488:1 I omit two Cantos in the first of which Rma with an enchanted Gandharva weapon deals destruction among the Rkshases sent out by Rvan, and in the second the Rkshas dames' lament the slain and mourn over the madness of Rvan.
488:2 I omit several weapons for which I cannot find distinctive names, and among them the "Sataghn" or "Centicide", supposed by some to be a kind of fire-arms or rocket, but described by a commentator on the Mahbhrata as a stone or cylindrical piece of wood studded with iron spikes.
488:1b The chariots of Rvan's present army are said to have been one hundred and fifty million in number with three hundred million elephants, and twelve hundred million horses and asses. The footmen are merely said to have been 'unnumbered.'
488:2b I omit Cantos Xcvii., Xcviii,and XCIX, which describe in the usual way three single combats between Sugrva and Angad on the Vnar side and Virpaksha, Mahodar, and Mahprs'va on the side of the giants. The weapons of the Vnars are trees and rocks: the giants fight with swords, axes, and bows and arrows. The details are generally the same as those of preceding duels. The giants fall, one in each Canto.