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Mythological allusions
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SEMI-GODS
Apsarā (1.91, 120 ; 1X.142); Gandharvas residing in the sky (1.72 ; III.159) ; Pitss (111.159), Piśācas (II.68,84); Vidyadharas are mentioned as sauntering in the sky (1.60 ; IV.56; XIV.3); Nāgas (XIII.23) and Siddbas are mentioned in the poem.
1. Cf. Abhidhānacintamani, 91.
स्यु: पिशाचा भूता यक्षा राक्षसा: किन्नरा अपि । किम्पुरुषा महोरगा गन्धर्वा व्यन्तरा प्रमी ।
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