116:1 The Upanishaḍ treating of embryo, etc.

116:2 The Sanskrit word 'sushira' means perforated or tubular.

119:1 The eight prakṛṭis are mūlaprakṛṭi, mahaṭ, ahaṅkāra, and the five elements; the sixteen vikāras are the five organs of sense, the five organs of action, the five prāṇas, and antaḥkaraṇa.

119:2 The Hinḍūs believe in so many number of wombs to be born on the earth.

119:3 Those that arise from the body, the elements, and the ḍevas.

120:1 They are kāma (passion), ārtha (acquisition of wealth), ḍharma (performance of duty), and moksha (salvation).

120:2 The reason why it remembers them seems to be that the jīvāṭmā is in the pineal gland then, prior to its coming down.

122:1 Vaikharī and the three others are the different stages of nāḍa (sound).

122:2 Vyāhṛṭis are parts of the Gāyaṭrī Manṭra, viz., Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, Suvaḥ.

123:1 Eight palams are 3/5 of a lb. (avdp.)

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