[112:3] Moor, in his "Pantheon," tells us that a learned Pandit once observed to him that the English were a new people, and had only the record of one Avatara, but the Hindoos were an ancient people, and had accounts of a great many.
[112:4] This name has been spelled in many different ways, such as Krishna, Khrishna, Krishnu, Chrisna, Cristna, Christna, &c. We have followed Sir Wm. Jones's way of spelling it, and shall do so throughout.
[113:1] See Asiatic Researches, vol. i. pp. 259-275.
[113:2] Ibid. p. 260. We may say that, "In him dwelt the fulness of the Godhead bodily." (Colossians, ii. 9.)
[113:3] Allen's India, p. 397.
[113:4] Indian Antiquities, vol. iii. p. 45.
[113:5] Hist. Hindostan, vol. ii. p. 270.
[113:6] Like Mary, the mother of Jesus, Devaki is called the "Virgin Mother," although she, as well as Mary, is said to have had other children.
[114:1] Hist. Hindostan, vol. ii. p. 327.
[114:2] Ibid. p. 329.