Indian Antiquary Vol 25

SR No.: 032517
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 366
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 14 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JULY, 1896.
1873.-" The author of the pretty Tazkirah entitled Kalimatushshu'ard which contains bio graphies of the poets of the 17th century was called Chelah. His real name is Mirza Muham- mad Afzal: as a poet he is known as Sarkhush." - Blochmann, Ain-i-Akbari, Vol. ii., p. 253, n. i.
1873. - "The word Chelah is the same as the Arab. murid, a disciple who places implicit belief in his murshid or pír, the head of the sect." - Blochmann, Ain-i-Akbari, Vol. i., p. 253, n. 1.
1876. - "Chela, a Hindu boy seized in early life and forcibly made a Muhammadan by order of Tippu. These boys, as they grew up, were incorporated in a military corps retaining the name of Chelas." - Rice, Mysore, Vol. ii., Appx. ii., Glossary, p. 6.
[In 1779] "to break up the Bedar population [of Chittaldroog] .... he [Haidar Ali] removed 20,000 inhabitants to people the island of Seringapatam, and of all the boys of proper age formed regular battalions of captive converts, who in following wars were of great service to him." - Op. cit. Vol. i., p. 463.
1878. - The Lauk-i-Tarikh is an Urdu work, which in its present shape was composed in 1255 A. H. (March 1839-March 1840). . . . [This is a work on the Nawabs of Farrukhabad prepared more especially from the recollections of an old man, Allahdad Khan, son of Muķim Khan Chela. - Irvine, Bangash Nawabs, in J. A. S. B., Vol. xlvii., p. 263.
(To be continued.)
NOTES AND QUERIES. JAUR SINGH-A FOLK ETYMOLOGY. pakka (burnt) bricks, leaving an opening in it on In the Karnal and Ambla districts, worship- one side large enough for him to be put in when ped along with Goga Pir, Når Singh (Narasinha), he died, presented the Gurd with a man (82 lbs.) Kale Singh and Bure Singh, is found Jaur Singh. of gh, a man of sugar, and the same quantity of N&r Singh is of course a corruption of the name
flour. He also provided grass and grain, and of the man-lion avatar of Vishnu, and Barê moreover entreated the Gurd to make him a Sikh. Singh and Kalê Singh appear to be synonymous
The Gurd consented, and re-named him Ajmer with him. Jaur Singh is explained to be Jêwar
Singh. He had the power of performing miracles, or Rája Jêwar, the usual name of Gaga's father. and could collect alms in Dehli and Lahore on All the above are worshipped as godlings, and
the same day." Have we not here the true called någs, or serpent. - P. N. and Q. 1883. origin of the naughaza P
R. C. TEMPLE in P. N. and Q. 1883. AN ORIGIN FOR THE NAUGHAZA TOMBS. A naughaza is a deceased saint occupying
TABU AS APPLIED TO NAMES OF one of those very numerous long graves to be
MARRIAGE RELATIONS. found all over the Panjab. They are popularly
In accordance with the universal Indian cussupposed to be 9 feet or 9 yards long, and to
tom, among the Bagasi Jats in Sirsa, a man will contain the remains of a saint of proportionate
not speak of, or address his wife by her name, length. Like all similar objects of worship, these
but will use the name of her gôt or clan, calling naughazas perform miracles, grant sons, and so
her, for instance, Godari, if she be of the Gôdêrá on, and there are many current popular tales to
clan. The clan named is that of her father. that effect. I have heard it suggested that they
There is a very general rule in the Eastern are really the platforms of recumbent images
Pañjab against speaking of one's wife's father of Buddha, turned in the course of time into
as " father-in-law" (susrá). The Musalmans of Muhammadan tombs. Those I have seen, how.
Sirsa call him "uncle" (tdya or chacha); the ever, hardly look old enough for this, though I
Brahmans of Gurgaon, Pandit Ji or Misr Ji; the never saw one excavated to ascertain its internal
Kayaths, R&i Sahib; the Baniyâs, LAIA Sahib or structure. Many are quite modern undoubtedly,
SAL Jf; the Mês, Chaudhri or Muqaddam, or - and there are instances of some which may be
a specially M68 usage - dókrá or "old man;" said to be still "growing"! In Sardar Atr
insomuch that if you call a Mê woman - dôkr Singh's Sakhis (Lahore, 1876), in sakhi (tale)
she will fly at you with -"Do you call me your 69, p. 77, I read “the Guru (Gobind Singh)
mother-in-law P" While if you address her as next encamped at a place which he called Guptsar (P in the Sirsa District). Here a Muham.
burhiya (old woman in general), she will reply:
Achchha beta, achchha!" (good my son, good). madan faqir of the Wahmi order, who had built a tomb nine yards in length with lime and
J. Wilson in P. N. and Q. 1883.
[Arjan and Sarjan, the jord or twin half-brothers of Guga, are sometimes worshipped as Jaur. -ED.]