Valmiki

“ Who keeps the land and skies,
The Father of all creatures trod
The earth before men's eyes.
↑ 'The poet no doubt intended to indicate the vernal equinox as the birthday of Ráma. For the month Chaitra is the first of the two months assigned to the spring; it corresponds with the latter half of March and the former half of April in our division of the year. Aditi, the mother of the Gods, is lady of the seventh lunar mansion which is called Punarvasu. ”

“ The Indians place the nativity of Ráma in the confines of the second age (tretá) and the third (dwápara) : but it seems that this should be taken in an allegorical sense.... We may consider that the poet had an eye to the time in which, immediately before his own age, the aspects of the heavenly bodies were such as he has described.' SCHLEGEL.↑ The regent of the planet Jupiter.↑ Indra=Jupiter Tonans.↑ 'Pushya is the name of a month ”

“ S'atrughna, Slayer of' Foes.↑ Schlegel. in the Indische Bibliothek, remarks that the proficiency of the Indians in this art early attracted the attention of Alexander's successors, and natives of India were so long exclusively employed in this service that the name Indian was applied to any elephant-driver, to whatever country be might belong. ”