Indian Antiquary Vol 41

SR No.: 032533
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 320
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 39 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[APRIL, 1912.
Niai: the spring harvest. Kangra Gloss. Niangna : to send on duty; used of chaprdsis, begáris, kullis, etc. Kangra Gloss. Nidal: weeding.
Nighar: used by shepherds to describe the grassy slopes on the high Himalayas above the line of forest, or a sheep-run in such a locality := kouin, opposed to gdhr, 9. v.: Kangra Gloss.
Nijh: sight. Nikar: adj. disdainfal, unappreciative, Nikhorn&: to separate. N11 : the mandl pheasant : see nilgir. Nilgir: Lit, blue king; the mandl pheasant, also called nil only, or narel. Kangra Gloss.
Nimbar: a tree (acacia leucophloea) syn. raunuj (? = nimbar and reru. P. Dy. P., 821. Rohtak,
Nimobak: a well curb. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, p. 158. Niora : vegetables. Kangra Gloss. Nirna: breakfast (eateu at 6 a.m.); adv. withont taking food. Keonthal. Nitha : low. Kangra Gloss. Nohari: light early breakfast. Kangra Gloss. Nowari : early breakfast, see under datidla. Nukunda : good variety of rice. Kangra S. R., p. 26.
Naun : a system of cultivation, in which a spring crop, usually wheat, is taken, then the ground lies fallow for nearly a year, during which it is repeatedly ploughed and rolled. Cl. sdnwin and narin. Jullundur 8. R., p. 118.
Nuris: the fairies, a somewhat vaguely-defined class of malevolent spirits, who attack women only; especially on moonlit nights, giving them a choking sensation in the throat and knocking them down. Karnal 3. R., 1872-80, p. 152.
Narin : a system of cultivation, in which a spring crop, usually wheat, is taken, then the ground lies fallow for nearly a year, during which it is repeatedly ploughed and rolled. Of. ad nroin and ndlin. Jallundur 8. R., p. 118.
Nyaini: a basin into which the end of the higher channel is discharged. Karnal 8. R., 187280, p. 171.
Nyár: fodder. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, p. 164. Nyarwala: the man who feeds the ballocks. Cf. 641di. Karnal S. R., 1872-80, p. 168.
Opra: cow-shed: the people keep their cattle in the lower storey of their houses, and live in the upper. Cbamba.
Obri: an inner room as opposed to ovdn, 9. v.
Od: the vertical lanthorn wheel on which hangs the mdt. Of. dr. Karnal S. R., 1872-. 80, p. 160.
Odala : the bark of a creeper used as string to fasten on slate roofing, etc. Kångra Gloss. Odh: land in the shade of trees in which little or nothing grows. Kangra Gloss, Odhi: the feeding basket of a water-mill. Kângra Glose. Oos: the mouth or opening into a duct from a kal (canal). Kangra S. R., p. 92. Ogal: a wooden bar used to barricade the door from inside : also used trans-Giri. Ogharna : to uncover, remove, a lid. Kângra Gloss.
Ogli: a store-house on the ground floor with a stone floor and walls and without any deor, grain is poured into it through a hole, called bil, in the roof. Sirmûr.