The Jataka, Vol. V
Book XX: Story 532 — SONA-NANDA-JATAKA.

^165:1 The text is probably corrupt; perhaps paraha is concealed in para(m)aho. Cf. pare, Jat. II. 279. 2, III. 423. 18, "the day before yesterday," but in Jat. IV. 481. 25 it seems to mean "the day after to-morrow," peren-die. Cognate words bearing this double meaning are found both in Hindi and Bengali.

^165:2 patimaneti, to wait for. Cf. Morris, P. T. S. J. 1884, Jat. I. 258. 17, II. 288. 14, IV. 203. 27, Mil. I. 14 (S. B. E.).

^165:3 panameti to dismiss. Cf. Morris, P. T. S. J. for 1884, Mil. I. 258, Cullavagga, XII. 2. 3, Jat. II. 28. 15.

^168:1 Reading sarattanam.

^168:2 The family name of Sona and his father.

^169:1 vambheti, see Morris, P. T. S. J. for 1884, p. 95.

^170:1 Elephants, cavalry, chariots and infantry.

^171:1 These lines occur in No. 503, Sattigumba Jataka, vol. IV. p. 270, English version.

^171:2 bhutabhavyani, fully developed and embryo deities: for bhavya, a class of gods, cf. Vishnu Purana, III. 12.

^174:1 Childers gives the four Sangahavatthus, appertaining to kings, as largesse, affability, beneficent rule, and impartiality.

BOOK XXI. ASITINIPATA.