Kim (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) - Rudyard Kipling [162]
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Village 23 miles south of Simla.
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The Yadavindra Gardens, which include the Shish Majal palace.
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Worn-out horses.
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Frederick Mackeson (1807-1853), commander at Peshawar and hero of the Sikh Wars.
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Reference to the Bible, Genesis 3:22: “Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil” (KJV).
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8,000-foot mountain above Simla.
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Fragrant wood, burned as incense.
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That is, oil of the jasmine plant, which has fragrant flowers.
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Swords and daggers.
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Cylinders containing sacred texts, used by Tibetan Buddhists when praying.
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Look!
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Scarlet peas used as a goldsmith’s weights.
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Native states governed directly or indirectly by the British.
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Make a requisition.
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English.
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Attorneys.
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Town (now Imphal) in northeastern India, south of Assam, near the Burmese border.
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District in Pakistan.
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Town in southern Ceylon.
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Market in Calcutta
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Reference to Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish statesman, orator, and writer, and Julius Charles Hare (1795-1855), translator, editor, and writer on religious subjects. Also, joking allusion to the infamous nineteenth-century body snatchers and murderers Burke and Hare.
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In the meantime (Latin).
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An 1883 biography of John Laird Mair Lawrence, first Baron (1811-1879), viceroy and governor general of India, by R. Bosworth Smith.
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that is, Aligarh; town between Delhi and Agra.
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Town on the southeastern tip of India.
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Language of Buddhist scriptures.
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Buddhist moralistic tale.
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Reference to the Bible, 2 Kings 4:9, where the Shunemite woman says, “I perceive that this is an holy man of God” (KJV).
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That is, tercel: in falconry, the male hawk; an eyass is a nestling.
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In condition for hunting. ‡arab sailing vessel used along the Indian coast. §Horses from the Persian Gulf. ||City on the Arabian Sea (now in Pakistan).
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Military cantonment 450 miles west of Lahore, in Baluchistan (now Pakistan).
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That is, Bikaner; desolate desert town 245 miles west of Delhi.
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that is, Jaisalmer; desert town 140 miles northwest of Jodhpur.
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100,000 rupees.
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District in Afghanistan.
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Ninepins; that is, like a game.
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Turkic languages of Central Asia.
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Reference to the Bible, Job 1:7: “And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it” (KJV).
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Fellow of the Royal Society, an organization dedicated to scientific investigation.
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Of mixed English and Indian race.
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Evil rumors had suggested that Kim was Creighton’s illegitimate son.
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Reference to the Bible, Proverbs 31:3: “Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings” (KJV).
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A good spirit.
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In Islamic myth, spirits who appear in human and animal form.
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The suffix “ji” creates a familiar and affectionate form of address.
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Infidels.
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English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903).
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Reference to the Bible, Matthew 26:34: “This night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice” (KJV).
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Earthenware water bottle.
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Modern Hindu reform movement that reacted against the influence of Christianity and sought to revive the Vedic ideals.
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Literal meaning of the word “ventriloquist.”
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Hindu esoteric doctrine of rituals, disciplines, and meditations.
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Vegetable curry.
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Reference to the Bible, Matthew 16:19: “Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven” (KJV).
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Aboriginal hill tribe in Bihar, northeastern India, near Nepal.
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Town southeast of Amritsar.
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Pair of oxen.
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Jain community in Gujarat state, many of whose members were accountants and moneylenders.
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City 85 miles southwest of Jaipur.
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“Perfected Ones,” who have overcome earthly desire and achieved Nirvana.
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Capital of Ladakh province, east of Kashmir.
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Jains, who revere all forms of life, sweep