ant and his companions, who have lost their way in
the search of the dawn Sita." This is is not quite accurate: Hanuman
and his companions wander for a month in the cavern without a guide,
and then Svayamprabha leads them out.

756 Purandara, the destroyer of cities; the cities being the clouds
which the God of the firmament bursts open with his thunderbolts, to
release the waters imprisoned in these fortresses of the demons of
drought.

757 Perceived that Angad had secured, through the love of the Vanars,
the reversion of Sugriva's kingdom; or, as another commentator
explains it, perceived that Angad had obtained a new kingdom in the
enchanted cave which the Vanars, through love of him, would consent
to occupy.

758 Vrihaspati, Lord of Speech, the Preceptor of the Gods.

759 Sukra is the regent of the planet Venus, and the preceptor of the
Daityas.

760 The name of various kinds of grass used at sacrificial ceremonies,
especially, of the Kusa grass, Poa cynosuroides, which was used to
strew the ground in preparing for a sacrifice, the officiating
Brahmans being purified by sitting on it.

761 Sampati is the eldest son of the celebrated Garuda the king of
birds.

762 Vivasvat or the Sun is the father of Yama the God of Death.

763 Book III, Canto LI.

764 Dasaratha's rash oath and fatal promise to his wife Kaikeyi.

765 Vritra, "the coverer, hider, obstructer (of rain)" is the name of
the Vedic personification of an imaginary malignant influence or
demon of darkness and drought supposed to take possession of the
clouds, causing them to obstruct the clearness of the sky and keep
back the waters. Indra is represented as battling with this evil
influence, and the pent-up clouds being practically represented as
mountains or castles are shattered by his thunderbolt and made to
open their receptacles.

766 Frequent mention has been made of the three steps of Vishnu
typifying the rising, culmination, and setting of the sun.

767 For the _Churning of the Sea_, see Book I, Canto XLV.

768 Kuvera, the God of Wealth.

769 The architect of the gods.

770 Garuda, son of Vinata, the sovereign of the birds.

771 "The well winged one," Garuda.

772 The god of the sea.

773 Mahendra is chain of mountains generally identified with part of the