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Bee-Culture at Present: Kama

The companions of Kama - see Wilkins' Hindu Mythology "The Purańas distribute" Colebrooke: Essays: Religious Ceremonies of Hindus and Brahmans . "The waters became solid" - Vishnú-Purana, i. 13 "The flesh of " Vishnú-Purana, iii. 16 "In former times" - Ibid.

The student prohibited the use of honey - Vishnú-Sûtra, 28.2 Probably for the reason already given.

Taxes - Ibid., 3.25 " One who has stolen honey -- Ibid., 44.17 When passing honey - Ibid., 63.30 " Unless it consist - Ibid., 63.45 Exemption from disease - Ibid., 92.16 To obtain beauty - Ibid., 90.26 . 230 231 231 232 232 . 233 233 233 233 234 234 234 Appendix "Her eyes were similar " - Vishnú-Sûtra, i. 22 Kama's death The harsh decree was afterwards modified, and the god of love restored to life upon the wedding of Uma and Siva, and at the present day is as efficient in the use of his flower-tipped arrows as he was of yore. "When bees festoon" PAGE * 238 239 Lines and clusters of dark bees laid upon the light surface of the lotus-flowers is a frequent image in Hindu poetry. In the extravagant language of a later age when nothing was spared that could add force or color to a phrase, we find the sacred and mysterious word Om thus used, - the divine Sarasvate, goddess of learning, still a maiden of tender years, serving Brahma, is described. In the flowers of her ear-ornaments tribes of devoted bees attended upon her like repeated oms accompanying the " Çruti." Harsa-Carita, a historical romance by Bāna - Trans. by E. B. Cowell and F. W. Thomas. 239 "What sounds are these?" - Kálidasa: The Hero and the Nymph. "The dried up dew" In the rutting season a thick honey-like dew, attractive to bees, exudes from the elephant's temples.