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English. 



Lhota Naga. 



Jaipur ia Naga. 



Wax, n. 



Ockha 



Niaso 



Wet, v. 



Uncha 





When, ad. 



Kothonga 





Where, ad. 



Koia 



Makoa 



Which, pro. 



Chokuto 



Mapa 



White, a. 



Mia 



Apo 



W T ho ? pron. 



Chua 



Hana 



Wide, a. 



Choakk 





Widow, n. 



Emi 



Jantdngiii 



Widower, n. 



Khiangran 



Jant^va 



Wife, n. 



Ang 



Janngiu 



Within, prep. 



Tachungi 





Woman, n. 



Eloi 



Dehiek 



Wood, ii. 



Otong 



Pan 



Wrist, n. 



Khemhiek 





Yam, n. 



Mani 



Hakhuon 



Year, n. 



Enzukha 



Kanj)a 



Yes, ad. 



Hokha 





On the S'uhasutras.- 



-By Dr. G. Thibaut, Anglo- Sanskrit Professor, 

 Banaras College. 



It is well known that not only Indian life with all its social an r l poli- 

 tical institutions has been at all times under the mighty sway of religion, 

 but that we are also led back to religious belief and worship when we try 

 to account for the origin of research in those departments of knowledge 

 which the Indians have cultivated with such remarkable success. At first 

 sight, few traces of this origin may be visible in the S'astras of later times, 

 but looking closer we may always discern the connecting thread. The 

 want of some norm by which to fix the right time for the sacrifices, gave 

 the first impulse to astronomical observations ; urged by this want, the priests 

 remained watching night after night the advance of the moon through the 

 circle of the nakshatras and day after day the alternate progress of the sun 

 towards the north and the south. The laws of phonetics were investigated, 

 because the wrath of the gods followed the wrong pronunciation of a single 

 letter of the sacrificial formulas ; grammar and etymology had the task 

 of securing the right understanding of the holy texts. The close connexion 

 of philosophy and theology — so close that it is often impossible to decide 



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