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In the verses and explanations quoted by Vullers from Bh. we find 

 the same want of understanding, as in the verses quoted by him 

 from F. Examples : — 



fy+jurm-j p. 513. ForJIj L^ balid ruz read jl jUt bahdr az. 



&+*■+, p. 517. Vullers has no idea of what Bh. means. He 

 reads u/f &y jd clar tari i an, and translates fructibus recentibus ; but 

 Bh. has diisyj* <lar tl ' LG ^ in tne insme of which. Again bj^J>j^ 

 sarposh, Bh. means a lid, so that (j^Ja will be the cup or plate, and 

 &v*^ the lid of it. Hence the nice verse of Tasir, which in Vullers 

 has neither sense nor metre (Ramal) — 



— where the two lips of the sweetheart are compared to a rose and a 

 rose bud, the latter resting like a lid upon the former, and the scent 

 of which is used by the zephyrs as provisions for their journey to 

 paradise. Vullers reads j\& ddr for jlj 6 ".. 



A£flA>, pp. 519 and 520, c) paedicare. For i^j>y j*3U ^ read <d^ 

 j*^l. In the verse read <^j! ^-Jrf bisk azin, for c^jlcr^ pish 09&i. 



s£y^ p. 533. Bead £&j for ^^JJ ; else the verse has no metre. 



iS ^^ p. 534. Read ^yj ru'unat silliness, for Vullers' ^j-^-j 

 za'aunat. This verse is quoted by Bh. as a proof for the word 

 U£j ^jjI&a. jangali i yakpa, an animal of a man's shape, having only 

 one leg ; it is proverbial /or its stupidity. Hence Vullers has left out 

 the word, but given the verse. 



j^ p. 535, 3) coll. isj-^- fluvius, et dicitur de aqua quam in 

 calamo narcissi servare solent, ut narcissus diutius in statu recenti 

 remanere possit. This is a sad blunder. Bh. has ^jJj y*. jaw-i- 

 nargis, a grain for the narcissus, not ci>^ a river. The metre of 

 Mukhlic i Kashi's verse (hazaj) shews that we have to read jau, and 

 not jit. The grain is put into the cup of the flower to keep it from 

 shrinking. 



The reference in the fifth meaning to the Sharafnamah is also 

 wrong. 



Thus throughout his whole Dictionary. 



The mistakes in Vullers arising from his being unacquainted with 

 Hindustani, deserve a short notice. Examples : — 



lsJ?\, P- 116, i. q., t^V^T . First, the madd of ^^T is wrong ; 

 secondly, i£j£\ is a gold or silver coin of the emperor Akbar. 



