and Vasishta.

[21] Aposhani. This is the water which a Brahman sips from his hand
before and after his meal.

[22] Shravan corresponds roughly with August. The death of the child
nullified all the virtue of the Shradh feast, which had at once to
be stopped.

[23] Zhoting is really the unquiet ghost of a Musulman, but hobgoblin
is probably a sufficiently close translation.

[24] A tree sacred to Shiva.

[25] The Asuras, who are now reckoned petty demons, had once upon
a time a much higher position. They are the same as Ahura-Magda,
the Jupiter of the Iranians. The latter, curiously enough,
degraded the Devas or Hindu Gods to the subordinate place of
demons. (Cf. Rawlinson's Bactria, page 21.)

[26] Shravan = August.

[27] Nag-kanya. These are the maidens of the race of the Nagas, who
are said to have sprung from Kadru, wife of Kasyapa. One of them,
Ulupi, married the hero Arjuna. They live in Patala, the lowest of
the seven underground regions.

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