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that it is not so used in Maithili; 
hut I differ from them on this point, 
having noted three passages in 
Vidyapati in which it is used appa¬ 
rently in this sense. They are (1), 
IV. 3. qqq % mx, 
V* J 
which I translate “ who can turn 
aside a greedy eye” Faudits make 
qiq a verbal noun and translate 
“who turns aside the crossing of a 
greedy eye,” which is an awkward 
translation, and hardly makes 
sense : (2), XXXIII. 5 iSTRW *r 
'IS ire HreT, which I tram- 
late “ I cannot tell the words of 
my love” Fandits make 
a noun, and translate “the telling 
is not crossed, i. e ., attained to” 
which is practically yielding the 
position: (3) XXXI. 4 qpiqtq 
qffsq - qqq % qiq, which J?audits 
translate “ who bears warm em¬ 
braces to their utmost limit 
(qTU) hut which seems to me 
much more nearly to resemble the 
Tangdli qjiq^q qfqq % qK, 
“ who can bear warm embraces 
anyhow, in modern Maithili,, I 
have not met mx in the sense of 
“ to be able.” 
qTC (3), Vid. V, 1, qi^ for metre'), 
qT^q, the act of crossing : qru ^X, 
to cross a person over a stream. 
qT^T, snow. 
qiq, v. a. The following forms have 
been noted, Simp. Tres. 1 qT^Pf, 
qTfq% 2 mix, mf^, 3 mx, 
qT^fq ; 3 Tut. qi%q; 1. Tast., 
f in poetry , 3 Fast qpilT^r ; Indecl. 
Fart, qR ; to get, to obtain: 
Indecl. Fart, qq, ^,mi(Vid. XIV, 
5), or qR, used as a preposition ; 
see qq; afefq qR, from my birth : 
with obi. verbal noun to be able, 
e. g , W qTq't qfq, I cannot bear : 
to find, see, distinguish : hence, to 
come upon, arrive at. 
XTR, xnqfa, qifqqf, qifqq, qTft, see 
qrq. 
qi^T = qW (2), q. v. 
qTq (1), neighbourhood: qrq or 
prep., near. 
qiq (2), a net; a collection qrB 
a head of hair, a lock of hair : 
locative, qT% Vid. (XL, 7) or qTW 
(Vid. XXXIX, 7) for metre. 
qi^r, = qiq (1), q. v. 
qTq, a line, a procession in line. 
qTqq, a stone. 
qpit adj. foreign: qrff qrmrT, cul¬ 
tivation by a ra'iyat who lives in 
one village, and cultivates in 
another ; to be carefully distin¬ 
guished from qR which is 
derived from qR feet, and means 
an undertenure : see qR. 
fq, or qf, v. a., the following forms 
have been noted, 3 rd Simp. Fres. 
fqqq, fqq, qfq : 2nd Imperat. fqqf, 
fq^q, P res. Fart. fq^er, ffacr 
( incorrect, Sal. XIV) : Fast. Fart. 
fW^T, xhw: Indecl. Fart, fqfq, 
qtfq, verbal noun qt^q ( e. g. 
qlwq> ^TTJq, fit to drink) Sf obi. 
fqq (e. g. fqqqr VX, sufficient for 
a drink) : to drink : to absorb : to 
be full of : comp. verb, fqq %for 
fqfq to take to drink, to drink. 
