^395:4 See Uttaradhyayana XXXVI, 187; above, <page 224>. Perhaps beetles and butterflies are intended by the two last kinds of pakshins?

^395:5 Anusuya = anusuta or anusyuta.

^395:6 Duruvasambhava.

^395:7 Khuruduga.

^396:1 There is apparently no predicate in this sentence.

^396:2 This paragraph gives the 'scientific' explanation of the way by which water-bodies or the bodies of water-lives are produced by wind.

^397:1 E.g. when two bulls or elephants rush upon one another, sparks of fire are seen issuing from their horns or teeth. Fire is produced when two pieces of wood or stone are rubbed one against the other.

^397:2 According to the commentators, earth-bodies are produced in the shape of precious stones, in the head of snakes, of pearls in the teeth (sic) of elephants, and so in reeds, &c.