Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 40
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ 290 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY [NOVEMBER, 1911. Jul : scales of metal. Simla S. R., 1883, p. 46. Jun : a measure=16 kdt = 24 sera. Simla S. R., 1883, p. 44. Jun, jo: wife (Kullû) see lari. Jan : & weight = 16 paththas or 24 sers. Cf. kdin. Jabhal, p. 28. Junts: a married woman = janda. Juphlots : Croton tiglium. Kangra S. R., p. 22. Jura: a bundle into which growing sugarcane is tied up when it shows any tendency to droop. Karnal S. R. 1880, p. 181. Jati: a handful of seedlings. Karnal S. R. 1880, p. 185. Kabar: a weed. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 168. Kecha; the strip of land in the immediate vicinity of the river liable to annual inundation Ci, mand. Ludhiana S. R., 1883, p. 3. Kacha par: the hole in wbich the cylinder of the well is to be sunk, dug in the sand. Jullundur S. R., p. 100. Kachhali: a vessel flatter and smaller than the dagga (q. u.), with a mouth for grain and flour broad enough to admit the hand. Ci. jhdkrd and jhdoli. Karnal 8. R., 1880, p. 121. Kachhalta : sea handa : Sirmûr cis-Giri. Kachhrall : see hadh. Kachwa ka sajji: a man in the lána who has contributed a half plough. Karnal S. R. p. 112. Kadda : the operation of watering the ground and ploughing up and harrowing it while under water, till the field is turned into mad. Jullundur S. R., p. 124. Kadelni: a kind of coarse sieve, with a smaller mesh than the kharelna. Simla S. R., 1883, p. 46 Kadhiall: a carpenter's workshop: a lohar's (is called ?) harniáli. Kadran : porridge made of koda or mandwa flour. Simla S. R., 1883, p. 40. Kadroli : chapattis made of koda or mandwd flour. 'Simla S. R., 1888, p. 40. Kadu : broadcast sowing: to steep the seed of rice in water for two or three days and then scatter it broadcast in the mud. Cf. kadwán. Hoshiếrpur S. R., p. 88. Kadwan: broadcast sowing : see kadu, Kag: a fish (Belone cancila). Or. kawwu. Karnal S. R., p. 8. Kag: smat produced by east winds with cloudy damp weather. It attacks wheat especially ; and also jaw dr and sometimes barley. But it is, as a rule, sporadic in the two latter. Cl. kagwa. Karnal S. R., 1880, p. 180. Kegan dora kbelna : the game in which the bride and the bridegroom are seated, on opposite sides of a dish into which water and various articles are pnt, and the bride unfastens the strings on the wrist and ankle of the bridegroom, while he does the same for her, and the bridegroom's brother's wife takes them and throws them into the water. Then the bride and bridegroom dip their hands into the dish and take out what they can find, and the brother's wife takes the articles and throws them into the water again. Sirsa S. R., 1883, p. 167. Kagwa: smut produced by east winds. See kdg. Kahi, (adj.) green, grass-green. Kahkar: land in which kahi grass grows, as on a bela, beside a river. Kahlu: a spirit which lives in the mountains and when angry causes landslips. It must b: appeased with sacrifices. Chamba. Kahu: half a gaddi, or sheaf of corn given to village servants at harvest usually. Kangra Gloss. Kaba: a kind of sugarcane. Hoshiarpur S. R., p. 79. Kaimb: a tree only useful for shade. Ludhiana S. R., 1883, p. 8. Klin: a weight = 16 paththas, 1. q. jiin.

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