making

remain in attendance, last long

fictitious, bogus, disguised

be on good terms, get on well

decoration, preparation, dressing, embellishment, adornment

Benares (now Varanasi), an Indian city on the bank of the Ganges, the holy city Benares.

against

daughters, girls

tips of the fingers

construction, constitution, make, build, workmanship, structure

skill, talent, dexterity, art

the things related to Varanasi, the citizen of Varanasi

artificial, affected, unreal, counterfeit, hypocrite, insincere

ports, harbours

the constellation of the Greater or Lesser Bear (consisting of seven stars, four of which are conceived to bear the resemblance of a naʻsh or bier, and the remaining three to be the banāt or daughters preceding it)

a kind of yellowish-green diamond

guns

scheme to fail, (a matter) not to be in one's power

dressed and adorned, fashionably or foppishly dressed

arranged, set in order

finished, complete, ready-made

adorn, decorate, embellish

keep good relations intact

golden embroidery on silk fabrics, especially on saris

a kind of tasty betel-leaf grown in Benares

make up, adornment, decorating, design, making more beautiful or attractive

vapours, steams, mist, fog

The tender herbage.

botch a good scheme or plan, upset the apple-cart

ghee-like shortening or cooking medium of vegetable origin

cooking oil of vegetable origin

embellishment, make-up, adornment, decoration, beautification

branches of a pomegranate tree

affectedly, artificially