Indian Antiquary Vol 62

SR No.: 032554
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 450
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ APRIL, 1933
Bhatta taryov kadala ta gadi daryos ds. A pandit was passing over a bridge and a fish opened its mouth [to swallow him). (Pandits are generally weak physically because they do not take to manual labour,
but devote themselves much to study.) Bib kamalas ta mir mazaras. When the wife is grown up, the husband is in the grave. (An unequal marriage.)
Boni muhul târun. To pierce a chindr with a pestle. (An impossible thing.)
Brári saleh. Pious as a cat. (I.e., a hypocrite.)
Buhuri-bdyi hund kan hyt zethan. Stretching out like the ear of the apothecary's wife. (To go beyond the limit. An apothecary's wife is thought foppish: she wears
heavy ear ornaments, and her ears are stretched downwards by their weight.)
Cáy tani ya gani magar tals gatshi ceni. Tea, whether weak or strong, should be taken hot.
Chaniy phar ta gontshan war. Empty boast and twisted moustaches. (Smart clothes and empty pockets. The
loudest hummer is not the honey-bee.)
Dab lagus ta phèran phutus. Having tumbled down his garment got broken.
Dali Bhatta ta Khoja thúl. Dål for a Pandit and an egg for a Khoja (i.e., the kind of food they like). Gora sanzi kotshi xori na záh. The guru's bag will never get exhausted. (Priests are ever prosperous, receiving
charity on all occasions, both happy and sad.) Grahna kandur. A baker during an eclipse. (A sorry figure.) "Gur dità paha." "Nila chuy." "Nilay ditd." "Hua chuy." "Lond me thy horse." "It is cream-coloured." "Give me the cream-coloured."
"It is a pretence."
Hanthi wdli dód ta ganthi wdli thal. He is capable of causing milk to flow from a barren woman's breast and of fetching
down eggs from a kite's nest. (An adventurer.)
Hari zyun ta Maghi dhani. Firewood in Hâr (June-July), and paddy in Mägh (January February). (I.e., these
things should be purchased in those months, because wood is dry in June-July, and paddy of better quality is obtainable in January February, the cultivator having disposed of all grain of bad quality before then, as it is human nature to sell bad things first.)