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from heaven became the stream divine. Her name among the gods is Alakanand[ra], the 'Blessed Damosel.']
[Footnote 53: In iii. 87.10, "ten descendants and ten ancestors." The epic, i. 170. 19, regards the Sarasvat[=i] and Jumna as parts of the sevenfold Ganges, which descends from the heavens as these three, and also as the Vitasth[=a) (Rathasth[=a]), Saray[=u], Gomat[=i], and Gan[d.Jak[=i]; being itself 'V[=ajitara[n.[=i) among the Manes.' So xii. 322. 32.]
[Footnote 54: According to the commentator the "(northern altar of the Father-god) Kurukshetra-Samantapancakam, between Tarantuka, Arantuka, R[=a]mahrada, and Macakruka," mentioned in iii. 83. 208, lies in Benares; but this must be a late addition, as Kurukshetra's position is without doubt. Compare i. 2. i ff.; ix. 53. i, 23-25.]
[Footnote 55: In ib. 47, mah[=a] d[r.]tiriv[=a]dhm[=a]ta[h.] p[=a]pas, there is an interesting reminiscence of Rig Veda, vii. 89. 2. The rules of virtue are contained in Vedas and law-books, and the practice of instructed men, ib. 83 (the 'threefold sign of righteousness'). A Cruti cited from dharmas is not uncommon, but the latter word is not properly used in so wide a sense. See note below, p. 378.]
[Footnote 56: Some scholars see in the use of the verb, pic, a Vedic picturing of gods; but in all instances where this occurs it may be only the poet's mind-picture of the god 'adorned with various glories.]
[Footnote 57: In VII. 201. 69, Çiva wears an aksham(=all[ra]. In XII. 38. 23, the C[=a]rv[=a]ka wears an aksha, for he is disguised as a bhikshu, beggar.]
