[262]i. e. on Pushpaka.—T.
[263]i. e. four-cornered, The Earth, in Hindu cosmogony, is a flat surface having four corners.—T.
[264]Svarga is the region where persons reap the fruit of Jyotishtoma, etc. Siddhi is Illusion spread by Gandharbas.—T.
[265]By the superior splendour of Rāvana.—T.
[266]Shatpada—six-footed—a name of the black bee.—T.
[267]Salilodbhavas,—water-sprung—a name of the lotus.—T.
[268]Kadamva—a drake; or, according to some, a teal; a gander; or the species gallinula porphyria.—T.
[269]i.e. the faces of the females are meant. Another meaning is, gold for large lotuses.—T.
[270]Vilāsa may also mean arch displays by way of coquetry.—T.
[271]Yasa, according to some, here means grace.—T.