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
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Mandhna : a mortar : B., 197. Mang ghalla : grain revenue : SS. Tarhoch, 4. Mangnehår : a collector of grain : 88. Kumh Arsain, 20. Manf : a grain measure : Ch., 144. See also under TopA and Daropa.
Manihår : a ceremony at a wedding in which 9 walnuts, to represent the planets, are put, on as many handfuls of rice, and their blessing is invoked, and the bridegroom is taken to the doorway and touches with his dagger a bored copper coin in which he pretends to make a hole. The term is also applied to the things used in the ceremony, viz., the 9 walnuts, the copper coins, a betelnut and a cotton dorf. The dorf is passed through the coin and put in a mani or grain-measure. The rite concludes with a sanctification of the manihar which are tied round the boy's head-dress by his mother-in-law at the gateway after the arti : Ch., 143-4.
Manthari: a tax on retail shops : Suket, 42. Manjaya bhat: fem. manj di bahin, ? mother's brother's brother or sister. Mankt: wall-eyed: B., 184. Man-man: Jhind-phuk, 9.v. Mansa, inother's sister's husband : v. Mansi.
Manst:(1) mother's sister, (2) father's second wife or step-mother, (3) brothor's or sister's mother-in-law.
Maril: elm tree, wlanus Wallichiana : Ch., 139. Mår: & clod crusher: .. Jubbal, 16. Mårar: elm ;=Maral : Ch., 239.
Marh: a place at a temple where lights are put and food cooked once a year; Kuln. Gloss., I, p. 432.
Marhna : to snuffle : B., 153. Marjan: a precious stone ; Hissar : Gloss., I, p. 354. Marn: ? to die, so a death '; -on, at & funeral': B., 156.
Marpl: an observance at weddings in which the bridal pair is seated on a carpet side by side, and the bride's maternal uncle gives them a portion of tore, the rest being divided anong the guests : Ch., 161.
Marrt: a disease of kine : SS. Bashahr, 53. Maruri: Berberis aristata : Ch., 237. Masan: an obedient spirit: Sirmar, 61. Masani: a wasting disease in children: Sirmar, 25.
Mashana: a temple official ; one of the kårddrs of a deota, but appointed by the State ; Simla Hills: Gloss. I, p. 456.
Mashara: a torch: Ch., 218. Masit: wide level loamy ground ; = ser : Sirmûr, App. I. Mates : for half-mother read brother on p. 738 : P.D. Matori : religious affairs, opp. to Jater& : Ch., 142.
Mathe-Ingawan : touching the forehead': ? lit. to make the foreheads touch'; a rite to cancel a betrothal (apparently by making the betrothed brother and sister): B., 106-7,
Mátrl: a nymph or goddess : SS. Kumh Arsain, 9. Mattan: a box for clothes, made of earthenware: Ch. 209. Magla : & mother's brother : Ch. 144. Mocha : measure, measuring : Gloss., I, p. 797.