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[ Patali, the regions beneath the earth.]
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[ The Hindu Triad.]
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[ Or Avanti, also called Padmavati. It is the first meridian of the Hindus, who found their longitude by observation of lunar eclipses, calculated for it and Lanka, or Ceylon. The clepsydra was used for taking time.]
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[ In the original only the husband “practiced austere devotion.” For the benefit of those amongst whom the “pious wife” is an institution, I have extended the privilege.]
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[ A Moslem would say, “This is our fate.” A Hindu refers at once to metempsychosis, as naturally as a modern Swedenborgian to spiritism.]