[19] This is the famous Gayatri.
[20] It is not known how a slip-knot and a garland are connected with any incarnation of Vishnu. For the incarnations see articles Vaishnava sect.
[21] In the Central Provinces Ganpati is represented by a round red stone, Surya by a rock crystal or the Swastik sign, Devi by an image in brass or by a stone brought from her famous temple at Mahur, and Vishnu by the round black stone or Sāligrām. Besides these every Brāhman will have a special family god, who may be one of the above or another deity, as Rāma or Krishna.
[22] Bipracharanamrita.
[23] Hindu Castes and Sects, pp. 19–21.
[24] Rājasthān, i. p. 487.
[25] Rājasthān, i. p. 698.
[26] At that time £12,500 or more, now about £8000.