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^gfv^T^Pt, a token, a sign. 
(oU1a^v 4 ) > Hindifern. plur. 
comrades. 
^8% see 
born o£ the same womb; a 
whole brother. 
^T^T^T, the month of Sraban. 
^rf qT, a wooden or ivory ring worn by 
the bridegroom at the time of mar¬ 
riage ; Prov. *3TcT W 
with seven “s’s”, (or words begin¬ 
ning with “s”) a marriage takes 
place; the seven “s’s” are 
vermilion, ^r*r, hemp, #T«T, gold, 
a shell, a wooden ring, 
the cover of a small pot, 
and fg^rg, the parting of a wo¬ 
man’s hair ; the first six are placed 
together in a bowl, and out of 
them is taken some vermilion, 
and applied to the parting of the 
bride’s hair. 
narrow: subst. a 
narrow road, a lane. 
^Nk, a kind of snake. 
building materials. 
gfftb a spear. 
gf^T, (or gvt Sal. XVI) adj. true : 
exact. 
gf^ft, a kind of betel leaf. 
gT^b evening; "^g gfifi, morning 
^ «N«- 
and evening; Prov. m 
gf*ff a foolish bridegroom 
prepares his bed while it is yet 
evening (it is considered impro¬ 
per for a man to approach his 
wife before midnight) ; gfgf gf;- 
he died (long 
ago) in the evening, and why so 
much weeping; i. e., its no use 
crying over spilt milk. 
the third son, in a family of 
four or more. 
gT^ - , v. a . to arrange, 
gfg^, arrangement, 
gfg - , a bull; specially , a sacred bull, 
a “ brahminy bull.” 
gftT, (or gpr for metre'), (fem. 
gTlVfg), a serpent, frequently 
compared to a lock of hair. 
gif%, a witness. 
gT3T, gT5IVTeT, a kind of spinach eaten 
by the poorer classes : Prov. 
gmTrT, it gm, she 
lives on spinach, and would sleep 
with a prince, concerning a woman 
who would make an ambitious 
marriage. 
gTSK, the ocean; there are seven 
oceans , and the word is hence 
(Vid. XVIII, G), used to repre¬ 
sent the number seven, tvhich 
added to nine, the number of the 
planets, makes 16, the number of 
the graces (fg^JTV). 
g[5T (1), preparation: adornment of 
the body; garments, apparel, 
gpsr (2), v. n. and v. a. to adorn, to 
gT*!«r, adornment. [adorn oneself. 
gT^fg, g^lfg, a female friend. 
gT<nt, a pit in which mangos are 
kept. 
gT^T, a company, association, part¬ 
nership. 
gT^, a brand for branding cattle, 
hence metaphorically (Sal. XV), 
gT^t, a brand made by the 
application of flowers, i. e. f no 
punishment at all. 
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