[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.