[41] “Folk-lore,” ii. 221; Monier Williams, “Brâhmanism and Hinduism,” 343.

[42] Hardy, “Eastern Monachism,” 149.

[43] “Folk-lore,” ii. 228.

[44] Oppert, “Original Inhabitants of Bharatavarsa,” 97, 98, 40.

[45] Ovid, “Fasti,” iv. 728; Lady Wilde, “Legends,” 113; “Folk-lore,” ii. 128; Dalton, “Descriptive Ethnology,” 326; “Indian Antiquary,” ii. 90; iii. 68; vii. 126 sqq.; Wilson, “Essays,” s.v. “Holî;” [Leviticus xviii. 21]; [2 Kings xxiii. 10]; Herklot, “Qânûn-i-Islâm,” s.v. “Muharram.”

[46] Cunningham, “Archæological Reports,” xvi. 28.

[47] “Lear,” i. 2.

[48] “Brihat Sanhita.” Manning, “Ancient India,” i. 371.

[49] “Demonology,” i. 45.

[50] Mrs. Mîr Hasan ’Ali, “Observations,” i. 297 sq.