] One of the Seven Saints; the father of Vrihaspati, the
teacher of the gods.

_Vast grew his body._] Alluding to the Vamana, or Dwarf Avatar of
Vish[n.]u, wrought to restrain the pride of the giant Bali, who had
expelled the Gods from heaven. In that form he presented himself
before the giant, and asked him for three paces of land to build a
hut. Bali ridiculed and granted the request. The dwarf immediately
grew to a prodigious size, so that he measured the earth with one
pace, and the heavens with another.

_Sumeru._] Another name of the sacred Mount Meru; or rather the same
word, with su, good, prefixed.

_CANTO SEVENTH._

_Kailasa's side._] A mountain, the fabulous residence of Kuvera, and
favourite haunt of S'iva, placed by the Hindus among the Himalayas.

_Kali came behind._] The name of one of the divine matrons. The word
also signifies in Sanskrit a row or succession of clouds, suggesting
the comparison which follows.

_In twofold language._] In Sanskrit and Prakrit. The latter is a
softened modification of the former, to which it bears the same
relation as Italian to Latin; it is spoken by the female characters
of the Hindu drama.

THE END.

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_.

2. For this text version the Greek letters have been replaced with
transliterations in brackets [Greek:] using English alphabet table,
without diacritical marks.

3. The following words use accented characters in the original:
['S]iva has S with an acute
A['s]oka has s with an acute
Vish[n.]u has n with with dot below
Krish[n.]a has n with with dot below
ve[n.]i has n with with dot below

4. Other than the changes listed above, printer's inconsistencies
in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been
retained.

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