Hindu Theatre, ii. 237 and 299.]

[Footnote 38: p. 11. l. 17. _He, who all the world compressing_. Nala
here recites the separate pretensions and attributes of the great
deities, first, of Hutasa, a name of Agni, the god of fire. The sense
here is extremely obscure. Bopp renders it literally. 'Qui hanc terram
totam contraxit,' seems ambiguous. It may refer to the agency of fire
in compacting the world and again consuming it, or simply shrivelling
it up, while in the act of consuming.]

[Footnote 39: p. 11. l. 19. _He, in awe of whose dread sceptre_.
Yama: he is called the Dharma raja, king of justice. WILFORD in
Asiatic Researches. Compare SOUTHEY's description in the Curse of
Kehama, Canto xxii., with the note from Wilford on which it is
founded; and his interview with Sawitri in BOPP's collection of
Extracts from the Mahabharata.]

[Footnote 40: p. 11. l. 21. _--slayer of the infernal host_. Indra.
He was the conqueror of the Danavas or daemons:

When through the waves of war thy charger sprang,
Each rock rebellowed, and each forest rang,
The vanquish'd Asurs felt avenging pains.--SIR W. JONES, Ode to Indra.]

[Footnote 41: p. 11. l. 23. _--in thy mind if thou couldst choose_.
(At the close full stop misprinted for comma). Varuna, the god of
waters. Schlegel and Rosen consider that a sloka, describing the
attributes of Varuna, has been lost--that in this line 'varanam,
seligendum' should be written instead of 'Varunam.' The Calcutta
edition has the same reading, however, and the change is not
necessary: if any alteration be made it should probably be in the
first word, and 'Vriyatam' be read in place of 'Kriyatam.' WILSON.]

[Footnote 42: p. 14. l. 1. _Came the day of happy omen_. The Indians,
like all other Asiatic nations, have their fortunate and unfortunate
days. The month is divided into thirty lunar days (tithis), which are
personified as nymphs. See the Dissertation on the lunar year by Sir
W. JONES, Asiatic Researches, iii. 257. In the Laws of Menu are
multifarious directions concerning the day of the moon fit or unfit
for particular actions. "The dark lunar day destroys the spiritual
teacher; the fourteenth destroys the learner; the eighth and the day
of the full moon destroy all remembrance of Scripture; for which
reason he must avoid reading on those lunar days."]

[Footnote 43: p. 14. l. 5. _They, the court with golden columns,
etc._ The literal rendering is, 'they entered the hall (the