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690. Can you get sound out of a broken chank ? 
> oi_bS (Ol QlL_Wl_) * @ ev 2015 (OF bT pL) wi ayipm ? 
2559. Will the dawn come at the blowing of the 
chank ? 
ran 5) B,D FRG wo Deja, Hy GrOUmap s afig Bogan > 
(This refers to the blowing of chanks when the temples 
are opened about 4 A.M.; Rostrand’s Chanteclatre has the 
same motive as this proverb.) 
3097. The mendicant blew the unused chank and 
spoilt it. 
&bot HB n Fame v1 HIVEOS S10 BIG, 
(A reference to the contamination wrought by the 
contact of saliva-—a wholesome Hindu rule.) 
2065. If a mendicant’s son become a mendicant, he 
will blow the chank at the proper time. 
Y, DTG DHT Woorg UTE@W, CSTD yMbse FAG oom gF 
Ou Tear , 
(The influence of an hereditary calling is set forth in 
this saw.) 
Lazarus supplies the following, but he confines 
himself to giving the Tamil and does not supply a 
translation into English. 
4416. ¢H@ 9, 970nOs 100°) a Haren Cure) um 
UIT MD UVbST UD VES BH, DBTITH D UEST VD 55S, 
This may be rendered—‘ If you take 1,000 chanks to 
Bengal your venture may turn to gold or just as likely to 
dirt.” The reference to taking chanks to Bengal would 
seem to betoken the ancient character of the traffic in 
chank shells between the Tamil country and Bengal ; 
it certainly implies clearly the highly speculative nature 
of the trade ; the chanks may fetch a high price or they 
may prove to be a drug in the market, and so cause much 
Joss to the experter. The proverb is one used to express 
the risk or uncertainty of whatever may be in question 
between the speakers. 
AANT. FG 9,19) rin Carns a7 PEG Cist@Qvw sor 
WT aul Sot @ Gr 
(If you take 1,000 chanks to Kasi (Benares) yet the 
sin remains with you.) 
