o the divine soul, was the _summum bonum_ of
Hindu philosophy. Compare note 37.

135. _By my divine faculty of meditation_.

Celestial beings were endowed with a mental faculty (called
dhyana, pranidhana, etc.), which enabled them to arrive at the
knowledge of present and future events.

136. _A roseate dye wherewith to stain The lady's feet_.

That is, the soles of her feet. It was customary for Hindu ladies
to stain the soles of their feet of a red colour with the dye
made from lac--a minute insect bearing some resemblance to the
cochineal--which punctures the bark of the Indian fig-tree, and
surrounds itself with the milky resinous juice of that tree.
This custom is a alluded to in one of Paterson's Hindu odes--

'The rose that humbly bowed to meet,
With glowing lips, her hallowed feet,
And lent them all its bloom.'

See Megha-duta (Edit. Johnson), p. 32.

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