[2] Cf. Jātaka, No. 206 (vol. ii, p. 106). [↑]

[3] From the Tamil kuppam, a village of small houses, perhaps + ayam, ground. [↑]

[4] The Tamil stories of Mariyada Rāman, or some of them, are known in one district. Arabic is unknown. [↑]

[5] Folk-Tales of Kashmir, Knowles, 2nd ed., pp. 258 and 331. [↑]

[6] Āgata anāgata, as the early cave inscriptions say. [↑]

Part I

STORIES TOLD BY THE CULTIVATING CASTE AND VAEDDĀS.

No. 1