[3] A small vessel.
[4] Storey is here put for divisions in an Indian well. These divisions are little projecting ledges of stone made for natives to stand on so that they can get down close to the water if the well is not full. There are sometimes six or seven divisions, or ledges, of this sort.
[5] The first serpent—the king of serpents.
[6] Literally the stealer of gold—a practice very common in India among that class. There is a proverb to the effect that even from the gold given by their mothers to be turned into jewels, they will pilfer a little.
[7] The distance of a kâs being equal to 2000 Indian poles.
[8] Dungeon.
[9] A period of time equal to an hour and a half.
[10] King of tigers.
[11] A ghaṭikâ is equal to twenty-four minutes.
[12] Śiva.