[1] Metuwak kal. [↑]

[2] Wasa napuru. [↑]

[3] Gātawala nam pussā. [↑]

[4] The flowers of the Celestial Nymphs, the Apsarases. [↑]

[5] Soyanṭa diyak. [↑]

[6] Pissā. In the story No. 22 the word is wrongly translated “burnt,” owing to my confounding the Sinhalese word with pussā and pissuwā, the colloquial expressions for “burnt.” [↑]

No. 153

The Story of the Gourd

The Queen of the King of Maeda Maha-Nuwara being without children, seven years went by. To obtain children she gave alms-halls (dan-sael). Having given them she obtained a child.