatives.
[72]. Aethiopia, ‘the country of the sun’; from Ait, contraction of Aditya. Aegypt may have the same etymology, Aitia [see p. [699] above].
[73]. [The Author may refer to Pārsvanātha, 23rd Jain Tīrthakara, whose symbol was his serpent; but his mother was Vāmadevi. Trisala was mother of the 24th Tīrthakara, Mahāvira or Vardhamāna, but his cognizance was a lion.]
[74]. It is absurd to talk of these being modern; decipher the characters thereon, and then pronounce their antiquity. [Ellora, 5th to 9th or 10th centuries A.D.; Elephanta, 8th to 10th (IGI, xii. 22, 4).]
[75]. Vulg. Sharifa.
[76]. Rama subjected her to the fiery ordeal, to discover whether her virtue had suffered while thus forcibly separated.
[77]. Vulg. Nariyal.