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took Gayatri, the milkmaid, as a second wife, because his chief wife, Saraswati, despite her wisdom, arrived late for a certain important ceremony, at which the spouse of the god was required.

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Unfaithful wives were transformed into jackals after death.

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Lokapala-Sabhakhyana section of Sabha Parva.

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Sons of the goddess Aditi. They are attendants of Varuna, their chief, as the Maruts are attendants of Indra.

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Adi Parva section of Mahabharata, Roy's trans., p. 635.

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The Tribes and Castes of Bengal. H. H. Risley (1892), vol. i, lxv, et seq.

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Muir's Original Sanskrit Texts, v, 15.

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Professor E. Vernon Arnold's The Rigveda, p. 54.

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In the combat between Thor and the giant Hrungner, the thunder-hammer similarly cleaves a mass of flint hurled by the enemy.—Teutonic Myth and Legend.

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Mahabharata, Vana Parva section, pp. 679-80, Roy's trans.

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“Overwhelmed by misfortune” (Roy).

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Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld.

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Mahabharata.

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Asuras are sometimes called Rakshasas also.

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Pron. pe-shatch'as.

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Bloomfield's Atharvaveda iv, 36 (Sacred Books of the East, vol. xlii).

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Mahabharata, Roy's trans. (Sabha Parva, p. 32).

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Vana Parva section of Mahabharata.

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Dasyu and Dasa are “applied in many passages of the Rigveda to superhuman enemies”. The colour reference in Dasa is probable, but it is also used in other senses. For a full discussion on conflicting views regarding Dasyu and Dasa see Vedic Index of Names and Subjects. Macdonell and Keith, vol. i, pp. 347-9 and 356-8.

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Mahabharata, Roy's translation (Adi Parva, section, pp. 495-6).

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Like an Egyptian Pharaoh, the rajah is here a god among men. His presence was necessary to ensure the success of rain-bringing ceremonies.