120 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIII, 



Note. 



I have translated the words iffsrHfir and qrvPVW as mean- 

 ing c strong and fierce' The meaning of the expression i: The 

 light has been stolen by the thief " is obscure. The collector has 

 given the meaning of the word " anilparbat " as meaning " the 

 hill on which the sun rises/' But I cannot make out why this 

 hill should be called Anil. I have therefore preferred to tran- 

 slate the word as meaning iC the hill called Anil/' 





<3tts - fasjcr I 



•* N. 



Translation. 



(27) 1 have just now seen it ; but it does not exist any 

 more. 



What shall I say in the I 

 Answer.— The lightning. 



Note. 



T . ne first line refers to the evanescent character of the 

 lightning. Its other attributes are explicitly expressed in the 

 following Parsee riddle about the lightning, which has been pub- 

 lished at page 421 of Vol. X. of the Bombav Anthropological 

 Society's Journal : — 



"I was white when 1 came and black when I went. I 

 burnt those who came into my clutches."' Answer.— The 



btning 



(V s ) srrJTcr^ qf%^ ^tctjt *j^% wtjtt ssrif i 



Translation. 



(28) A spinning top has fallen from the sky. A fire burns 

 upon the ground. 



Cries of : vlu, ulu ' are uttered in whatever direction my 

 7 looks. 



deity looks. 

 Answer 



• Note. 



spinning top J ust as a top when twirled about spins round. 



soitmay refer to the oscillating movement of the earth's surface 

 caused by an earthquake. The meaning of the words « A fire 

 burns upon the ground " seems to be obscure. Does it give an 



