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 NOTES

The numbers refer to page and note respectively, the heavy figure sndicating the page, the ordinary figure the note on the page.

17.1. Auspicious words at farewell were necessary to make his work successful.

17.2. Mount Meru, the North Pole, the home of the Gods, and the mythological Mount of Sunrise.

18.1. The sacred grass used in sacrifices and funeral ceremonies.

19.1. The three worlds are Heaven— the Abode of the Gods, Earth—the Abode of Mortals, and the Atmosphere.

19.2. Indra, in the Puranic or post-Vedic mythology, is represented as reigning in Meru, with the Gods as his court.

19. 3. The conch is used on all auspicious occasions,

19. 4. Literally, ‘sprays of mandara-blossoms.’ The mandara is one of the five sacred trees of paradisal proves,

19.5. The nymphs will greet you with low cries of udu, the sound made by Hindu women on auspicious occasions.

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