A religious ceremony on behalf of a woman at a certain period of pregnancy.

The Hindoos attach much importance to certain marks on the body, such as the lines on the hands, &c.

Kusa-grass, or kuskus, is used for strewing the floor of a sacrificial enclosure, for laying offerings on, and for other sacred uses.

To be pushed in through opening in a wall, so as to receive any blow which might be given.

To be let loose that it might put out the lights.

Hindoo women, when absent from their husbands, always wear, or used to wear, their hair done up into a single braid.

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.

Increaser of virtue.

It was considered a very great sin to be, even indirectly, the cause of the death of a brahman.

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.

The inhabitant of Vindhya.

Resembling tendrils.