158 The Nineteenth Booh of the Gestes of Prithirdj. [No. 3 



(15) The princess when in health was compared to the moon, 

 when sick she is likened to the moon under an eclipse, caused as the 

 Hindus believed by the demon Rahu. 



(16) Here again I have constructed an intelligible reading out the 

 varying and obscure versions in the MSS. 



(17) This is an allusion to the ceremony called drtd or welcoming 

 the bridegroom. 



(18) The ceremony of prachlcshinam or walking round an object 

 to be revered, keeping the right side always nearest to it. 



(19) Tod and Agra g^cjr rfFC^ ^3 ^*=ft*T, I at first translated this 

 li muskets and arrows," but arrows have already been mentioned in 

 the line above (^T^r) ; and it is very doubtful if guns and gunpowder 

 could have been known at that early age, moreover the next line 

 speaks of throwing mountains of iron ; I therefore suppose some sort 

 of heavy machine for throwing stones or darts, such as a catapult or 

 mangonel, is intended. 



(20) The mention of Feringhees here is curious. If the blazoned 

 shields in the next line, the heavily caparisoned horses and iron 

 armour apply to them, we might almost suppose some band of old 

 crusaders had found their way eastwards ! I suspect the whole pass- 

 age however to be a modern interpolation. The word translated 

 " beards" is WST«ft which is found in no dictionary. I connect it 

 with the Sanskrit sjpg, Prakrit ^3KT Sindhi Tr^, — It is merely a con- 

 jecture however. 



(21) These two lines are a puzzle. They stand thus — 



^£3»^TT<T is probably Persian -t^la-w scarlet cloth, and I should 

 like to read ^T*TT for <ffaT, so as to make it descriptive of scarlet caps, 

 which were distinctive of the Mughal cavalry, as in later times of the 

 Kizilbash their descendants. The second line I give up entirely, as it 

 stands at present. 



(22) I read WctI #5! rTTSft, isfij£ J^, the MSS. both have xr#t. 



(23) In both MSS. fViT *i?r ^W ^ ?rw ^T^T, i. e. fsfrR'Vrr ^iTW 

 fW§ %t fcfrr-JT ^i^r (= fa§*r) %T?r ll 



(24) m? strictly, means ' muttering prayers,' but Chand uses ^ 

 and «ipt for chanting verses, or even for speaking. 



