Note 19 — CHAPTER 3
Reading edition
On two occasions the Rajput chieftain wears the mor [maur], or ‘coronet’: on his marriage, and when going to die in battle; symbolic of his nuptials with the Apsaras, or ‘fair of heaven.’
Reading edition
On two occasions the Rajput chieftain wears the mor [maur], or ‘coronet’: on his marriage, and when going to die in battle; symbolic of his nuptials with the Apsaras, or ‘fair of heaven.’