1 Von den Steinen, Unter den Naturvölkern Zentral-Brasiliens, pp. 352f., 512.

2 Cf. Deussen, Allgemeine Geschichte der Philosophie, I, Part 3, pp. 336ff. This undoubtedly alchemical philosophy belongs to the fairly late (medieval) Upa-Puranas, more particularly to the Maheshvarapurana, hence to a doctrine principally concerned with Shiva. “Pāra-da” (bestowing the Other Shore) signifies quicksilver.