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A Grammar of the Ghhattisgarhi dialect. 
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The ^Englishman is the best master. 5 
Slender slender is a stick, my brother, and slender are my 
limbs. Slender is my master, and his cowherd am I. (6). 
Whom do I call other masters ? They are like aheap of wood. 
I call the Englishman my master, who is like a pile of gold. (7). 
1 came crying “ master, master.” What age is my master ? 10 
Prom chewing betel his lips are red, and lines show in his moustache. 
(8). 
I took tyre from a black vessel,* and made a lamp of camphor 
(to worship the gods). On the night of my master’s birthday it 
rained gold. (9). 15 
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Jin? ^TJi I 
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Jits?^ i?^ ^'^t^T-arr, ^^5? wtk i 20 
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’^xaT^t-JiT, aiTiRi asw «1 ji?^ i 
a?jft ai’ar ^ji^ am? lu,^ ii 
aiTJi at%t Jin J?TT, aiw liisna ^ai^? i 
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Jira ai%T sacfT aii, ara Jin; Jax: ^n? ii «,» ii 26 
Cowherds' lore. 
What do I call other cows which eat pawing the ground and 
digging with their feet 7 
That cow I call dun-coloured, which advances rubbing itself 
against us. (10). 30 
I call that cow an Audh one, which gives a fine thick stream 
(of milk). 
Hence may the potter die who made my milk-pail narrow- 
mouthed. (11). 
Ganjar asks her lover, how does he climb the hill. 
* The earthen pots used for holding milk are smoked, to prevent the milk 
going bad. 
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