[Footnote 1: A religious ceremony on behalf of a woman at a certain
period of pregnancy.]
[Footnote 2: The Hindoos attach much importance to certain marks on
the body, such as the lines on the hands, &c.]
[Footnote 3: Kusa-grass, or kuskus, is used for strewing the floor of
a sacrificial enclosure, for laying offerings on, and for other sacred
uses.]
[Footnote 4: To be pushed in through opening in a wall, so as to
receive any blow which might be given.]
[Footnote 5: To be let loose that it might put out the lights.]
[Footnote 6: Hindoo women, when absent from their husbands, always
wear, or used to wear, their hair done up into a single braid.]
[Footnote 7: The author has here made a mistake which cannot be
explained. In the introductory chapter Pramati is the son of Sumati,
and there is nowhere mention of a second son of Kâmapâla. The
confusion of names is, however, of little importance, since the
adventures of Arthapâla and Pramati are quite distinct.]
[Footnote 8: Increaser of virtue.]
[Footnote 9: It was considered a very great sin to be, even
indirectly, the cause of the death of a brahman.]
[Footnote 10: An evil spirit, the ghoul of the "Arabian Nights," the
readers of which will remember the story of Amina, who goes out at
night to feast on dead bodies.]
[Footnote 11: The inhabitant of Vindhya.]
[Footnote 12: Resembling tendrils.]
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