[25] Alipriyá, "beloved of the bees," a name of the trumpet flower, Bignonia suaveolens. Aranyání, a forest goddess, nymph, or dryad. Pronounce Urrun-nyání.
[26] Ekashrutadhará. This word exhibits the opinion entertained by the Hindoos as to the close connection existing between a powerful intellect and a retentive memory. Such a quality indicates the highest kind of pundit: and it should be recollected that Saraswati is the divinity of wisdom, the pundit par excellence.
[27] Sc. the Himálaya.
[28] The old epics are full of stories of these gatherings, held to enable the daughters of Kings to choose their own husbands. The story of the marriage in Herodotus, about which Hippocleides did not care, is one of the few parallels in the west.
[29] Tawny: reddish brown. Pronounce Bub-bhroo.
[30] Achcha, a corruption of Riksha, just as we say "Bruin" instead of "Bear."
[31] i.e. "little king," Prince of Wales or Dauphin. The story is a piece of old folklore, and one version may be found in Somadewa.
[32] The women's apartments, or gynæceum.
[33] i.e. Brahma, Shiwa, and Wishnu respectively.
[34] By moving round him, keeping him on the right: an established form of adoration.