They, however, left only their 'mortal coil', but will one day return and resume it.
I know not whether I am singular in the notion or not, but I think Mahadeo and his consort are really our Adam and Eve, and that the people have converted them into the god and goddess of destruction, from some vague idea of their original sin, which involved all their race in destruction.

The snakes, which form the only dress of Mahadeo, would seem to confirm this notion.[18] Notes: 1.

The Nerbudda (Narbada, or Narmada) river is the boundary between Hindustan, or Northern India, and the Deccan (Dakhin), or Southern India.

The beautiful gorge of the Marble Rocks, near Jubbulpore (Jabalpur), is familiar to modern tourists (see _I.G._, 1908, s.v.
'Marble Rocks').

The remarkable antiquities at Bheraghat are described and illustrated in _A.S.R._, vol.ix, pp.