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[ The “Ganges,” in heaven called Mandakini. I have no idea why we still adhere to our venerable corruption of the word.]
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[ The fabulous mountain supposed by Hindu geographers to occupy the centre of the universe.]
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[ The all-bestowing tree in Indra’s Paradise which grants everything asked of it. It is the Tuba of Al-Islam and is not unknown to the Apocryphal New Testament.]
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[ “Vikramaditya, Lord of the Saka.” This is prevoyance on the part of the Vampire; the king had not acquired the title.]
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[ On the sixth day after the child’s birth, the god Vidhata writes all its fate upon its forehead. The Moslems have a similar idea, and probably it passed to the Hindus.]