[55]. The Buddhists of Tartary make no scruple of eating flesh.
[56]. Durga, ‘a fort’; as Suvarnadurg, ‘the golden castle,’ etc., etc.
[57]. Literally Tripoli, ‘the three cities,’ pura, polis.
[58]. [The double jasmin (Michelia champaka).]
[59]. Cupid’s bow is formed of a garland of flowers.
[60]. Madana, he who intoxicates with desire (kama), both epithets of the god of love. The festivals on the 13th and 14th are called Madana trayodasi (the tenth) and Chaturdasi (fourteenth).
[61]. Asiatic Researches, vol. iii. p. 278.
[62]. [Savitri-vrata means ‘the vow to Savitri,’ and has no connexion with the vata or banyan-tree. But the tree is worshipped in connexion with it on 15th light or dark fortnight of the month Jeth (Census Report, Baroda, 1901, i. 127).]
[63]. Ap, ‘water,’ and sara, ‘froth or essence.’ [The word means ‘going in the waters, or between the waters of the clouds.’]
[64]. The Romans held the calends of June (generally Jeth) sacred to the goddess Carna, significant of the sun. Carneus was the sun-god of the Celts, and a name of Apollo at Sparta, and other Grecian cities. The Karneia was a festival in honour of Apollo.