Hindoo Tales Part 19
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_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.]
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