[18] The common Indian crane; a graceful white bird, seen everywhere in the interior of Hindoostan.
[19] A man of military caste.
[20] Large branching horns which reach backward and rub upon his shoulders.
[21] A young Brahman, being invested with the sacred thread, and having concluded his studies, becomes of the second order: a householder.
[22] Jhillikas are the large wood-crickets
[23] A caravan.
[24] This is a secretion which flows by a small orifice from the elephant's temples at certain seasons. It is sweet-smelling, and constantly alluded to in Hindoo poetry.
[25] "Gentleness is chief of virtues."
[26] These "curls" are the "Arvathas," or marks of good blood and high-breeding.
[27] "O Beautiful One!"