[37]. Prithiraj.
[38]. A Rajput never names his wife. Here it is evidently optional to the widow to live or die, though Alha shows his wish for her society above. See chapter on Satis, which will follow.
[39]. Sanichar.
[40]. It was a jantar or phylactery of Hanuman the monkey deity; probably a magical stanza, with his image.
[41]. A crooked scimitar.
[42]. One of the names of Mena or Parvati. This passage will illustrate the subject of Satis in a future chapter.
[43]. “’Tis a pleasure (says Bernier) to see them with the fume of opium in their heads, embrace each other when the battle is to begin, and give their mutual farewells, as men resolved to die.” [Ed. 1914, p. 40. The battle of Dharmāt was fought on the banks of the river Sipra (IGI, xxi. 14 f.) on 15th April, 1658. Manucci was not present, but gives an account derived from Aurangzeb’s artillery officers of the battle at Dharmātpur, about 14 miles from Ujjain (i. 259 f., and see Jadunath Sarkar, Life of Aurangzeb, ii. 1 ff.). The latter (ii. 20 f.) speaks highly of the valour of Jaswant Singh, but Khāfi Khan (Elliot-Dowson vii. 219) says that he acted in a cowardly way. The account quoted by the author is not in the original work of Ferishta, but in Dow’s continuation (ed. 1812, iii. 206 f).].
[44]. Bernier’s History of the Late Revolution of[of] the Empire of the Mogul, fol. p. 13, ed. 1684 [ed. 1914, p. 40 f., where a somewhat different version is given].
[45]. It is deemed unlucky to see this emblem of Ganesa in sleep.
[46]. The battle-shout of the Rajput. [Hara, a title of Siva.]