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MAIT1IIL CnRESTOMATHY. 
■^TT, she has not even pacldy in 
her house, and the lady would 
pound (expensive) chura , i. e., do 
an impossibility. 
<fv5c(ft, a small kind of sandfly = 
%«T q. v. 
<gi?:rsr, the act or profession of 
pounding grain; Prov. 
epzprT tw*T, t^T3\ 'sn^T 
the mother gets her living 
by pounding & grinding grain, 
and has called her son Durgadatta 
(a name only affected by rich 
people). 
epfs^Tr, a slice, a portion. 
adj. twisted : curling. 
v. n. to itch, 
the itch, itching. 
f.T%^TW, itchy. 
YT, fffT, a mouthful: the act of 
rinsing: the mouth, 
an ear-ring. 
ej^;, a shrub with a small white 
flower, the double Jasmine. 
^3fT, name of a liump-backed 
woman, befriended by Krishna. 
ad d • ( f em • 
hump-backed. 
= ff*b q- v- 
cp t fc, a daughter = fT-RT^t. 
ftfTFC, a boy, a son, a prince TT*T- 
a Rajput. 
(English ) a committee. 
fiflTfa, <f\ mx\, a girl, a daughter, a 
princess. 
the water 
lily. A flower which is supposed 
to open only under the rays of the 
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moon , and to remain closed during 
the day time. It is hence fre¬ 
quently contrasted tvith the lotus , 
see 
a water jar : the forehead, 
f*, an elephant’s forehead, 
e^ef^xsj, Kumbhakarna, the 
brother of the demon Ravana. 
fRfRT*?, Lit., the son of a pitcher. 
Name of the celebrated saint 
Agasti, or Agastya. He is said 
on one occasion to have swallowed 
the ocean , which is hence called his 
food. (Vid. XVI, G). 
r, the sweet pumpkin, 
a man of the Kumhar or 
potter caste; Prov. Rrf^<T ypT 
*r # flK, a 
potter sleeps secure, for no one 
will steal clay, i. e., Vacuus viator . 
(Fe m. f^f*) a potter : Prov. 
fi^RT for the 
sake of the oilman’s ox the pot¬ 
ter’s wife becomes suttee, i. e., she 
interests herself in other people’s 
affairs. See 
‘ff^TTT^, v. n. to blossom. 
the act of blossoming, 
a kind of pea or vetch which 
seeds in December; (Dolichos 
biflorus). 
the act of rinsing or washing 
the mouth : cf. 
<gi<sr, a family, a race. 
adj. born in a family. ( Vid. 
lxxx, 2) born in 
whose family ? 
ffm the thunderbolt: adamant. 
