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MALAVIKÁGNIMITRA.

ACT I.

NÁNDÍ.

May that lord who, though established in sole supremacy, from which result great blessings to his votaries, himself wears the garment of skin;^[1] who, though his body is united with that of his beloved,^[2] is at the head of ascetics whose minds are averted from outward objects; in whom there is no arrogance, though he supports the whole world with his eight forms,^[3] may he, I say, remove

↑ In Çiva's case, the skin of a panther. Skin garments were characteristic of ascetics.
↑ Çiva and Párvatí are one individual, the left portion of whose body is female, and the right male (Shankar Pandit), According to Professor Weber, this fact is first mentioned by Bardesanes, who derived it from the members of an Indian embassy to Heliogabalus. For purastád, Táránátha and Kátayavema give parastád, who surpasses, &c.
↑ The eight forms are earth, water, fire, wind, sky, sun, moon, and paçipatí, or lord of animals. The last is sometimes given as Yajamána, which appears to mean "a person who employs priests to perform a sacrifice." Weber gives the last form as the Bráhman caste. The Rev. K. M. Banerjea observes, that originally it meant "a celebrant," now "a spiritual client,"—Bengal Magazine for September 1874.

[1] In Çiva's case, the skin of a panther. Skin garments were characteristic of ascetics.

[2] Çiva and Párvatí are one individual, the left portion of whose body is female, and the right male (Shankar Pandit), According to Professor Weber, this fact is first mentioned by Bardesanes, who derived it from the members of an Indian embassy to Heliogabalus. For purastád, Táránátha and Kátayavema give parastád, who surpasses, &c.

[3] The eight forms are earth, water, fire, wind, sky, sun, moon, and paçipatí, or lord of animals. The last is sometimes given as Yajamána, which appears to mean "a person who employs priests to perform a sacrifice." Weber gives the last form as the Bráhman caste. The Rev. K. M. Banerjea observes, that originally it meant "a celebrant," now "a spiritual client,"—Bengal Magazine for September 1874.

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