Indian Antiquary Vol 27

SR No.: 032519
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 404
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

Page 221

August, 1898.)
ESSAYS ON KASMIRI GRAMMAR.
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For the intermediate ennas they used the Burmese form p'uisdi of the Indian paisu, calling the anna paisán m'tai, four pice, and reckoning thus: -
1 anna ... p'aisan m'tai ... ... 4 pice 2 annas mûlê ... ... ... a mú weight
müle-alt p'aisan-m'tai ... 1 mu 4 pice ... siki ...' ... ...
ski-ali p'aisan-m'tai ... 1 siki 4 pice
mûle aseh ... ... 8 mú And ho on, multiplying out the milé and síki for the even annas, adding plaisiin m'tai for the odd annas, and using s'na pôh for eight annas. This method shows a little more systematic thought than is usual with the wild tribes,
One rupee was called s'nd kali, and, on being shown the coins, they at onco called Re. 14 s'nd-kali s'na-pôh, i.e., one rupee (and) one half, and Re. 1síkf-uningú, i. e., five síkt, which is correct and again shows active reasoning powers.
For the metals they gave an interesting series of terms: - gold and copper, nit: silver, s'na (properly sôná, Indian for gold, vide Lůshai terms to be given later on): brass, hrengli : iron, hú : lead, lingsing. Their numerals were as follows :1 ... ali ... 2 ... an'bai
...aseh ...m'tai 5 ... mongũ
churu Aneh achet
Akau 10 kirau 58
kir58.411 ... 12 ... kir-ihai kir-aseh ...
kir458-m'tai ... 15 kirů-m'ngu kirû-churû kirůânêh
kiru-âchet kiru-Akau m'kai...
m'kai-ali shiru66
râi57-m'tai ... rai-m'ngu rãi-chiru ...
rai-ânên . | ... rai-îcheh .../ rai-akůh ...100 ... kibai
(To be continued.)
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ESSAYS ON KASMIRI GRAMMAR. BY THE LATE KARL FRIEDRICH BURKHARDT. Translated and edited, with notes and additions, by Geo. A. Grierson, Ph.D., C.I.E., I.C.S.
(Oontinued from p. 193.)
PART II.
THE NOUN. 181. It is a matter for regret that the noun is not nearly so fully treated as the verb in the manuscript grammar quoted by me as Mp. All that it says about nouns and their declension can be summed up in a few lines, and consists merely of & statement of the changes
w We may fairly take the rau, r, rd in these words as 'a ten', kir, kirau, kird meaning 'one ten,' and shirt *3 ten,'
07 Rai is clearly 'a ten' in all these words.