[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.”

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[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. [↑]

[5] Hē yayi, lit., will go white, that is, lose colour. [↑]

[6] An edible grass, Panicum sp. [↑]