The ether is the fifth element.] [Footnote 148: p.93.l.15._Kshatriya_.

The second, or warrior-caste.

The kings in India were usually of this caste.] [Footnote 149: p.93.l.25._Raghu_.

One of the famous ancestors of Dasaratha.
The poem of the Raghu Vansa has recently appeared, edited by M.
Stenzler.] [Footnote 150: p.94.l.3._My sire, a Brahmin hermit he--my mother was of Sudra race_.

This seems inconsistent with Menu: "A Brahmin, if he take a Sudra to his bed as his first wife, sinks to the regions of torment; if he begets a child by her, he loses even his priestly rank." iii, 17; also 18, 19.] [Footnote 151: p.96.l.14._The miserable father now_.