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MAITHIL CIIRESTOMATHY. 
[Extra No. 
iron ; i. e., birds of a feather flock 
together. 
adj. belonging to the world ; 
*137 a reputable family. 
v. n. to go back, return, 
returning. 
a pestle for pounding curry; 
a cudgel; to wield a 
cudgel, see 
Note, words beginning in Sanskrit 
with X, will he found in this voca¬ 
bulary beginning with like 
which an initial X is always pro¬ 
nounced , except in the few follow¬ 
ing exceptions. 
3T %, (Harkh . XVI, 7), Braj for 
, dat. non-hon. of XIT. 
(1) , a termination, equivalent 
in meaning to the Hindi ^T^TT, 
signifying the agent; before which 
a word is lightened in pronuncia¬ 
tion under gram. § 5 add. ; e. g., 
a wielder of cudgels, 
from ^T^t, a cudgel. 
(2) , interj. excellent! Brov. 
{on the proverbial fool ish Miya) 
% ir^T, the 
Miya/’s beard went to the tune 
of “excellent!” i e., the people 
stroked it admiringly, and as they 
did so pulled it out hair by hair; 
i. e., you can do anything by 
flattery. 
t'S (Sal. XVIT) = % (2), q. v. 
ST 
Note, this letter is of comparatively 
rare occurrence in Maithili, being 
generally supplanted by x, under 
which letter will be found many 
words commencing in Sanskrit 
with S7. 
the god S'iv; {Vid. XXII, 2), 
the enemy of S'iv was Kam Dev, 
the god of love. 
■ 3777 , adj. num. a hundred. 
■gjvf, W, the god Siv; a phallic 
emblem, or ling a sacred to him , 
in Vid. XXXVII, 2, compared to 
a girl’s bosom, cf. XXRxf. 
37X«T, sleep : a bed. 
"SKW, protection, refuge, 
the body. 
¥7fs7, the moon: 3lf37 {fem. 
% 
moon-faced. 
adj. autumnal. 
fw3, or fsst f^, or *?t«r fxx, Sfc. 
name of a king in Mithila, who 
reigned at Sugauna, the patron of 
Bidyapati : fxir is frequently in¬ 
correctly spelt fx^. ( 
f?R, the head. 
fsufiR, the cold season, winter. 
, adj. cool, 
gentleness. 
3RRT, a parrot. 
■3R7, adj. fortunate, propitious ; 
3 R, to consider anything propi¬ 
tious. 
, the trunk of an elephant, 
a head ; a chief. 
{or for metre), the remainder : 
adv. in the end, finallv. 
