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From: Carle <sq...@g2...> - 2009-12-06 11:25:20
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[16] Divali is the feast of lamps in the month of Kartih. [17] Saripat is a kind of draughts. [18] Apsaras are attendants on the gods. [19] Kartakswami was really Parwati's step-son (see Preface). [20] The Indians do not associate the Great Bear constellation with a bear, but they believe it to be the habitation of seven rishis. The seven rishis vary in different works. In the Mahabharat the names given are Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulatya, and Vasishta. [21] Aposhani. This is the water which a Brahman sips from his hand before and after his meal. [22] Shravan corresponds roughly with August. The death of the child nullified all the virtue of the Shradh feast, which had at once to be stopped. [23] Zhoting is really |