Indian Antiquary Vol 53

SR No.: 032545
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1985
Total Pages: 392
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUNJABI LEXICOGRAPHY.
SERIES IV. By H. A. ROSE, I.C.s. (Retired).
(Continued from Vol. LII, page 330.) Karka: & wooden spade : Ch., 229.
Kurra: a monsuro made of reods, its 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 being marked by leather thongs. A mala kurra is 3/4ths of this measure.or an odi filled but not heaped up : (?) Hazara.
Kuth (1 a root): hence Kuthla, a seller of Kuth : Ch., 243 and 138. Kutla: a field made by breaking up a steep hillside : Mandi, 65. Kuwa: a garment : Ch., 142. Labang: a cricket: B., 164. Laber: Desmodium tiliaefolium : Simla S. R., xliv. Labul: the 2nd of BaisAkh, and one of the days for Bhat marriages : Mandi, 24.
LA: a turn, at a wedding. The four turns or rounds about the sacred fire constitute the binding rite in tho marriage and are called char-14t; another circumambulation is the ath-Idi : Oh., 145 and 146.
Lakarhar: an official who supplies wood: Ch., 264. Lakh; grain measure, =20 pathas : Suket, 33. Lakhao:-ghumao, or the area sown with 20 pathas : SS. Bilaspur, 21.
Lakh: a thread tied round the leg of a boy whose elder brother has died and not removed until he has passed the age at which he died : B., 198.
Lakhnotort: Li-, the time table of a wedding, written by the parohit: B., 141. Lalehoti: a necklace, worn by men : SS. Bashahr, 42. Långå: & man's load: Ch., 224. Lanka: a stack or heap of fuel (1): SS. Keonthal, x. Lap: a handful, in the Bof ildqa of Hazara.
4 laps = 1 chothdi (=1 bohni in Bakot) 2 chothdis=1 kura.
in Bakot and Narra.
4 kurras =l odt in Rajoia. Laphi: also inade of ata : SS. Bashahr, 41 (add to III). Lappl: a mixture of gur, ghs and wheat.: B., 96. Lart: apparently a wife of equal caste : Comp., 73 (Add to III).
Lasst-pair: fr. lassi, diluted milk,' into which the bridal pair put their feet (pair or per), the bride holding a piece of gur in hers, while the boy endeavours to romovo it. This observance is one of the symbolical contests for supremacy during married lifo : B., 110.
Latta: lame. Ch., 138. LAQ: a neck ornament, worn in Churfh: Cb., 206. Launcht: a kind of fish : Sirm år, 7. Lehri: manured, of land : SS. N 41&garh, 11. Lela bhak: the distance a lamb's bleat will carry : D.I. K. Lerwi:=Biju, q.v. Lewar: Pyrus baccata : Ch., 238 : Of. Lehu. Lih; a unit of area, estimated to produce 200 mans khám a year, -20 lakas : SS. Dhami, 4. Linds: lit. 'homeless ', - Konsal, q.v. Liu:=Lehu in Series III. Loder: Symplocos crataegoides : Ch. 239.