Note 7 — Concerning a Prince and a Kinnara Woman
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Perceiving that while by the mouth of the Roḍi (Kinnara)7 woman the word “Go” was being said, he was unable to go,8 they spoke to the Prince, and did a trick thus, it is said; that is, they told the Prince to say, “Certain of my friends have come; we must give them amply to eat and drink.” “Because of it [be pleased] to tell the Kinnara woman to cook food amply,” they said. When the Prince told the Kinnarī to cook food in that manner she did so.