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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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ SEPTEMBER, 1924
Sunnu : ash tree, Fraxinus floribunda and excelsa : Ch., 236 and 239. Suphandi : a form of kiria karm = ? Supindi: Ch., 210. Supindt : ? a ball of rice : Ch., 149: Cf. Suphandi. Surajgandh : a bracelet : Ch., 124. Surang Rhododendron lepidotum : Ch., 239.
Susra : husband's father ; Susral, Susrar, (1) a wife's family, collectively, (2) the village in which it lives.
Sat: see under Tassu.
Sw&j, suaj : dower, given to the bride or her parents by kinsmen and friends, as the tambol is a present made to the bridegroom : Ch., 128, 153 and 157.
Tablt: (fr. tawiz), a square silver plate-covered with carving, worn 88 & pendant from the neck : Ch., 206.
Tachh: (a natural clearing in a forest) : Mandi, 18; Cf., Thach in III. -
Tahor: lit. 'purity'; circumcision; syn. sunnat or sunnatan in the Ubha: B., 97. Cf., Tahoran :P.D., 1089.
Taki: a horse or mare with an eye like a human being's : B., 184.
Takka : lit. th of a rupee; as a measure of area a rupee - roughly 1 kh&r and a khar6 to 8 acres : Suket, 33.
Talla: low-lying land : SS., NA1Agarh, u. Talli: pana, -Tigra pana, q. v. Tam&kt: a variety of tamaki, tobacco : Ch., 225. Tamala : a kettle ; - Badhna.
Tamat : a weight - 2 sers standard weight, but varying according to its use in selling or buying : SS., Bashahr, 61.
Tanan : deaf : Ch., 139.
Tan-bakhshi: a form of widow re-marriage among Moslems in which the widow states before witnesses that she has given her person to her new husband : Comp., 44.
Tanda : cat's-eyed : Ch., 138.
Tang-randi :? & present of Re. 1 made by the boy's father to the girl's when the alliance is arranged : Ch., 160.
Tara: Philadelphus coronarius : Ch., 238.
Tara-peshani, a horse or mare with a white spot, small enough to be covered by the thumb, on the forehead, and unlucky: B., 184. Cf., P. D., p. 1106, 8.v. Tara.
Taroro : (pt.) an ornament worn on the feet : B., 105. Tassa: measure of wood ;- 24 tassa = 1 yard..
4 pins (0) = 1 tassu.
" 8 out = 1 inch (1 pice - 1 inch).
A taset corresponds to a rupee : Ferozepur. Tat: a motal measure ; about 11 sers; Simla, 8, R., xlvi. Tata: hot : SS., Bashahr, 41. Tatta; dumb : Ch., 139. Tawa : & pole (1); Gloss., I, p. 450, Taur : * climbing plent, Bauhinja vahlil: Ch., 238 and 32. Teg: big or elder : SS., Bashahr, 18.
(To be continued.)