FOOTNOTES:
Philip Whittington Jacob translation
[1]
A religious ceremony on behalf of a woman at a certain period of pregnancy.
[2]
The Hindoos attach much importance to certain marks on the body, such as the lines on the hands, &c.
[3]
Kusa-grass, or kuskus, is used for strewing the floor of a sacrificial enclosure, for laying offerings on, and for other sacred uses.
[4]
To be pushed in through opening in a wall, so as to receive any blow which might be given.
[5]
To be let loose that it might put out the lights.
[6]
Hindoo women, when absent from their husbands, always wear, or used to wear, their hair done up into a single braid.
[7]
The author has here made a mistake which cannot be explained. In the introductory chapter Pramati is the son of Sumati, and there is nowhere mention of a second son of Kâmapâla. The confusion of names is, however, of little importance, since the adventures of Arthapâla and Pramati are quite distinct.
[8]
Increaser of virtue.
[9]
It was considered a very great sin to be, even indirectly, the cause of the death of a brahman.
[10]
An evil spirit, the ghoul of the "Arabian Nights," the readers of which will remember the story of Amina, who goes out at night to feast on dead bodies.
[11]
The inhabitant of Vindhya.
[12]
Resembling tendrils.