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Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems

BOOK XXVI
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Vaisya, the third caste, husbandmen and traders.] [Footnote 26: p.6.l.22._All with rich and various garlands_.

The use of garlands in the decoration of the houses and temples of the Hindus, and of flowers in their offerings and festivals, furnishes employment to a particular tribe or caste, the malacaras, or wreath makers.

WILSON, note 57, on Meghaduta or Cloud-messenger.] [Footnote 27: p.7.l.2.

_Indra's world_.

Indra is the God of heaven, of the thunder and lightning, storm and rain: his dwelling is sometimes placed on mount Meru, as the heaven of the Greeks on Olympus.


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