Indian Antiquary Vol 52

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
Imân-bahin: Dharm-bahin, among Muhammadans; a sister made by Chadar-badal, q.v. Indrangan: a cess of Re. 1 to Rs. 4: SS. Bashahr, 75.
Istisqâ prayer for rain; fr. same root as saqqa: B., 173. Jach: some kind of service to a deota; Kulu: Gloss., I, p., 432.
Jabal wet, marshy land, always full of water: Sirmûr, App. I.
Jadolan: a cess levied for the hair-cutting ceremony of the Tikka: SS. Kumhârsain, 22. Jagar: an imprecation; -dená, to invoke curses: Sirmûr, 40.
Jagni: a torch: Ch. 275.
Jagru jag: a rite performed when offerings have to be made to a deota on account of illness; Kulu; Gloss., I, p. 437. Jag = 'fair'; cf. Kulu Dial. of Hindi, p. 65. Jain : Terminalia tomentosa : Sirmür, App. IV, v.
Jaingta a root, from which, when dried, sur or beer is made;
Karonda: Sirmûr, 58.
Jakat Chaudhri a cess levied for the Zakât contractors' servants: SS. Bashahr, 75 Jakhwahi: a weighman, of salt: Mandi, 51.
Jam clumsy: Ch., 139.
Jamanwâlâ: a rite to scare away an autar or spirit of a person who has died childless. In it 4 balis, offerings of boiled maize (ghunganian), nettle baths, and bran bread are offered 4 times by night: Ch., 150.
Jan: the bridegroom's followers: Ch., 143.
Jana: a young boy selected as a divine representative; Simla Hills: Gloss., I, p. 475 f. Janal: a superior form of marriage in Churâh: Ch., 152.
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Janaza prayer at a funeral; Ar., lit. a corpse' or 'bier': B., 176-7.
Janei: a short form of regular marriage in Churâlı; Bujkyâ in Brahmaur: Ch., 127. Jangshal: a cess, a commutation of the State's right to half the skin of every dead animal: SS. Bilaspur, 23.
Phalguna (?): Mandi, 39.
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Janji, janji, janî: a superior form of marriage, used in the Sâch pargana of Pângi : Ch., 157.
Japas: a month,
Jappe: a small fish: Ch., 39.
Jaserl: early morning meal: SS. Bashahr, 41.
Jatâme pig: B. 201; cf. P. D., p. 484; jatâmân, any wild animal.
Jâtera: worldly business, opp. to Mâtera: Ch., 142.
Jattu: the first hair, of a child: Ch., 195.
Jatra a pilgrimage: Gloss., I, p. 452.
Jaul: a shoulder-band: Ch., 144.
Jathalna: morning meal: Sirmûr, 58.
Jathiâli: a sort of headman in the Chamâr caste; Kulu: Gloss., I, pp. 348 and 435. Jathung: the extra share of an eldest son; in Sirmûr; Jathw& in Churâh (Chamba): Comp., 73.
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Jel, a second ploughing: Ch., 221.
Jelta, -thâ, a peon: also an office-holder in a temple: Mandi, 59, and Suket, 26. Jetha:-1, lit. elder'; so, 'first sown': Ch., 224.
Jethund (Jaithund): the extra share assigned to an eldest son on inheritance, but counterbalanced by his obligation to pay a larger share of any debts; cf. Jethwâgh: Ch., 148.
Jethunda is apparently the form used in Rawalpindi and the Barmaur wizarat of Chamba: Comp., 71-2.
Jethwagh: (i) a fee paid to the senior wife (bart lari) when her husband takes a second spouse, for her admission into the house; (ii) the best field assigned to an eldest son on inheritance: Ch., 152 and 154.