Hindoo Tales Part 19

_Padmodbhava_, one of Rajahansa's ministers.

_Patala_, a fabulous subterranean country.

_Prachandavarma_, King or Governor of Mahishmati, killed by Visruta.

_Praharavarma_, King of Mithila, father of Apaharavarma and Upaharavarma.

_Priyamvada_, Queen of Praharavarma.

_Purnabhadra_, the reformed robber, servant of Kamapala.

_Pushpapuri_, the capital of Magadha.

_Ragamanjari_, an actress, sister of Kamamanjari.

_Rajahansa_, king of Magadha, father of Rajavahana, the hero of the story.

_Rakshas_ or _Rakshasas_, evil spirits or ogres, hostile to men, whom they used to devour.

_Rati_, a G.o.ddess, wife of Kama.

_Ris.h.i.+_, nearly the same as Muni, a holy man retired from the world, devoted to prayer and meditation.

_Satyavarma_, son of a minister of Rajahansa, and father of Somadatta.

_Savara_, fem. _Savari_, a savage, not a Hindoo.

_Siddha_ (literally perfected), a very holy devotee.

_Simanta_, a religious ceremony performed on behalf of a woman at a certain period of pregnancy.

_Sinhaghosha_, the deposed King of Benares.

_Sinhavarma_, King of Anga, father of Ambalika.

_Sitavarma_, one of Rajahansa's ministers.

_Sringalika_, the nurse of Ragamanjari.

_Siva_, one of the three chief G.o.ds or triad of the Hindoos, Brahma, Siva, and Vishnu, who are sometimes regarded as one, sometimes confounded with each other.

_Sumantra_, son of Dharmapala.

_Susruta_, son of Padmodbhava.

_Taravali_, a Yaksha lady, wife of Kamapala.

_Vamadeva_, a holy man consulted by Rajahansa.

_Vamalochana_, daughter of Viraketu, wife of Somadatta.

_Vasumati_, Queen of Rajahansa.

_Vasundhara_, Queen of Anantavarma the King of Vidarba.

_Vidarba_, name of a country.

_Videha_, a country called also Mithila.

_Vidyadhara_, one of the numerous demiG.o.ds.

_Vidyeswara_, the conjuror who married Rajavahana to Avantisundari.

_Vikatavarma_, King of Mithila, husband of Kalpasundari.

_Vimardaka_, a keeper of a gaming house, employed by Apaharavarma.

_Viraketu_, King of Patali, father of Vamalochana.

_Yaksha_, a sort of demiG.o.d or fairy, a servant of Kuvera.

_Yama_, G.o.d and Judge of the Infernal Regions.

_Yati_, an ascetic, a devotee.

_Yavana_, a Greek, an Arabian--any foreigner.

THE END.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: A religious ceremony on behalf of a woman at a certain period of pregnancy.]

[Footnote 2: The Hindoos attach much importance to certain marks on the body, such as the lines on the hands, &c.]

[Footnote 3: Kusa-gra.s.s, or kuskus, is used for strewing the floor of a sacrificial enclosure, for laying offerings on, and for other sacred uses.]

[Footnote 4: To be pushed in through opening in a wall, so as to receive any blow which might be given.]

[Footnote 5: To be let loose that it might put out the lights.]

[Footnote 6: Hindoo women, when absent from their husbands, always wear, or used to wear, their hair done up into a single braid.]