[18] सुतल लोक _Sutala-lóka_, “the third region in descent,” etc. [19] तलातल लोक _Talátala-lóka_, “the fourth region,” etc. [20] महातल लोक _Mahátala-lóka_, “the fifth region in descent below the earth,” inhabited. [21] रसातल लोक _Rasátala-lóka_, “the sixth region,” etc; the residence of the Nágás, Asuras, Dáityas, and other races of monstrous and demoniacal beings, under the various governments of Sécha, Bali, and other chiefs. [22] पाताल लोक _Pátála-loka_, “the seventh infernal region,” the abode of the _Nágas_, or “serpents.”――A. T. [23] स्व भाव _Svabháva_: derived from _Sva_, “own,” and _Bháva_, “property.” [24] मिम _Sima_, “all,” “entire.” [25] (See note, p. 11). Another internal spirit, called _Mahat_, or “the great soul,” attends the birth of all creatures imbodied, and thence in all mortal forms is conveyed a perception either pleasing or painful. Those two, the vital spirit (_Jivatman_) and reasonable soul, are closely united with the five elements, but also connected with the supreme spirit, or divine essence, which pervades all beings, high and low (_Menu_, b. 12., sl. 13 and 14).――D. S. [26] सत्तवः, रजः, तमस् _satvas_, _rajas_, _tamas_, “truth” or “existence;” “passion” or “foulness;” and “darkness” or “ignorance,” are called the three great गुणाः _gunás_, or properties of all created beings.――A. T. [27] Of these five words, the two first are Persian, the other three Sanskrit: the text is probably corrupt.――A. T. [28] According to the _Vayu-purana_ (chapt. v.) Vichnu proceeded from Satva, Brahma from Rajas, and Mahadéva, or Siva, from Tamas.――A. T. [29] The latter part of this sentence is according to the reading of the manuscripts.――D. S. In the edit. of Calcutta it is placed in the next line, and connected with the contents of the world, as if these had been with numberless heads, hands, and feet.――A. T. [30] शेष _Sésha_, “the king of the serpent-race;” “a large thousand-headed snake;” “the couch and canopy of Vishnu;” and “the upholder of the world, which rests on one of his heads.”――D. S. [31] कुवल _kuvala_, from _ku_, “earth,” and _vala_, “to cover.”――A. T. [32] This etymology is founded upon a wrong spelling of the name _Na-rang_, or _No-rang_, “no color,” instead of Naráyana.――A. T. [33] The definitions contained in the remainder of this sentence are in the original incorporated with the text. In the present, as in every similar instance, that arrangement has not been disturbed.――D. S. [34] अवतार _avatára_, from _ava_, “down, off,” and _tri_, “to cross;” signifying “descent,” “translation.” [35] करण _karana_.