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