Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 53
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ 206 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY [ SEPTEMBER, 1924 Sunnu : ash tree, Fraxinus floribunda and excelsa : Ch., 236 and 239. Suphandi : a form of kiria karm = ? Supindi: Ch., 210. Supindt : ? a ball of rice : Ch., 149: Cf. Suphandi. Surajgandh : a bracelet : Ch., 124. Surang Rhododendron lepidotum : Ch., 239. Susra : husband's father ; Susral, Susrar, (1) a wife's family, collectively, (2) the village in which it lives. Sat: see under Tassu. Sw&j, suaj : dower, given to the bride or her parents by kinsmen and friends, as the tambol is a present made to the bridegroom : Ch., 128, 153 and 157. Tablt: (fr. tawiz), a square silver plate-covered with carving, worn 88 & pendant from the neck : Ch., 206. Tachh: (a natural clearing in a forest) : Mandi, 18; Cf., Thach in III. - Tahor: lit. 'purity'; circumcision; syn. sunnat or sunnatan in the Ubha: B., 97. Cf., Tahoran :P.D., 1089. Taki: a horse or mare with an eye like a human being's : B., 184. Takka : lit. th of a rupee; as a measure of area a rupee - roughly 1 kh&r and a khar6 to 8 acres : Suket, 33. Talla: low-lying land : SS., NA1Agarh, u. Talli: pana, -Tigra pana, q. v. Tam&kt: a variety of tamaki, tobacco : Ch., 225. Tamala : a kettle ; - Badhna. Tamat : a weight - 2 sers standard weight, but varying according to its use in selling or buying : SS., Bashahr, 61. Tanan : deaf : Ch., 139. Tan-bakhshi: a form of widow re-marriage among Moslems in which the widow states before witnesses that she has given her person to her new husband : Comp., 44. Tanda : cat's-eyed : Ch., 138. Tang-randi :? & present of Re. 1 made by the boy's father to the girl's when the alliance is arranged : Ch., 160. Tara: Philadelphus coronarius : Ch., 238. Tara-peshani, a horse or mare with a white spot, small enough to be covered by the thumb, on the forehead, and unlucky: B., 184. Cf., P. D., p. 1106, 8.v. Tara. Taroro : (pt.) an ornament worn on the feet : B., 105. Tassa: measure of wood ;- 24 tassa = 1 yard.. 4 pins (0) = 1 tassu. " 8 out = 1 inch (1 pice - 1 inch). A taset corresponds to a rupee : Ferozepur. Tat: a motal measure ; about 11 sers; Simla, 8, R., xlvi. Tata: hot : SS., Bashahr, 41. Tatta; dumb : Ch., 139. Tawa : & pole (1); Gloss., I, p. 450, Taur : * climbing plent, Bauhinja vahlil: Ch., 238 and 32. Teg: big or elder : SS., Bashahr, 18. (To be continued.)

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