[1] The Sinhalese title, is “The Story of the Seven Giants.” [↑]
[2] Māmā, mother’s brother. [↑]
[3] This reminds one of the lines:
“His hook he baited with a dragon’s tail,
And sat upon a rock and bobbed for whale.”
[4] This episode, and the Lotus-flower and Lime-tree as life indexes, are given in No. 20, vol. i, and the life indexes also in vol. iii, Nos. 187, 237, and 260. [↑]