Page 161.
Now, Lakshmaṇ, as our cot is made,
Must sacrifice be duly paid.
The rites performed in India on the completion of a house are represented in modern Europe by the familiar “house-warming.”
Page 169.
I longed with all my lawless will
Some elephant by night to kill.
One of the regal or military caste was forbidden to kill an elephant except in battle.