p. 87. l. 23. _Ruled his realm in Jambudwipa_. Sic in Puranis
India nominatur. BOPP.]

NOTES TO

THE DEATH OF YAJNADATTA.

[Footnote 141: p. 91. l. 15. _So I the lovely Amra left_. The Amra is the
Mangifern Indica. This tree is not only valuable in the estimation of
the Indians for the excellence of its fruits; the belief that the
burning juice of its flowers is used to steep the darts of love,
enhances their veneration for this beautiful tree. It is frequently
mentioned in their poetry. M. CHEZY.]

[Footnote 142: p. 91. l. 15. _--for the Palasa's barren bloom_. The Palasa is
the Butea Frondosa of Koenig. Its flowers, of great beauty, are
papilionaceous; and its fruit, entirely without use in domestic
economy, compared particularly with the Amra, may well be called
barren. M. CHEZY. See Sir W. Jones's Essay on the Botany of India; and
the Asiatic Researches, vol. iii.]

[Footnote 143: p. 91. l. 19. _--hath fallen upon my fatal head_. "Yes, iniquity
once committed, fails not of producing fruit to him who wrought it; if
not in his own person, yet in his son's; or if not in his son's, yet
in his grandson's." MENU, iv. 173.]

[Footnote 144: p. 92. l. 2. _--where haunt the spirits of the dead!_ The south;
the realm of Yama, the judge of the dead.]

[Footnote 145: p. 92. l. 3. _--on high the welcome clouds appeared_. The beauty
of nature after the rainy season has refreshed the earth, is a
favourite topic in Indian poetry. The Cloud Messenger, so gracefully
translated by Mr. Wilson, is full of allusions to the grateful
progress of the cloud, welcomed as it passes along by the joy of
animate and inanimate beings. Quote 61-70, 131-142. Compare, in the
Hindu Drama, the Toy Cart, act v.]

[Footnote 146: p. 93. l. 2. _As though a pupil's hand accursed_. The offences
of a pupil against a tutor, almost the holiest relation of life, are
described in the Laws of Menu, ii. 191 to 218, 242, 8. "By censuring
his preceptor, though justly, he will be born an ass; by falsely
defaming him, a dog; by using his goods without leave, a small worm;
by envying his merit, a larger insect or reptile." As the Roman law
did not contemplate the possibility of parricide, that of Menu has no
provision against the crime in the text.]

[Footnote 147: p. 93. l. 6. _--to the five elements returned_. A common Indian
phrase for death. The ether is the fifth element.]

[Footnote 148: p. 93. l. 15. _Kshatriya_. The second, or warrior-caste. T