Indian Antiquary Vol 11

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 61

FEBRUARY, 1882.]
CORRESPONDENCE.
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दुनीयाना सुधरेला, सुरतथी आवेला, एक खाय तो बीजानु मन थाय, तो तीजो पैसालेवा जाय,
चखे सो याद रखे बारा बरस. This literally means :- " Salted pistachios, parched torn of the head, reformed of the world, come from Surat, if one eats, so becomes the mind of the other, and the third goes to fetch money. He who tastes remembers for twelve years"-putting emphasis on the words 'twelve
years.
These hawkers are very few in number, and go about from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. With the exception of about three or four, they are to be seen chiefly about two days or so previous to the Hindu holidays, for their goods are then sought after by the Natives to prepare a dish or so. There are some who cook almonds as they do vegetables, adding dolichos spicatus, salt, red pepper, cocoanut scrapings, and butter or sweet oil, heated with assafoetida and mustard seed.
BOTTLE BUYERS. These are both Muhammadans and Mahar. Hindús, but the majority of them are of the first sect. They go about the town in the early afternoon, crying "Batlé, Båtlé a sodáwáterni, kulumwiterni bútlé hose to úná"-"if you have sodawater or eau de cologne empty bottles, bring them." They purchase bottles of all sorts; also old and broken furniture, waste paper, old clothes, &c., at the cheapest price possible.
The Mahars confine themselves to buying bottles only. They also pick up bottles thrown into gallies by respectable Hindûs, who would not openly sell bottles the contents of which they had consumed in secresy.
ICE HAWKERS. The ice hawkers are Muhammadans, who go about from 12 to 2 p. m. and froin 7 to 9 in the evening. They cry, “Viláeti páni, ice," "English water, ice." They retail ice from one pie upwards. Their business lasts all the year round, but falls off very much during the rains. They are generally poor and of the lower classes of the Muhammadans. They gain from two to four annas a day, and on this maintain themselves.
ICE CREAM HAWKERS. These are chiefly Muhammadans, with a very few Maratha-Hindús. The Muhammadan cries "Ice cream," and the Hindus " E-ice cream," putting emphasis on the word ice, and then "A Hindu ice cream," making it known thereby that he is selling for Hindus only. This hawker does not carry his box on his own head, but employs a Hindu coolie or porter for the purpose. His time of hawking is from 7 in the evening to 2 the next morning, and the hot season is the most favourable for him. He sells his cream at one and two annas a glass. Perhaps, on an average, he may make six or eight annas per night.
(To be continued.)
CORRESPONDENCE. REMARKS ON THE BHARHUT SCULPTURES of the Mahasaighika copy of the Vinaya, and the AND INSCRIPTIONS.
15th page. The subject is "Laws respecting the To the Editor of the Indian Antiquary. erection of) Stopas." The passage runs thus :SIR, I have been much interested in the papers "Buddha was travelling to and fro in the Kowhich Dr. Hoernle has lately contributed to the Bala country. At this time there was a Brahman Indian Antiquary, and in none more than that ploughing his land ; seeing the Lord of the world, which appears at pp. 324f of vol. X; the subject he went in advance of him, and fixing his ox-goad being "Readings from the Arian PAli."
staff in the ground, he fell down and paid him In that paper the phrase yathiri aropayato- reverence. "putting up his staff"-occurs; and Dr. Hoernle The Lord having witnessed this, smiled gently, in his text invites attention to this phrase.
on which the Bhikshus asked Buddha the occasion I think I can throw some light upon it by trans- of his smile"; "Oh! that we might hear the lating a portion of the Vinaya Pitaka of the Maha- reason of it," they said. sanghika school of Buddhism, which relates to the On this Buddha addressed the Bhikshus thuserection of Stupas, and providing the accessories "This Brahman indeed is now worshipping two thereof. The passage occurs in the 33rd Kiouen Buddhas."
The gentle or subdued smile of Buddha is supposed to be predictive of some event; vide Romantic Legend, p. 12n.