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On one occasion, irritated by being refused admittance to an entertainment, he uttered the above imprecation which to the consternation of the assembled company took effect. They begged his pardon, whereupon he restored in the same miraculous manner the chunam into rice and the frogs into cakes ! The power acquired by austerities. 2156. 8o*C$bexr* TSlWS), !§<&>. All the flavours are right, but there is no salt in it. Said of badly prepared food* 2157. !?<&>, C&&J-* ~£t$o. * There is no one wno knows everything, there is no one who knows nothing. 2158. If you do tell a lie, let it be like a wall. (See No. 171. ) 2159. efnfxS'o Like Are inaugurated with water. Abh.iih.eka is the term used for bathing or anointing an idol. 2160. Can you get new-moon food every day 7 The Hindu Law prescribes orte meal only on the day of the new-moon, and it is in consequence a good one. ( 4 ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2161. £9ooo ef ■S^&ocffj ^(SSb^tfo. If it’s not Sunday it’s Monday, If to-day will not, to-morrow may. 2162. £9ooo;3 £>£>§ -&o&o^i£r o &o £f)e^20ofi>Xej'53^<^o. He who grieves over that which ^ is past is a man of little sense. 2163. £9d&§ S'&bSo^ 15, £9£x> &&b<5os513. The husband like a spindle, the wife like a mortar. Kuduru is the upper and larger part of a stone mortar. 2164. £9d^g’5T°b'cX5bg'^5o £9d3^o^, ef>d&g-£r°& ^o^5Sx> ^>)£3 o^, &f6o§^^ S^ooo o$xn>d oooo^ 6 ^5§^_ S^oootfS TT^TT^cXSbTT 5 . The priest, the priest is like a pot with a large mouth, the priest’s wife is like a small basket—when the basket was put in the corner a jackal walked off with it, 0 N&r&yana! 2165. &dSj-°£Tr° gS^^^o-o, s5t^ 2S v ' € ^o7Y^s5cn’. “ Come father and eat” [ said the daughter ] “ I’m coming directly Sing&ma” [ replied the father. 1 The daughter waved her hand to display her new gold bangles, the father nodded his head to show his new gold earings. Said of people “ showing off.” 2166, £9c&3-*g £9oib, £55o 13e>£> ^£>0 If you say “Alas !” it will equal six months’ sin. Applied to pitying an atrocious sinner. •(*). es o 1§ Si55bo. 2167. £><&>tfo “ Arjuna, Bhaijuna—Ah! the thunder bolt has fallen,” he cried. The man in a fright tried to utter the spell given under No. 1444, hut lost his head and broke down at the second word. 2168. £>tfs5co ~£$-zr>&> StftfSo&b. 9 cp A man without money is useless. (See No. 1876.) A man without money is like a ship without sails. (Dutch.) 2169. £9tfs5co 5o<3b. Cp (JQ A man without money is vain. 2170. ^©"S^dSber ^>0(S afcBOTr’tfb. OO OQ In his haste about the Alii k&yas he forgot the marriage. .Alii kaya is the fruit,of the Memecylon Capitellatum, 2171. £9o sSS'iS £f>o The grandmother and the horse were one. A man and his grandmother started on a journey, the former riding, the latter on foot; the grandson rested frequently on the road and eventually only reached his destination just as his grandmother had completed her journey. The tortoise and the hare. 2172. While she was going round the holy fig tree, she felt for signs of pregnancy. Pradakshana is “ reverential salutation, by circumambulating a person or object, keeping the right side towards them.” ( Wilson ). Asvattha is the Ficus Religiosa. Expecting the result to be obtained at the very commencement of an enterprize. • Een man zondcr geld is een schip zonder zeilen, ( 6 ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. e$. 2173. e3^0 £)§6 STsl$'55bo ooot^^o, jb oooofcT 6 ^§6 1 _ o 7 CO O I’ll give you medicine to keep away hunger, give me your cold breakfast. Said by a quack. 2174. ^ooA£3§ ^o;5Ao-tf& The hungry man will not refuse leavings. 2175. e3"5^sfo S^oootfft. CJ The sky was kicked away by the kite. Said in answer to an impertinent question. 2176. e3'3" x>1 F 0 S>§ A man who plants a ladder on the sky. Ambitious. 2177. e5n3"°tfo skso&tf, £>77 u -vi °tfo Purity first and impurity after. Impurity always attends purity. 2178. Sr 0 ^ ^^TT 75 , es£^& v £T^ / S$‘ t> o s3d&gTr°<?&. Though you cheat your priest you should not cheat your own life. Take good care of yourself, even though you treat your priest badly. Said by a selfish, greedy man. (7) -C5 o Sx . 2179. zoo£> 200 g. 9 9 A woman’s sense is wrong sense. ( See No. 436. ) Lit. in the back of the head. 2180. £3<^ibe;35b ^^”53^50 £f>ooo£b f)5b£oex) l$X^70D§ r *£)~<3i&. They who beget female children must cut off five of their badges of honor A man though raised to a distinguished position in the world has yet to humble himself before his sons-in-law for the sake of his daughters, who might otherwise not be well treated. 2181. "S^exr 0 otizg). A dancing foot and a singing mouth are never quiet. ( Sec No*. 355, 1085, 1639. ) 2182. esffib fc9S$ysi o£. If you cheat your life, it will then and there ask [ for food ]. 2183. es 33bo<b ooj^ £bo<b, 35b o£o. [ Talk of] that burning and this burning, this Br&hmajn&rtha is belly burning. Said by a greedy Vaidika Brahman. Brahmanartha is an invitation issued to two or three Brahmans on the anniversary of the death of a relative. 2184. e3$£n><b z&r°s&7V > ’iy*. Shall we have that word said 1 0 father-in-law! When a Komati was dying and the word “ N&rayana” had to be pro¬ nounced in his ears, all his relations tried to shirk this disagreeable duty. The allusion in the proverb is to a proposal made by one of them that the task should be imposed upon the oldest man present. 2185. ' £>e^ex>, Wc3 sSM'eT’Syo Will castor oil seeds become fine pearls 1 (8 ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2186. esd&tf £)£>& t9ooo7T° > &5kx><3b. If he were here, he would at least stitch the leaf platter. (See No. 45.) 2187. t £o" t ’tf$5£55bo. Valour in the beginning. Dash, but not steady unflinching courage. 2188. es& Soo£<bo &oZ5zr°D. 2p co Six chafing dishes and a fire of roots were the cause of the uproar. 2189. ^br3S5oe^DT7°0o £f>oooli, ^000 ^ 00 X 3 , 30 . If the wife is of good disposition, good will accrue. 2190. £3^> £9ooo~^, &SX 0&0 CO _O CO _D A Though the Allu he new, are the mill stones new 1 (For Attu see No. 82.) An answer to a lame excuse. 2191. £3S5Aoa £31^ A man who saves a mustard seed and thinks a pumpkin worth a shell-coin. ( For Gummadi kaya see No. 517. ) Penny wise and pound foolish. They drink their water by measure, but eat their cake without. (Greek.)* 2192. £3q 5)0> by*>, "^£>b. There is no meekness in cows, nor poverty in Brahmans. * NetQco vhcop 7 rtvov 7 £<; dpeTpcos p-vX/w idovres. ( 9 ) e o eT* §^J <$ o ^ "S sx Sco . 2193. S &r.&, His desire is on his wife and his support on his mat. Nothing for it but resignation. 2194. "^Sooe5b&. Why should a man without desire he in the world 1 ?• 2195- ao43 £>£)S l!r&Koi3 t>€) §^£o. ' oo oo The neighbour’s cat is the ally of the house cat. Both jpin in* mischief. 2196* §**#& sJ^^_ex> Sycophants scratch pimples for a livelihood. - 219 T. "S^s&oS) £o£X. Giving is like Kama’s festival, taking is like the feast of Dip&vali. Kamqdahana is the raournfwl commemoration of the horning of Kandarpa / or Kamadeva ( the god of love ) by the fire from Siva’s eye, when he in¬ terrupted the god in his devotions. Dipavali or Dtp&li is a joyous 1 ' . ■ A festival with nocturnal illuminations in honour of Kartikeya, The name signifies “ a row of lamps.” .2198. g&gq£)ex> S^rc^7r**§^^oNb^cJ5b7r o l o^, es73f5s£p>||: When the Ityapis cried, and Konanga shot [his darts,] Apvekadanta mounted the Punnapumsakam and danced Olady! An absurd couplet composed by a would-be poet. He attempted to make use of the synonyms given in the A mar a Kosha; in his ignorance he mistook Ityapi ( “ so also” ) for a name of the cuckoo, divided the words Darpakonahga ( names of KAmadeva ) wrongly, taking Konanga , used Apyekadanta (“ also Ekadanta” ) as a name of Ganesa and read Punnapumsakam (“masculine and neuter”) as a synonym of Valmika (“an anthill.” )—( See Colebrooke’s Amara Kosha 2nd edn., pp. 5,7, 76,131. ) (io ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2199. o$r° oooo£3fc3d&& # 0 lady neighbours ! see the conduct of my husbafrd. Inviting the sympathy of those who cannot interfere. 2200^ ^%br5o8b 200 $ eSoooTT’ Without grease to the axle, even Paramesvara’s car will not run. 2201. 9e>o m v r >®7r oooer°ex> -tf-Ovr 0 fiTex) s$bn>tf&>. '00 CO *W CO If the house be burnt or the good wife die, there will cer¬ tainly be lamentations. 2202. -^3 eow^B'i^r 0 oooSo‘S7T°ex>rtb vxpo&sk 0 . 00 , * ■a . Are twenty-four Nimams for this porridge only % Said by a formalist who had put on twenty-four sectarial marks instead of twelve (the prescribed number ) and was disappointed at not being treated accordingly. 2203. -£a 13 "Soo^exr® ~£&>. There is no interest for you this month, and no principal for you next month. Said by a cheat to his creditor. 2204. -ge £>e) €3 ^rex> er’KoTT*. Would this cat have drunk that milk 1 <* .< See No. 239.) A demure humbug. 2205. S^lf, zT’ocSiSb ^d&gJSbTT^cSk). If he can’t keep quiet, put him in the stocks. ( See No. 352.) ( U ) es 0^6^ "r 0 1§ & sSx >. 2206. l3®§ While there is butter in the net why hunt through the whole village for ghi ? (For Utti see No. 304.— See Nos. 118, 2002.) 2207. dsd!3?5 ‘Soe£o&Sex> $£> ^ocf *5T°r^, 7T°^b ^dsSQ^ 6 C§D<Do o5<0 I am a man who eats boiled rice and lives in the village, what have I to do with others ? ✓ (See No. 755.) 2208- d8"l'55'S)l7r > 0 >r>Se) £jdS'<&. A washerman wi|ll only wash for one who thrashes him. There is a pun here on the word Utuku : it is the term used for beat¬ ing clothes—the Indian washerman’s mode of cleansing them—and it also signifies in jocular language to “ drub” or “ thrash.” 2209.