374:1b Suhotra, S'arri, S'aragulma, Gain, Gavk-ha, Gavaya, Sushena, Gandhamdana, Ulkmukha, and Ananga.
374:2b The modern Nerbudda.
374:3b Krishnaven is mentioned in the Vishnu Purnna as 'the deep Krishnaven * but there appears to be no clue to its identification.
374:4b The modern Godavery.
374:5b The Mekbaias or Mekalas according to the Patnas live in the Vindhya hills, but here they appear among the peoples of the south.
374:6b Utkal is still the native nam Oriss*.
374:7b The land of the people of the 'ten forts.' Professor Hall in a note on WlL.- Sons \"Vishnu Purana", Vol. II. p.160 says: "The oral traditions of the vicinity to this day assign the nam Dasarna to a region lying to the east of the District of Cbundeyree."
374:8b Avant is one of the ancient names of the celebrated Ujjayin or Oujein in Central India.
374:9b Not identified
374:10b Ayemukh means iron faced. The mountun is not identified.
375:1 The Kver or modern Cauvery is well known and has always borne the same appellation, being the Chaberis of Ptolemy.
375:2 One of the seven principal mountain chains: the southern portion of the Western Ghts.
375:3 Agastya is the great sage who has already frequently appeared as Rma's friend and benefactor.
375:4 Tmraparni is a river rising in Malaya.
375:5 The Pndyas are a people of the Decean.
375:6 Mahendra is the chain of hills that extends from Orissa and the northern Sircars to Gondwna, part of which near Ganjam is still called Mahendra Malay or hills of Mahendra.
375:7 Lank, Sinhaladvpa, Sarandib, or Ceylon,
375:1b The Flowery Hill of course is mythical.
375:2b The whole of the geography south of Lank is of course mythical. Sryavn means Sunny.
375:3b Vaidyut means connected with lightning.
375:4b Agastya is here placed far to the south of Lank. Earlier in this Canto he was said to dwell on Malaya.
375:5b Bhogavat has been frequently mentioned: it is the capital of the serpent Gods or demons, and usually represented as being in the regions under the earth.
375:6b Vsuki is according to some accounts the king of the Ngas or serpent Gods.