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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
( SEPTEMBER, 1024
Ronda: a son born to a widow in the house of her second husband and regarded as his whoever the actual father may have been : Comp., 115.
Roti-khawan : lit. 'to eat bread': an observance during betrothal at which the boy visits his fiancée's house and pays for food, getting a present in return : B., 102.
Rubaru : a representative : Ch., 152. Ruhf : a woman employed in planting out rice by the Ruhni method : Ch., 223. Ruhn: ? for Ruhni, 9. v. Ruhn: (i) land irrigated by streams; (ii) a method of growing rice in nurseries : Ch., 223, Rumbal, a wild fig, Ficus clavata : Ch., 239.
Ra-namál : (a fee paid for) seeing the bride's face (paid to the bride by her husband's family): Pathans of Hoshiarpur : = Anbar, P. D., P: 985.
Sabil: Ai, sabil, a public drinking-fountain : B., 146.
Sadlála : for Sat-diala, Diali or house of mercy,' the feast of lamps held from Magh 7th to 14th in Räpi, (Kulu): Gloss., I, p. 347.
Sadhu : wife's sister's husband. Sadwal : the distance a man's voice will carry: D.I.K. Sagåhl : a special rate in kind imposed on irrigated lands : Suket, 32. Sagat: Sota, q. v.
Sagan-pinni: a rite at weddings, which includes the making of balls (pinnfo) by the worden of the bride's family from whent and syrup prepared by the Jajak : B., 112: Add. to P. D., p. 995, 8. v. Sagan.
Sagan-halifa : a rite in which the bride's father sends the boy's father from 17 to 25 pukwany; observed only by Khatris and Särsut (Brahmans) after or in lieu of the Sagan. pinni: B., 113.
Sahal : Sahl Khassi, a hut made of reeds (kina): B., 196. Sal: a honeysuckle, Lonicera purpurascens : Ch., 239.
Sail: wild hemp : SS., Kumhårsain, 10. (2) a Raja's deinesne land: Keonthal, 14. Cf. Shah 1.
Sairi : Antamn harvest : -ia, the autuian crop of honey : Ch., 220 and 229. Saja: the chief day of certain festivals : Sirmûr, 63-4. Sakhell : Sakhi, a sister by mutual adoption : = Bahneli : Glogs., 1, p. 907. Sakshi : witness or testimony, such as the sacred fire invoked at a wedding : Coinp., 38 Sal : grain revenue : Ch., 271. Salaj: wife's brother's wife. Sålan: an autumn crop : Ch., 226. Salpan : a gåhar or high pasture owned by the Raja : Ch., 278. Sam : dawn, in Kanawar : SS., Bashahr, 41. Samangri: odoriferous articles, used in offerings : Suket, 25. Sambhalu: a tree : Siriur, 51. Samchhiwa: the early inorning neal, in KanAwar: SS., Bashahr, 41. Sambih: a breast ornament : Ch., 208. Samdhana :-ina, the village into which one's child is married. Samdhetå : fem., i ; the brothers and sisters of a married couple are samdheta, -f, to
their brother's or sister's parents-in-law. Samdhi: fem. -an, the parents of husband and wife are saindhi (father) and samdhan,
(mother) to each other.
