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He saw the women place balls of rice, milk, and leaves of the tulsi plant in earthenware platters, then sprinkle over this flowers and kusa-grass; they added threads, plucked from their garments, to typify the presenting of the white death-sheet to the dead one; a priest all the time mumbling a prayer, at the end of the simple ceremony receiving a fee of five rupees.
Kusa-grass, a scented grass, much used at sacrifices for laying offerings on, &c. Kuvera, the God of Wealth, whose attendants were the Yakshas. Magadha, the kingdom of Râjahansa. Mahâkâla, a famous temple of Siva, the object of many pilgrimages. Mahishmati, name of a city.
They were named severally Pramati, Mitragupta, Mantragupta, and Visruta, and were brought up together with the young prince. Some time after the birth of these children, a certain muni brought a very beautiful boy to the king, and said: "Having gone lately into the forest to collect kusa-grass and fuel, I met a woman, evidently in great distress.
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