[4] In The Arabian Nights (Lady Burton’s ed., vol. ii, p. 140), it is stated of a man that he “fell to weeping a weeping.” [↑]
[5] Budiyā gattā. In village talk, the same expression is used for sleeping and lying down, the context alone showing which meaning is intended. The villagers rarely lie down except when about to sleep, or when ill. On p. 415, line 5, the same expression occurs. [↑]
[6] In the Kathā Sarit Sāgara (Tawney), vol. i, p. 43, it is stated of Rākshasas, Yakshas, and Piśācas, “They never attack chaste men, heroes, and men awake.” [↑]
[9] The hill on the left side in Fig. 46, Ancient Ceylon. [↑]
[10] Ashes, according to the Kathā Sarit Sāgara, vol. i, p. 564. To this may be added the transformation of Ahalyā into stone by her husband, the hermit Gautama, for her intimacy with Indra, and the Ṛishi Viśvāmitra’s turning the Apsaras Rambhā into stone for disturbing his devotions (Mahā Bhārata, Anuśāsana Parva). [↑]
[11] See especially the [note to No. 136] of this vol. [↑]