[135] I. e. at the Palace.
[136] It was the custom for wives who had been put away to ambush the new wife and strike her “to clear their hate.”
[137] From the Sutrālankära Shāstra (Cat. No. 1182).
[138] Rokujō’s.
[139] Aoi.
[140] I. e. recover.
[141] The hero of the “Finding of Ukifune,” a later episode in the Genji Monogatari.
[142] Founder of the sect of the ascetics called Yamabushi Mountaineers.
[143] Mount Ōmine, near Yoshino, ritual ascents of which were made by Yamabushi.
[144] Known as the Lesser Spell of Fudō. The longer one which follows is the Middle Spell. They consist of corrupt Sanskrit mixed with meaningless magic syllables.