Note 195 — Chapter VII
Edward Rehatsek translation
This transformation will remind readers of the tale of the young King of the Ebony Isles in the Arabian Nights.—The deities of the Hindú mythology are frequently represented as condemning inferior celestials who have offended them to be re-born on the earth, in the form of a human being, or as some beast, bird, or reptile, so to remain for a certain period. But this punishment of Bakáwalí is more in accordance with Muslim ideas.