e churning of the ocean, where Indra
(vs. 12) places Mt. Mandara on Vishnu, the tortoise.]

[Footnote 20: Mbh. I. 30. 37, _mamlur m[=a]ly[=a]ni
dev[=a]n[=a]m_, etc. The older belief was that the gods'
garlands never withered; for the gods show no mortal signs,
cast no shadows, etc.]

[Footnote 21: Compare the four hymnlets to Agni in i. 232. 7
ff.]

[Footnote 22: After the mention of the thirty-three gods,
and Vishnu 'born after them,' it is said that the Acvins,
plants, and animals, are Guhyakas (vs. 40), though in vs.
35: "Tvashtar's daughter, the wife of Savitar, as a mare
(_va[d.]av[=a]_) bore in air the two Acvins" (see above), in
Vedic style. For Cruti compare iii. 207. 47; 208. 6, 11.]

[Footnote 23: i. 23. 15 ff. His name is explained fancifully
in 30. 7.]

[Footnote 24: It is at the funeral feasts to the Manes that
the Mah[=a]bh[=a]rata is to be recited (i. 62. 37).]

[Footnote 25: Arjuna is an old name of Indra, and in the
epic Arjuna is Indra's son.]

[Footnote 26: The legal _dharma_ or sitting at a debtor's
door, which still obtains in India, is, so far as we know,
not a very ancient practice. But its application in the case
of heralds (who become responsible) is epic.]

[Footnote 27: This is the covenant (with friends) of
revenge; the covenant of mutual protection in the sacrifice
is indicated by the 'protection covenant' of the gods (see
the chapter on Brahmanism above, p. 192).]

[Footnote 28: See an essay on the Ruling Caste in the epic,
in JAOS. xiii. 232 ff.]

[Footnote 29: Reverend Doctor H.C. Trumbull has kindly
called our attention to Robert's _Oriental Illustrations_,
p. 148 ff., where it is said that in India today the
threshold is sacred. In reference to threshold offerings,
common in the law, Dr. Trumbull's own forthcoming book on
Covenants may be compared.]

[Footnote 30: But these are by no means the last examples of
human sacrifices. Several of the modern Hindu sects have
caused to be performed such sacrifices, even in this
century.]

[Footnote 31: This can hardly mean 'put out on the river' as
has been suggested as an explanation of the corpse 'thrown
aside' in accordance with the earlier text, AV. xviii. 2. 34
(_paropta_), where the dead are 'buried, thrown asid