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.
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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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