[18] Another account derives the origin of incense from the eye gum of the Prophet Muhammad’s eyes. [↑]
[19] Infra, Chap. VI. p. 410, infra. [↑]
[20] This rice is occasionally stained with other colours, e.g. red, green, black (vide pp. 416, 421, infra.) [↑]
[21] Sometimes it is “dabbed” on the object, sometimes “painted” on it so as to spread as evenly as possible, more rarely “sprinkled.” [↑]
[22] It is not unfrequently used in medicinal and other ceremonies, e.g. it is tied to each corner of the new mat on which the first-fruits of the rice-harvest are spread out to dry, and to the centre of the long wooden pestle which is used for husking them. [↑]
[23] J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 30, p. 240. [↑]
[24] According to Favre and v. d. Wall, Hedychium coronarium. [↑]
[25] J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 30, p. 158. [↑]