[18]. Kurma, or Kachhua, are synonymous terms, and indiscriminately applied to the Rajputs of Ajmer; meaning ‘tortoise.’
[19]. The chaplet of the god of war is of skulls; his drinking-cup a semi-cranium.
[20]. [The hero of the Mahābhārata.]
[21]. [Ganga, the Ganges; Dikpāls, regents of the four quarters of the heavens.]
[22]. [The serpent which supports the world.]
[23]. I give this chiefly for the concluding couplet, to see how the Rajputs applied the word Khotan to the lands beyond Kabul, where the great Raja Man commanded as Akbar’s lieutenant:
“Pālan, Pajūn jītē,
Mahoba, Kanauj larē,
Māndu Mālasi jītē,
Rār Rutrāhi kā;