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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ FEBRUARY, 1933
There is none but God! I will rejoice, I will ask five villages as jágír. Answer: Snow.
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Akha akashiy, byákhi náklishiy, trakha gharas rachiyTiman tran chu kunuy nâu. One is in the sky, the second is in the non-sky, the third is guarding the
doorThese three are of one and the same name. Answer :-Garth, viz., (1) gánth (kite), (2) shishar-gánth (icicle), (3) gå nth
(bolt).
Akha kund, yad bhanin; byá khá huk, ds mudrdwan; trakha paran Vedata
PuranTiman tran chu kunuy nào. One being a thorn, satisfies one's stomach ; the second being dry, sweetens
one's palate ; the third reads the Vedas and PuranagThese three are of one and the same name. Answer :-Gor, viz. (1) gor (water-chestnut), (2) gor (molasses), and (3)
gor (priest),
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Andar kuthey gandharv sabha, limay bihit tan ba tah; Inside the room is an assembly of gandharvas 2; they are sitting in
regular rows. Answer Teeth.
Asey pondey, zosey, zámey; Nit snan kari tirthan; Warih waryas nonuy asey. Nishi chuy; ta parzantan.3 It laugheth, sneezeth, cougheth, yawnoth; It ceaselessly batheth in holy pools ; It is naked from year's end to year's end. It is nigh to thee; recognize it. Answer :-Face.
Asmaini pakan kakaya ; Zangan malit kirmaya ; Achin walit burqiyd. So kosa myâni pirabhaya ! A bird is flying in the sky; Her feet are tinged with red dyo ; Her eyes are covered with a veil. Which priestess of mine is she ?
Answer A swallow. 1 The gandharvas are a class of demi-gods, who inhabit Indra's hoaven and form the orchestra at all the banquets.
3 This is one of the sayings of Lul Død, the hormitoss (soc page 65 of Sir George Griorson's Lalla. Vakyini).
