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[8] A religious observance. The devotee commences the penance at the
full moon with an allowance of fifteen mouthfuls for his food,
diminishing this by one mouthful each day, till on the fifteenth it is
reduced to one. As the new moon increases, his allowance ascends to its
original proportion.
[9] The wife of Vishnoo, Goddess of beauty and abundance.
[10] The black or Indian cuckoo.
[11] A grove where the Vedas are read and expounded.


THE PARTING OF FRIENDS
Then spake the Royal Princes to Vishnu-Sarman,
"Reverend Sir! we have listened to the 'Winning of Friends,' we would
now hear how friends are parted."
"Attend, then," replied the Sage, "to 'the Parting of Friends,' the
first couplet of which runs in this wise--
'The Jackal set--of knavish cunning full--
At loggerheads the Lion and the Bull.'
"How was that?" asked the sons of the Rajah.
Vishnu-Sarman proceeded to relate:--

THE STORY OF THE LION, THE JACKALS, AND THE BULL
"In the Deccan there is a city called Golden-town, and a wealthy
merchant lived there named Well-to-do.


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