| [52] | Another reading is: heaps of conch.—T. |
| [53] | Some texts read sailam—hills.—T. |
| [54] | This refers to Mrigashira, the fifth lunar constellation which resembles a deer.—T. |
| [55] | The name of an Asur devoured by Agastya.—T. |
| [56] | Properly it should be "struck her breast." But it has a special significance here, i. e.—she would not be satisfied until her belly be filled with all the Rākshasas slain.—T. |
| [57] | A mountainous range described as one of the smaller mountains of India proper, lying eastward of mount Meru.—T. |
| [58] | Sumeru.—T. |
| [59] | Instead of On the earth—some texts have [bangles] sweet-sounding.—T. |
| [60] | i. e. The quarter presided over by the sun, viz., the East.—T. |
| [61] | Some texts—to rescue me.—T. |