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

 both c5 al*3 ta'alluqi, attached to this world, and ^s^ tajarrudi 

 (or Aiwjfj wdrastah) independent of it. A. A. p. 49, 1. 17. 



Lf)^ lSj x ^ j ^ 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 gjj pack, empty, whilst that person has the ring, he 

 is Hy burdahj defeated, and must continue searching for the ring. 

 Vide Vullers' II., p. 802, s. ^ hachah. Tashbihi of Kashan (metre 

 Hazaj) 



QH wh %>t ^ cu *** (J-V. *%? Qrt u> l *^c/fj e^H> e^l o^j.j 

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

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



cL»l el. Indian writers use this word in the phrase *>*& <Jt>! ^{JL^t 

 the rebels became again obedient. MSS. have often Jj|j yjdil, pies, 

 part, of Jfj wa-l. 



^1 eman. The fathah of the mini is the same as the I'athah in 

 h/far, Hdtam, &c, for Jcdjh; Ildlim, whilst the first syllable is a 

 common Imalah. Hence the word is a corruption of ^j dmin. 



u> 



^Lkli bdkhtan, 1, to play ; 2. to lose a game, opp. &zy 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." Payaini (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 ^^6 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. 



Jifjk bdryir, the same as y«»l asp, and ^b bdryi, a horse. 

 2. A slave, Hind. &1j^ chelah, Muc, Bh. 3. j^M Or* 

 ha>f-i-bdr<jir, an expletive particle. Tdsir (metre Muszari') — 

 I jj&ojtkjj^jb o^ cJj~*» — " Like an expletive particle, pleonastic 

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