152 ([return])
[ This would be the verdict of a Hindu jury.]
153 ([return])
[ Because stained with the powder of Mhendi, or the Lawsonia inermis shrub.]
154 ([return])
[ Kansa’s son: so called because the god Shiva, when struck by his shafts, destroyed him with a fiery glance.]
155 ([return])
[ “Great Brahman”; used contemptuously to priests who officiate for servile men. Brahmans lose their honour by the following things: By becoming servants to the king; by pursuing any secular business; by acting priests to Shudras (serviles); by officiating as priests for a whole village; and by neglecting any part of the three daily services. Many violate these rules; yet to kill a Brahman is still one of the five great Hindu sins. In the present age of the world, the Brahman may not accept a gift of cows or of gold; of course he despises the law. As regards monkey worship, a certain Rajah of Nadiya is said to have expended 10,000L in marrying two monkeys with all the parade and splendour of the Hindu rite.]
156 ([return])
[ The celebrated Gayatri, the Moslem Kalmah.]