Folk-tales of Kashmir / by the Rev. J. Hinton Knowles.

  • James Hinton Knowles
Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Folk-tales of Kashmir / by the Rev. J. Hinton Knowles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    KuHcha (also kulcJu't), a kind of bread, biscuit. Lac/i, one liundred tliousaiid, Maiddn, a ])lain, an open field. Malali, a Mubaniinadan teaclier. Meld, a religious fair, Muhr, vide ashrafi. Muqaddam, the lieadnian of a village, an official. Ndcli, a dance given by ricli natives. Xdrdyan, a Hindu name for the Deity. Pdijdma (also Paijdma), trowsers, long drawers. J^alaiiquin, a superior kind of sedan. Pdhsa, a copper coin, a farthing or a halfpenny. Parameshwar, a Hindu word for God, the Almighty. Pargana, an inferior division of a country, nearly eiiualling a barony. Pdrvatl, the goddess Durga, the wife of Shiva. Panvdna, an order, a warrant. Pathdn, an Afghdin. Patwdri, a village official, whose duty il is to keep an account of the various crops reared by the villagers. ]‘ir, a spiritual guide (Musalnuin). Pith, a stool, a seat. Pdjd, idol worshippers. Ruldv (also yildv), a kind of dish made of rice, spices, and llesh or fowl Puis, a long piece of cloth throwm over the head and allowed to hang down the back of the Musalman woman ; the ordinary veil worn by Kashinfil females. Qismaf, fate. RdJcsJiasa, a demon, ogre. liahshast, the female of Rdkslu/sa. Pdni, a (Hindu) queen or princess. Pishi (also 7-ikhi)^ a sage, saint. Pwpee, a well-known silver coin so called worth at present about IS. 5d. only. Sals (also saU), a groom. Saldm, the usual Musulnffin salutation to a European. Sers. the imine of a weight of nearly 2 lbs. avoirdupois. Sf/dstras, Hindu religious books. Shikar, hunting, game. Shikdr'i, a hunter. Shiva, a Hindu Deitv. Tamdslid, an entertainment, a spectacle. Tiiut, a loaf, bread. JVazfr, a minister of state, Xoiii, a shopkeeper, merchant, Zaiidna, a female—female ai)artments in a house.
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