^182:* Adhar was the first name of Babu Adhar lal Sen, a rich Hindu Deputy Magistrate of Calcutta. He was a devoted householder disciple of Ramakrishna, who often sanctified his home by His holy visits.

^183:* In Hindu mythology the Goddess Durga destroyed the Demons, riding upon a wild lion. Hence Her name is "Simhavahini."

^184:* The name of an ancient city in Bengal.

^184:+ Yakub Khan was the Amir of Afghanistan who was deposed by the British after the Kabul war of 1870.

^184:++ Kavi Kankana was a great poet of Bengal, whose famous work is entitled "Chandi," or the exploits of the Divine Mother. Kaluvira and Srimanta were the heroes of this poem.

^186:* Visvanatha Upadhyaya was a Brahmin scholar and a devotee of Sri Ramakrishna. He was like a consul of the Nepaul Government to the British.

^188:* Chakora is the name of a kind of aquatic bird.

^190:* See note page <page 128>.

^191:* Srimati Radha was the beloved consort of Sri Krishna, the greatest of the Saviours among the Hindus.

^192:* Tara is another name of the Divine Mother of the universe.

^193:* Hindu Sacred Books are called Shastras.

^199:* Dayananda Saraswati was a Sannyasin of the Advaita Vedanta School. He was a great Vedic scholar, speaker and a Hindu reformer of the nineteenth century. He wrote Sanskrit Commentaries on the Vedas and was the founder of a reformed Hindu Sect known as the "Arya Samaj," which is now in a flourishing condition. He died in 1883 A.D.