^{page 173 note 1} Or the fort of Parashagiri (the present Parasgurh). Tr.—Rather remote from the Nerbudda, H. H. W.

^{page 173 note 2} Religious grant.

^{page 174 note 1} Stone pillar.

^{page 174 note 2} An ancient Canara language; both the letters and language differ very much from the modern, and very few can read it.

^{page 174 note 3} Edict resembling the Firman of the Mohammedan kings.

^{page 175 note 1} India.

^{page 175 note 2} Belgam.

^{page 175 note 3} Sixteenth Tirthankar of the Jains.

^{page 175 note 4} Northern solstice.

^{page 176 note 1} Jain temples are so called.

^{page 176 note 2} Full moon.

^{page 177 note 1} Probably Callian in the Conean.

^{page 177 note 2} Minister.

^{page 178 note 1} Edward the First of England reigned: Baliol and Brace's competition.

^{page 178 note 2} The deity of wisdom.

^{page 178 note 3} The incarnation of Vishnu in a wild boar.

^{page 178 note 4} The supporting the globe, &c.

^{page 178 note 5} Or perhaps the mangoe.

^{page 179 note 1} On the death of their husbands the antimony is supposed to be dissolved, and melted away by the tears flowing from their eyes.

^{page 179 note 2} This is a play on the word Vansha, meaning both a race or family, and also the bamboo-tree.

^{page 179 note 3} On account of the slaughter of their lords.

^{page 179 note 4} Pearls are supposed to be formed in the brain of elephants.

^{page 179 note 5} Singliana, the destroying lion, or destroyer of lions.

^{page 179 note 6} Or a cloud illuminated by lightning playing on it.

^{page 179 note 7} The morning sun causes the lotus-flower to expand, whence the miracle.

^{page 179 note 8} When Hindú women become widows, they must cast off all ornaments.

^{page 180 note 1} The moon is supposed by the Hindús to shine brighter in the cold season than in any other.

^{page 180 note 2} In the original, large.

^{page 180 note 3} Or walls.

^{page 180 note 4} These are all the Emperor Ramchandra-Deva's titles.

^{page 180 note 5} An Oriental phrase, used by any dependant when speaking of, or addressing, his superior.

^{page 181 note 1} The sun is supposed to rise from the Udayachal mountains, meaning here any eastern hills, whence the sun appears to rise.

^{page 181 note 2} Iron.

^{page 181 note 3} A kshetriya king, whose son was Vasudéva, whose son was Krishna the Avatar.

^{page 181 note 4} The water of life.

^{page 181 note 5} A fabulous tree in Hindu mythology, which yields whatever is required of it.

^{page 181 note 6} Cupid, or the god of love.

^{page 182 note 1} Or confirmed by the gift, also, of gold and water.

^{page 182 note 2} Said to be situated in Khandesh.

^{page 182 note 3} Viz. three stanzas:—1st. “Sagar, and many other kings,” &c, p. 365. 2d. “A speedy gift,” &c, p. 365. 3d. “Ram hath required,” &c, p. 127.

^{page 182 note 4} The third stanza of the first volume of the Asiatic Researches, p. 362, is nearly the same, word for word, as this.

^{page 183 note 1} Surya Loka.

^{page 183 note 2} Or orbit.

^{page 183 note 3} See stanza the fifth.

^{page 183 note 4} Edward the First of England reigned.

^{page 183 note 5} Of the sexagenary cycle (Sumvatsar.)

^{page 183 note 6} The fifth of the bright half of Aswin.

^{page 183 note 7} Sásana.

^{page 183 note 8} Incarnation of Vishnu in a wild boar.

^{page 184 note 1} Stanzas.

^{page 184 note 2} A fabulous gem, from which the moonbeams cause water to flow.

^{page 184 note 3} This is a bird fabulously said to subsist on moonbeams.

^{page 184 note 4} He died.

^{page 185 note 1} Or this may he a hill-fort; perhaps the one in Khandesh of this name.

^{page 185 note 2} The fourth avatar of Vishnu, the lion-headed man.

^{page 185 note 3} The Hindú Cupid.

^{page 185 note 4} A hero, who by his own bodily prowess alone attacks and overcomes whole armies.

^{page 185 note 5} Certain demons or monsters, sons of Danu, destroyed by Krishna.

^{page 185 note 6} This is the name by which Dwarka alone is known to the Hindús as a city of any consequence in their annals, but it may be any capital.

^{page 185 note 7} The province of Gujarat.

^{page 185 note 8} A fabulous tree in the Puránas, which yields whatever may be required of it.

^{page 186 note 1} Supposed to have been some powerful enemy of this Raja, or the forest chiefs. Vide Asiatic Res. vol. xiv.

^{page 186 note 2} Mountains containing mines.

^{page 186 note 3} The Himalaya mountains.

^{page 186 note 4} These are of the five Gour.

^{page 186 note 5} A fabulous gem, said to yield its possessor whatever he may require.

^{page 186 note 6} Or governors of provinces, or petty princes.

^{page 186 note 7} Meaning, protecting them.

^{page 186 note 8} Mandalik.

^{page 187 note 1} The mighty supporter of the western kingdom, or, the powerful western prince.

^{page 187 note 2} So called from its containing originally sixty-six villages.

^{page 187 note 3} Khari,—inlet of the sea, river, &c.

^{page 187 note 4} Probably a temple dedicated to Vishnu and his Shakti.