The Village in the Jungle

by Leonard Woolf

[25]Deviyo used of a god.

[26]Kapuralas are persons who perform various services in temples.

[27]Earthenware pots.

[28]This story is taken from the Ummaga Jataka.

[29]A sort of rice gruel.

[30]The 'hand with which you eat rice' is a common expression for the right hand, the left hand being used for an unmentionable purpose.

[31]A small measure.

[32]Sadhu is an exclamation of assent or approval, which people listening to the reading of Banna or Buddhist scriptures repeat at intervals. It is also used by pilgrims at the sight of temples or dagobas.

[33]There are two distinct races in Ceylon, Tamils and Sinhalese. Their language, customs, and religions are different. The Tamils are Dravidians, probably the original inhabitants of India; they are Hindus in religion. The Sinhalese are Aryans, and their religion is Buddhism. The Tamils inhabit the north and east of the island, the Sinhalese the remainder.

[34]An expression used frequently in stories to mean a husband.