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400 Cf. Ca.Si.9.77–78. 401 Cf. Ca.Si.9.86–87. 402 Cf. Ca.Si.9.73. 403 Cf. Ca.Ci.26.177–179; Si.9.88. 404 See Su.Ni.16 and Ci.22. 405 Compare Rāvaṇa's Kumāratantra. Another group of nine grahas (navagraha) consists of sun, moon, the five planets, Rāhu, and Ketu. 406 Many books and articles are about Skanda; see, for example: A.K. Chatterjee (1970); S.A. Dange (1989): 1366–1372; A. Daniélou (1964): 297–300; T.A. Gopinatha Rao (1971): II, 2, 415–451; S.S. Rana (1995); Vettam Mani (s.v. Subrahmanya). 407 Pūtanā is a female fiend, well known from the Bhāgavatapurāṇa (10.6) and Viṣṇupurāṇa (5.5). See on Pūtanā: V.S. Agrawala (1960a); J. Herbert (1960); W.D. O'Flaherty (1982): 214–218. 408 See Ḍalhaṇa on Naigameṣa and Pitṛgraha. 409 The syndrome described resembles facial palsy according to A. Kumar (1994: 291–292). The Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha (U.3.15–17) gives a different picture of the disorder. 410 He is called tatsakha, i.e., the companion of him (i.e., Skanda). 411 The syndrome described resembles a convulsive disorder according to A. Kumar (1994: 293–294). 412 A. Kumar (1994: 302) brought forward that the disorder caused by Śakunī resembles impetigo. 413 See A. Kumar (1994): 300. 414 See A. Kumar (1994): 296. 415 See A. Kumar (1994): 297–298. 416 See A. Kumar (1994): 296–297. 417 A. Kumar (1994: 302–303), D.N. Miśra and C. Caturvedī (1981), and C.H.S. Sastry (1972) identify the disorder caused by Mukhamanḍikā as Indian childhood cirrhosis. 418 A. Kumar (1994: 294–295) is of the opinion that the symptomatology described points to meningitis. 419 Revatī is also called Śuṣkarevatī. 420 An old and worn (jīrṇa) monk's robe (bhikṣusaṃghāṭī) is mentioned. See on saṃghāṭī: U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 60. 421 See on the medicinal treatment: C.H.S. Sastry (1972). 422 The tongues of a cāṣa, cīralli, and snake. 423 Mercury (pārada) is mentioned. 424 Or: the Kṛttikās, known as the nurses of Guha = Kārttikeya. A singular Kṛttikā is unusual. 425 Śiva's spouse. 426 Agni is often mentioned, in the company of Rudra-Śiva, in the stories about the birth of Skanda (see, for example, S.S. Rana, 1995: 24–28). 427 I.e., Śiva. 428 I.e., Skanda, also called Kārttikeya. 429 The thicket of reeds, where he was born. 430 Gaṅgā is associated with Agni in some of the tales about Skanda's birth. 431 The same as Umā. 432 The same as Guha. 433 The same as Rudra according to Ḍalhaṇa. Tripurāri is one of the many names of Śiva that allude to his destruction of Tripura, the city of the Asuras.