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same time strives to grasp the idea of Godhead. Such a man is 

 both ^J&*J ta'alluqi, attached to this world, and is^j?-* tajarrudi 

 (or A^-wjIj wdrastah) independent of it. A. A. p. 49, 1. 17. 



(_£J|j <_£jiwX>| angushtari bdzi. The players sit in a circle and pass on 

 a ring. The person standing in the middle has to find the ring. 

 If he says to one ^^J poch, empty, whilst that person has the ring, he 

 is tAjJ burdah, defeated, and must continue searching for the ring. 

 Vide Vullers' II., p. 802, s. <*.*/ kachah. Tashbihi of Kashan (metre 

 Hazaj) 



" Both worlds are empty and have nothing concealed in their hands; 

 i" have the ring (of true love) ; every thing else is empty." 



cLjl el. Indian writers use this word in the phrase &*&£ JjI cyl^^w 

 the rebels became again obedient. MSS. have often iSi\j lodil, pres, 

 part, of (Jfj vm-1. 



^j^j! email. The fathah of the mini is the same as the fathah in 

 hdf&r, Hdtam, &c, for hdfir, Hdlini, whilst the first syllable is a 

 common Imalah. Hence the word is a corruption of <^--»°T dmin. 



^ji^-U bdkhtan, 1, to play ; 2, to lose a game, opp. Odj* burdan 

 to win a game. Shikebi of Icfahan (Ruba'i) 



" The world is a nard play, the winning of which is a loss ; skilful 

 nard playing consists in being satisfied with a low throw. The 

 world resembles the two dice of 'the nard play — you take them into 

 your hands to throw them down again." Payami (metre Ramal) 



" Fate cheats in play and takes back what it lost; one cannot play 

 with a companion that practises such tricks." 



Observe that in the first example, the word <_£& naqsh means the 

 dots on the dice. The dice used in India are rarely cubical, but long, 

 because the four long sides only are used. 



^Jj^jIj bdryir, the same as y"**' as P> anc ^ t^J^- bdryi, a horse. 



2. A slave, Hind. &!+,*■ chelah, Muc, Bh. 3. j4M «-ir 3k 



harf-i-bdryir, an expletive particle. Tdsir (metre Muszari') — 



i^^i\ jj^c j ^{jj' jxtjU o^a. ^jj^, — u Like an expletive particle, pleonastic 



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