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[ A Kavandha is a headless trunk moving about as if endued with life. Tales are told of these headless beings drinking the blood of victims falling within their grasp.]
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[ The second of the seven notes of the Hindu gamut.]
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[ The printed editions and the manuscripts do not agree with one another in respect of the order and numbering of the last dozen verses. The Bombay edition omits a few of the verses.]
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[ Everything even the inanimate creation, exists and adores the Supreme deity.]
179 ([return])
[ This is a triplet in the Calcutta edition.]