[264] The names of the country of Kalinga and of the town Sri Kakul occur at p. 3 of this volume. The town now called Cicacole, in the northern Circars, once the capital of an extensive district, is situated in lat. 18° 21´ N., long. 83° 57´ E.

[265] त्रिशूलं a trident, a three-pointed pike, or spear, especially the weapon of Síva.

[266] It is, perhaps, Mahèsvarí.

[267] The name which I find nearest approaching to that above is Bidzergur, a town in the province of Allahabad, lat. 24° 37´ N., long. 83° 10´ E., with a fort on a high and steep mountain in the midst of an unhealthy country.

[268] शिवरात्रि is a celebrated festival in honor of Síva, on the fourteenth of the moon’s wane, or dark fortnight in Mágha (January, February).

[269] पानं drinking in general.

[270] स्मृतिशास्त्रं.

[271] कविशास्त्रं.

[272] तर्कशास्त्रं.

[273] वैद्यविद्या.