Note 33 — THE ORIGIN OF WOMAN.
Reading edition
Pronounce Russakósh. The name refers to the part he will play in the story; it means both “a ball of mercury,” and “a treasure of taste, wit, literary sentiments or flavors,” a sort of walking encyclopedia. The King’s companion is a salient figure in Hindu drama: he is a sort of Sancho Panza, minus the vulgarity and the humor.