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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 10 — The Queen of the Rock House1

H. (Henry) Parker translation

Ashes, according to the Kathā Sarit Sāgara, vol. i, p. 564. To this may be added the transformation of Ahalyā into stone by her husband, the hermit Gautama, for her intimacy with Indra, and the Ṛishi Viśvāmitra’s turning the Apsaras Rambhā into stone for disturbing his devotions (Mahā Bhārata, Anuśāsana Parva). ↑

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