southern hills of the Deccan, of the people whom the poem calls
monkeys, tribes altogether different in origin and civilization from
the Indo-Sanskrit race." GORRESIO.

563 A fiend slain by Bali.

564 Bali's mountain city.

565 The canopy or royal umbrella, one of the usual Indian regalia.

566 Whisks made of the hair of the Yak or Bos grunniers, also regal
insignia.

567 Righteous because he never transgresses his bounds, and

"over his great tides
Fidelity presides."

568 Himalaya, the Lord of Snow, is the father of Uma the wife of Siva or
Sankar.

569 Indra's celestial elephant.

570 Bali was the son of Indra. See p. 28.

571 An Asur slain by Indra. See p. 261 Note. He is, like Vritra, a form
of the demon of drought destroyed by the beneficent God of the
firmament.

572 Another name of Indra or Mahendra.

573 The Bengal recension makes it return in the form of a swan.

574 Varuna is one of the oldest of the Vedic Gods, corresponding in name
and partly in character to the {~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER UPSILON WITH PSILI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER RHO~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH OXIA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA~} of the Greeks and is often
regarded as the supreme deity. He upholds heaven and earth,
possesses extraordinary power and wisdom, sends his messengers
through both worlds, numbers the very winkings of men's eyes,
punishes transgressors whom he seizes with his deadly noose, and
pardons the sins of those who are penitent. In later mythology he
has become the God of the sea.

575 Budha, not to be confounded with the great reformer Buddha, is the
son of Soma or the Moon, and regent of the planet Mercury. Angara is
the regent of Mars who is called the red or the fiery planet. The
encounter between Michael and Satan is similarly said to have been
as if

"Two planets rushing from aspect malign
Of fiercest opposition in midsky
Should combat, and their jarring spheres compound."

_Paradise Lost._ Book VI.

576 The Asvins or Heavenly Twins, the Dioskuri or Castor and Pollux of
the Hindus, have frequently been mentioned. See p. 36, Note.

577 Called respectively Garhapatya, Ahavaniya, and Dakshina, household,
sacrificial, and south