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females a male. The Nyagrodha, the Gambu, the Pippala, and likewise the Sålmali, the Sinsapa, and the Meshasringa, and likewise the bamboo and willows; these are the princes among trees in this world, there is no doubt of that. The Himavat, the Pâriyâtra, the Sahya, the Vindhya, the Trikātavat, the Sveta, the Nila, the Bhåsa, and the Koshthavat mountain, the Mahendra, the Guruskandha, and likewise the Mâlyavat mountain, these are the princes among mountains. Likewise the Maruts are (the princes) among the Ganas; the sun is the prince among the planets, and the moon • among the Nakshatras; Yama is the prince among the Pitris, and the ocean among rivers ; Varuna is the king of the waters, and Indra is said to be (the king) of the Maruts. Arka is the king of hot bodies). and Indu is said to be (the king) of shining bodies. Fire is ever the lord of the elements, and Brihaspati of Brahmanas; Soma is the lord of herbs, Vishnu is the chief among the strong ; Tvashtri is the prince
"As to the constructions here, cf. generally Gitá, p. 88, and see the remarks of Råmânuga and Sridhara on Gitâ X, 21. The meaning here is, of course, the male is ruler over females.
I do not know what distinction is intended between these two. Generally kikaka is used for the hollow bamboo, which whistles when the wind blows through it.
• Some of these mountains are mentioned in Palangali. See Introduction.
• This list may be compared with that at Gita, chapter X. Sometimes the same object occurs more than once with reference 10 more than one class; thus the moon occurs as lord of Nakshatras, of shining bodies, and of herbs-unless Soma there stands for the Soma plant. See Gità, p. 113. Arguna Misra says expressly that the moon occurs more than once as the correlatives, the classes with re. ference to which she is mentioned, are different. In such cases I have kept the original names untranslated; Arka=sun; Indu=moon.
· Cl. Kasha, p. 83.
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