461 Titanic.

462 The Sarika is the Maina, a bird like a starling.

463 Mahakapala, Sthulaksha, Pramatha, Trisiras.

464 Vishnu, who bears a _chakra_ or discus.

465 Siva.

466 See _Additional Notes_--DAKSHA'S SACRIFICE.

467 Himalaya.

468 One of the mysterious weapons given to Rama.

469 A periphrasis for the body.

470 Trisiras.

471 The Three-headed.

472 The demon who causes eclipses.

473 "This Asura was a friend of Indra, and taking advantage of his
friend's confidence, he drank up Indra's strength along with a
draught of wine and Soma. Indra then told the Asvins and Sarasvati
that Namuchi had drunk up his strength. The Asvins in consequence
gave Indra a thunderbolt in the form of a foam, with which he smote
off the head of Namuchi." GARRETT'S _Classical Dictionary of India_.
See also Book I. p. 39.

474 Indra.

475 Popularly supposed to cause death.

476 Garud, the King of Birds, carried off the Amrit or drink of Paradise
from Indra's custody.

477 A demon, son of Kasyap and Diti, slain by Rudra or Siva when he
attempted to carry off the tree of Paradise.

478 Namuchi and Vritra were two demons slain by Indra. Vritra
personifies drought, the enemy of Indra, who imprisons the rain in
the cloud.

479 Another demon slain by Indra.

480 The capital of the giant king Ravan.

481 Kuvera, the God of gold.

482 In the great deluge.

483 The giant Maricha, son of Tadaka. Tadaka was slain by Rama. See p.
39.

484 Indra's elephant.

485 Bhogavati, in Patala in the regions under the earth, is the capital
of the serpent race whose king is Vasuki.

486 the grove of Indra.

487 Pulastya is considered as the ancestor of the Rakshases or giants,
as he is the father of Visravas, the father of Ravan and his
brethren.

488 Beings with the body of a man and the head of a horse.

489 Ajas, Marichipas, Vaikhanasas, Mashas, and Balakhilyas are classes
of supernatural beings who lead the lives of hermits.

490 "The younger brother of the giant Ravan; when he and his brother had
practiced austerities for a long series of years, Brahma appeared to
offer them boons: Vibhishana asked that he might never meditate any
unrighteousness.{~HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS~} On the death of Ravan Vibhishana was installed as
Raja of Lanka." GARRETT'S _C