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Common terms and phrases
affliction agreeable ānā animal ankh applied astrologer beautiful bhang bird body boiled Brahman called caste cattle cause cloth colour comp concealed costiveness dajjal deceit Deity denā denotes desire dignity dish distress dress earth elephant epithet fakir female flatulent flower fortune friendship fruit gold grain grief hair hand ḥarām head Hindus honā honour horse hukka interj intoxicating jānā jewels karna katra kind of sweetmeat king labour lagānā land leprosy manner mārnā marriage means Mecca ment mode munh Musalmans musical mode ness night one's ornament pain Persian person pleasure plough prince pron prosperity quarrel relating religious revenue rice round royal ruin Sanskrit season servant snake sound species splendour string stupid sweetmeat tarika thing tion tree Vedas vessel village Vishnu vulg wicked wife woman word worn zamindar
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Page 87 - They are suspended, by an iron hook passed through the skin of the back, to one end of a lever, which is raised on the top of a high pole, and whirled round by means of a rope fixed to the other end.
Page 33 - Prostration in salutation or adoration, so as to touch the ground with the eight principal parts of man, viz.
Page 138 - Interior being painted with various Figures, and so lightly poised and ventilated as to revolve round the lighted Candle within." Professor Cowell explains it as "a lanthorn which revolves by the smoke of the candle within, and has on the sides of it figures of various animals." The editor of the " Calcutta Review " adds in a note : — These lanthorns are very common in Calcutta. They are made of a tall cylinder with figures of men and animals cut out of paper and pasted on it. The cylinder, which...
Page 241 - ... a deception depending on the power of the Deity, whereby mankind believe in the existence of external objects which are in fact nothing but idea, mayapa(«, delusive, expert in deceiving, maya-may, deceptive, >. mat/a liin, m.
Page 329 - A needle, bodkin, probe, or piece of wire for tinging the eyelids with a collyrium : also, used for depriving people of sight, which is effected by drawing it while hot close over the eyes of the sufferer. A lead pencil. 3. A catheter. 4. Matches. 5. A line; strip".
Page 296 - ... flower, a blossom, boss, stud, bunch of ribands, cockade; a kind of bell metal; an attack or assault ; the menses, of which children are the fruit ; bones of a dead person, after the fleshy parts are burned; lights or fire (seen at night); a...
Page 396 - It is well known that the original Veda is believed by the Hindus to have been revealed by Brahma, and to have been preserved by tradition, until it was arranged in its present order by a sage, who thence obtained the surname of Vyasa, or Vedavyasa: that is, compiler of the Vedas...
Page 93 - S>(5 feliRT, l_|6U6B)U>«B)Uja> rilipsi); to sort out, to select to prune, to trim; to separate the husk from grain (by pounding it in a mortar); to pedantize.