Note 3 — Chapter XXI
Henry Yule translation
See above, p. 334, as to Dr. Caldwell’s view of Polo’s Sonderbandi. May not
Ashar
very well represent
Áśháḍha
, “invincible,” among the applications of which Williams gives “N. of a prince”? I observe also that
Áśchar
(Sansk.
Áśchariya
“marvellous”) is the name of one of the objects of worship in the dark
Sakti
system, once apparently potent in S. India. (See
Taylor’s Catalogue Raisonné
, II. 414, 423, 426, 443, and remark p. xlix.)
[“Ils disent donc que Dieu qu’ils appellent Achar, c’est-à-dire, immobile ou immuable.” (F. Bernier, Voy., ed. 1699, II. p. 134.)—MS. Note.—H. Y.]