| At one point he turned to watch eddies and whorls made by the oar blade and stern and when he turned back, Sarayu was sitting in the prow, looking at him. [2, p. 197] |
An eddy is a current that's going in a different direction from the main current within a medium, such as water in a lake or even a body of gas. Just think of a small whirlpool, if you like.
A whorl is something with radial symmetry, but the things arranged along the central axis need not be perpendicular to the axis. Think of a pinwheel. Whorl is also associated with things in a spiral formation. Another word for a whorl is a verticil.
The prow is simply the front part of a boat or ship. In this context, it is also also known as the bow.
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