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MAITHTL CTTRESTOM ATTTY. 
[Extra. No. 
fine : (Sal. XVII) an exercise 
among gymnasts in which the 
only portion of the body touching 
the ground are the palms of the 
hands and the toes ; the body is 
then extended or swung backwards 
and forwards. 
adj. wearing a beard, bear¬ 
ded. 
breath : w ^ (Sal. XX) at 
one breath, at once. 
a small coin ; 2 damri = 1 
dokra, 4 dokra = 1 pice ; Prov . 
tT^T you 
cliarge a damri for the nightin¬ 
gale, and a dokra for plucking out 
(its broken feathers). 
v. n. to be enraged, 
rage. 
husband and wife : consorts, 
pride. 
S66 
^T, mercy, pity. 
^sjT^r, adj. merciful, pitiful. 
^T. (^), prep. in, at, on, in such 
phrases as ^TT^, lakh's 
upon lakhs. 
^^ToTT, ( tyjfi) the outer 
room of a house, open to the pub¬ 
lic. Same as ^TT, q. v .; it never 
means a door, the JMaithili of 
which is nor a door-way, 
ivhich is 
(uhjjjz) a Dervish, or Mu¬ 
hammadan beggar. 
sight: an inter¬ 
view. 
a kind of venomous snake ; 
Prov. (in charming a snake , the 
charmer touches the head of the 
reptile as he utters the charm ) 
5TRrf?T '#tW 
JTT'SJT xfTSb he only knows the 
charm for the bite of a non- 
venomous Dhorh, and puts his 
hand on the head of a Darddh; 
i. e., a little knowledge is a dan¬ 
gerous thing, 
a mirror. 
^STTrT, brazen utensils. 
an army : a faction : a leaf (of 
a plant), a lotus. 
a stick for stir¬ 
ring dal, or pottage. It has at 
its lower end a kind of horizontal 
paddle-ivheel, which is made to 
revolve rapidly by rotating the 
stick or shaft between the palms 
of the hands. 
adj. pierced. 
or adj ten : hence , any inde¬ 
finite number, many : hence also 
a few : ^¥[31 «T, multiplied ten times, 
see ai^r. 
^yrr, definite num. the ten. 
f^fk, in the ten directions, i. e ., 
the eight points of the compass 
(N., N. E., &c.) the Zenith and 
the Nadir; hence in all directions. 
^¥y«r, the teeth : the act of biting: 
the marks caused by biting. 
see 
q> v. 
^T, form : condition. 
^ (1), ten ,for ^r, see 
o 
^ (2), see 
(3), v. a. to burn, consume, 
fire : anguish ; adj. burnt. 
