Note 136 — Chapter II · (continued 2)

The author uses here and elsewhere the Arabic word غفلت ghafalat, which, besides the significations enumerated in the dictionary, of “neglect, indolence, imprudence, forgetfulness, inadvertency,” etc., seems to have also that of ignorance, illusion; all these are comprehended in the Sanskrit word maya, to render which was, I can scarce doubt, the intention of the author.