[35] This curious and very beautiful legend may be found in the Puránas.
[36] The scene of the great battle in the Mahábhárata, where all the heroes killed each other.
[37] It should be remembered by the English reader that "sons of Kings" are more numerous, in India, than in the West. All Rajpoots are sons of Kings: and Aranyání herself a Rajpootni. To marry a King's son would be for her, not merely a desire, but a duty: an affair of caste. All this flavour evaporates in a translation.
[38] The point of these interpretations depends on the number five, which enters into all of them.
[39] There is a play here on wámá, which means the left hand and a beautiful woman.
[40] They appear to have been women, very often, in mediæval or ancient India.
[41] And yet, not so much in India as in Europe. Even now, incarnations of deity might be found all over India.
[42] The point of the flattery lies, of course, in the insinuation that Atirupa was the God of Love.
[43] All these sannyásís, byrágís, gosáwís, were as a rule wandering scoundrels who had, and have, much to do with politics.
[44] As we should say: Père Joseph, or âme-damnée.