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shnu, who are sometimes regarded as one, sometimes confounded with each other. _Sumantra_, son of Dharmapala. _Susruta_, son of Padmodbhava. _Taravali_, a Yaksha lady, wife of Kamapala. _Vamadeva_, a holy man consulted by Rajahansa. _Vamalochana_, daughter of Viraketu, wife of Somadatta. _Vasumati_, Queen of Rajahansa. _Vasundhara_, Queen of Anantavarma the King of Vidarba. _Vidarba_, name of a country. _Videha_, a country called also Mithila. _Vidyadhara_, one of the numerous demigods. _Vidyeswara_, the conjuror who married Rajavahana to Avantisundari. _Vikatavarma_, King of Mithila, husband of Kalpasundari. _Vimardaka_, a keeper of a gaming house, employed by Apaharavarma. _Viraketu_, King of Patali, father of Vamalochana. _Yaksha_, a sort of demigod or fairy, a servant of Kuvera. _Yama_, God and Judge of the Infernal Regions. _Yati_, an ascetic, a devotee. _Yavana_, a Greek, an Arabian--any foreigner. THE END. * * * * * FOOTNOTES: [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 Kamapala. The confusion of names is, however, of little importance, since the adventures of Arthapala 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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