[57]. Arankanwal, ‘the lotos of the desert,’ from aranya (Sanskrit), ‘a waste,’ and kamala (pronounced kanwal), ‘a lotos’: classically it should be written aranykamala; I write it as pronounced.
[58]. The rites to the manes on the completion of the ‘sixth month.’
[59]. The rites to the manes on the ‘twelfth day.’
[60]. The greater portion of these anecdotes, the foundation of national character, will appear in the respective annals.
[61]. Bap ra wair lena.
[62]. [Khizr Khān, of the Sayyid dynasty of Delhi, was left in charge by Timūr, and died A.D. 1421.]
[63]. [For this legend see Vol. I. p. [308] above.]
[64]. Khizr Khan succeeded to the throne of Delhi in A.D. 1414 [or rather, was left in charge of Delhi by Timūr, and died A.D. 1421], and according to the Jaisalmer annals the commencement of these feuds was in A.D. 1406.
[65]. The Samnite custom, so lauded by Montesquieu as the reward of youthful virtue, was akin in sentiment to the Rajput, except that the fair Rajputni made herself the sole judge of merit in her choice. It was more calculated for republican than aristocratic society: “On assembloit tous les jeunes gens, et on les jugeoit; celui qui était déclaré le meilleur de tout prenoit pour sa femme la fille qu’il vouloit: l’amour, la beauté, la chastité, la vertu, la naissance, les richesses même, tout cela était, pour ainsi dire, la dot de la vertu.” It would be difficult, adds Montesquieu, to imagine a more noble recompense, or one less expensive to a petty State, or more influential on the conduct of both sexes (L’Esprit des Lois, chap. xvi. livre vii.).