In Folk-Tales of Bengal (Day), p. 132, a girl received a fan, the shaking of which summoned a Prince, however far away he might be.
At p. 239 also, a Queen received a golden bell, the ringing of which summoned the absent King.
In the Sinhalese story, it is evidently to be understood that the shaking of the chain would be heard by the King while he was away, although the narrator omitted to mention this.
[2] A well-to-do woman of the village. Gama-Mahagē is the title of the wife of a Gamarāla, a village headman or elder. [↑]
[3] To search for insects. She would sit down for the purpose. [↑]