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tirsera is a tax collected to maintain the temple of Raja Udâî Singh who died childless. Ch., 44 and 96.
THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
Autri in Autrî Barânî'unirrigated land': Mandi, 24. Cf. Autri and Otar in III. Ayar: Andromeda ovalifolia. Sirmûr, App. IV, vi.
Babach: father; teg babach, elder father, and gato babach, younger father,' in a polyandrous family. SS., Bashahr, 16.
Bâbat: a cess small in amount, paid by Brahman mu'afidârs to the State. SS., Kunhiâr, 5.
Babri beans. Simla S.R., xli, and SS., Bashahr, 41.
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Bada: a willow; Salix viminalis. Ch. 240.
Badaran a tax, levied on the Tikka's investiture with the sacred thread. SS., Kumhârsa in 22.
Bâdhâ: a kind of disparity fine, paid where a girl child is exchanged for one who is of age. Gloss., I, p. 788.
I. p. 80
Badhâr: the second day of the wedding rites. Gloss., I, p. 897. Badhawa: lit.increase'; add to P.D., 8.v.-' because the vow is to add to the necklace each year'. Gloss., I, p. 780.
Badhna a kettle tamalu. B., 195.
Badi-jadi Bag: a
: a large square field. Sirmûr, App. I.
Båg: goira, a place outside the village set apart for the wedding procession. Gloss., I, p. 895.
family.
marriages and funerals'. SS., Bâghal, 18.
Bagha: a dance. Gloss., I, p. 919.
Bagra a cess levied on inferior grains. SS., Bashahr, 70.
Bahan: 'subordinate gods' in Kulu. of Hindi, p. 50.
Baharke: out-door,' the lower castes as opposed to Bhitarke. Mandi, 340. Bâharli: land at a distance from the village, opposed to Andarli. SS., Bilaspur, 15. Bahatra: fr. bahattar, 72', having been invented in 1872 Bikrami: a weight 9 sers kham. Sirmûr, App. III.
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Bahi Jawârî: lit., 'breakfast', (?), a sweet sent to each member of a wedding party the morning after the marriage; Sialkot. Gloss., I, p. 823.
Bahnell an adopted sister; Delhi. Gloss., I, p. 907.
Bahoria: (1) younger brother's wife, (2) son's wife, or (3) any other young wife in the
Gloss., I, p. 433. Cf. bathu: Diack, Kulu Dialect
Bahu: (1) wife, (2) son's wife.
Bahur: a room in an upper story. Mandi, 33.
Bai fajr: to-morrow morning. B., 191.
Bal'ât: (? bai'at), religious self-surrender, lit. 'sale'. B., 180.
Balb: north-west. B., 106. Cf. Baibkon in P.D., p. 75.
Balsar ki roti a kind of bread. SS., Bashahr, 41.
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Bajanglaya noon. SS., Bashahr, 41.
Bahadurshahi ser: a ser containing 18 chhitanks English. Hazâra.
Baind: Pasand. q.v., Ch., 224.
Baindri: a crack in the soil, in Inner Saraj; in Outer called balai; elsewhere in Kulu
the term used is waliyati-Bejindri in the Simla Hills: v. Gloss., I, p. 438.
Baishal: a second quality of tobacco, cut in Baisakh.
Sirmûr, 67.
Baithi bhagti v. Bhagti.
Baltri: a singer of sacred songs. Gloss., I, p. 376. Sankr. Maitreyaka, Manu, SBE.,
X, 33.