Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 52
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(OOTOR, 1023
Dhell: a cake of herbs, fermented and used to make sur : Mandi, 32. Dheta : bride's father: B. 102.
Dhialehi : a tenant who gets cattle and implements free from the landlord and pays him half the produce : Sirmar, 72.
Dhiankra: an offering : SS. Jubbal, 13. Dhimadár: an official, the deputy of the sidnd or village headman : Sirmar, 63 Dhilo : hide and seek,' usually played at night : Ch., 212. Dhira adeo : sunset: Mandi, 31. Syn. Sanpari. Dhirt: middle finger : Attock.Gr., p. 114. Dho: wedding dhoe-de, the date of the wedding : B., 106. Dhod& : ? bread : B., 192. P.D., p. 310 = bread of joudr or bajrd.
Phok. the setting out of the wedding party to the house of the girl's father : (Bhakkar.)
Dhoki: a low casto, & musician; ? =Dhaki : Sirmûr. 63.
Dhona : lit. to remove or transport ; also to give or present, as in tewar dhona, to present a tewar or set of three garments to the bride's lagts : add to P. D., 311. (Mukhtbar.)
Dhort: a bride-price : SS. Bashahr, 13. Dhab: the stunted juniperus recurva : Ch., 235.-petar on p. 240.
Dhul : Panj, udhai, a wife married by a brother of a Rajput to whom she has borne son: Gloss., III, p. 67. Cf. Bothal.
Dhuj: a pole, set up in front of a temple, probably to represent the dhajja or standard of the god : Ch., 186.
Dhwad : land on which two crops are regularly cultivated : Mandi, 42. Didi : an image, of a childless (? sonless) man, = Newa q.v.: SS. Bashahr, 33. Dib: an ordeal : SS. Jubbal, 23.
Dikashta: a rite observed for 9 days in which offerings are put on the road taken at funeral: Mandi, 34.
Dujan : ('heart's life'), a sister by mutual adoption : Gloss., I, p. 907. Dilmila, = Dilján. Dingl: a small stick, broken in the Chhed karai divorce : SS. Bashahr, 14. Dinns : black : Ch., 138. Disa-sul Jognf: the unlucky directio.. for the day : Sirmar, 56. [Add to Panj. Dy., p. 323.] Diun : Sarcococca pruniformis : Ch., 239. Di&a, = Biyâd, feast : Ch., 159. Do: a kind of bread, in Kanwar; = Bari : SS. Bashahr, 41. Doah: two: SS. Bashahr, 73. Dod: 1 morning, as in Dod kl roti, breakfast ': SS. Bashahr, 41. Dodan: Sapindus Mukorossi, whose fruit is used as soap ;=ritha : Ch., 237.
Dodo : soap-nuts : Ch., 243. Also a game played with 5 soap-nuts of which 4 are placed on the ground, while the 5th is thrown into the air. The rest must be picked up and the 6th caught before it reaches the ground : Ch., 212.
Dogra : a small fish : Ch., 39. Dohohl: a detached habitation : Sirmar. Domang : 'blacksmiths and carpenters'; of. Chamang: SS. Bashahr, 22. Dopii: the midday meal; = Rasoi : Ch., 204. Dori: a woollen cord or girdlo : Ch., 149, 206.
