^{page 1135 note 1} The translation before me says, “He had no mouth to speak. He had no head, no name, no arms, and no hands.” But his name has already been given, and a few lines below “he opened his eyes”, “he thought in himself” (lit. in his belly). That Indra was a huge paunch is an indecorous and unnecessary supposition.

^{page 1137 note 1} In both of the translations referred to these words were translated “ambrosia”, which is quite good, but I prefer “elixir”, as coming perhaps a little nearer the meaning here: nam, “water”; pu, “grandfather” or “old age”; lawk, “to shed as a skin”; a serpent, for instance, is supposed by the Shans to renew its life when it sheds its skin. Hence, the meaning is clear: “the life-renewing liquid.”

^{page 1140 note 1} I have written these names as descriptive phrases rather than as proper names with capital letters and literal translations as: Ai-Lang-Dön-Hseng-Hong - Saw-Hpa - Lai - Nang, “ Elder - Brother - House - Moon- Gem-Illustrious-Spoon-Celestial-Reigning,” which is too Oriental, and in English may mean much or nothing and is ugly to boot.