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1 _ 0 Cp 7 _ o CO If you pour it into the conch shell it is holy water, if you pour it into a potsherd it is common water. ( See No. 2047.) ( 81 ) 11 o^, cT 6 ^x^5bo. 2629. ^f>^Pcxxr®§ ^Soej^gxSbo Has Shaikh BMi a Gokul&shtami 1 GoJailashtanti is a festival observed in commemoration of the birth of m Krishna ; it falls on the eighth day of the dark fortnight of the month ** * i Srdvana. 2630. $^T°K)55bo£>§o 05X£5b. -D The corpse which has gone to the cemetery does not return. 2631. [ V;Tr>o&&&. The protection of the great Hama. (See Nos. 168, 278, 1644, 1867. ) Said in cases of absolute want, &c. 2632. vStfo QotxioS. As long as there is breath there is hope. ( See No. 2488.) 2633. fif^o^oaoS && o3oS; & oo (j- If I were a smuggler in the fair, where could I sell my thread 1 2634. tfotfer* §^3tfo*bSo ^<&>13s58o. GO Who are witnesses to the [ blow ] struck in the fair 1 Tn a crowd, no one can tell by whom a blow was struck. 2635. ^n>go S&ty>£> '^cSSbSg'S^li -&°ZsSx>. If you perform Sandhyavandanam there is no merit, hut if you neglect it there is sin. ( 82 ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2636. ^OT^g^o^ ■£T > c$5bo?6o0 The Sandhy&vandanam is known to my heart, the praise of Vhyu is known to the hook. ( See No. 2489. ) 2637. o3oo£>b§6. Why an order of Government for [ eating ] the food [ given ] in an alms-house ? 2638. Xt&irijjS o. A salutation in an assembly. A general compliment. When will the waves of the sea cease [ to roll ] 1 When will you bathe 1 i. e. Will you wait to bathe until the sea is motionless P 2640. Like tying a S&t&ni’s top-lock and a Sanny&si’s sacerdotal thread in a knot. A joke—S^tdnis ( R&m&nujas ) do not wear the lock of hair common to other castes,* and Sannydsis wear no thread. Said of a ridiculous scheme. Without a top-lock, with shaven head, marked with the shell and discus, and having the upright streak [ on the forehead ]—he is called a Vaishnava. ( cf. note 1 p. 41 Wilson’s Essays and Lectures vol. 1.) * ( 83 ) <3 Sx55bo. 2641. £^§^£'%5^3b. Better fall at the feet of the prosecutor than at the feet of the witnesses. 2642. ^ SO SitS. was born for Lanka’s ruin- 2643. rMspzr°%~&£rs>x l 15o&;0l33y<5 rS S^sSeS;*. You must beat his delicate body with a soft slipper. Said in joke of a person who affects to be very delicate. 2644. KxlA/st^ . w q*. The command of Sugriva. Strictly enforced and disobedience to it cruelly punished. See KishTcindhaJcanda of the Edmdyana 2645. g'^osS^SsSS's. The best son is the ruin of the house. All the sons were had. 2646. 7xn’&%7V& ^a§ s^ll, 20oco<bx5£a. 7 Cs> When he went to the oracle to find the needle, his old sins came out. 2647. ^c$ax>ny ri £&. D £ You should not trust a needle-worker, a hammer-wielder or a bottom-thrower. i. e. a tailor, a blacksmith, or a weaver. (See Nos. 1752, 2045.) A hundred tailors, a hundred millers, and a hundred weavers are three hundred thieves. (Spanish.)* * Cien gastres, cien molineros, y cien texederos son trecientos ladrones. ( 84 ) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2648. ^r°5S^oc^ lS-£>£)go. He sits down at sunrise and gets up with Venus. Said of a glutton who sits long at his meals. 2649. Xe^^tfrasSoo, $£r°oXog cDi5 J5” <$oSx). a Putting on the wedding cord at sunrise, and taking it off when Venus rises. In the morning a bride, at : . ’ht a widow. ( See Nos. 99, 7U. ) 2650. ^llpo odlgs&o, <3b£>iL£)o What good is there in money 1 what purity is there in man 1 2651. ^s5b-*£§6 tfjJd&o-a’S'o ^3"^g, £^“£p§i£P<3o. One who cooks rice for lazy lellows and makes beds for idle scamps. Said of a good-for-nothing fellow - 2652. In his own business a great worker, in his master’s business a great cheat. 2653. A miner of himself and of others. Nirdhumadhama signifies literally “ one who has flame without smoke, ( 5 ) 9 7 2654. He is reading the Svarg&rohanaparva. Svargarohanaparva is the last or 18th Chapter of the Mah&bh&rata which contains the story of the Pandavas ascending to the heavens. The saying is applied to a person on his death-bed. 2655. What! will you j ump before Hanuman 1 i. e. Who can jump like the mankey-chief ? Applied to a ridiculous attempt. ADDITION A L. 2656. es^l3$^S)go<b It is wrong to live in a village that has no protection; it is wrong [ for a woman] to ask [ for any thing] in the house where she was born if there is no love [ for her ]. 2657. ooo^5 £f)e) 75 v c3o'£Kr o , IS$r"°cS5b CO * 1 o5booo7T°5b. \ ’All S&hib who went to set out [ the departing guests ], and Pir Sahib who went to call him, both disappeared. 2658. 0o&xr-° ^yjolb, £9ooci§ Sfoc&fotiio'^r. If the mother-in-law live by begging will the son-in-law have a feast ? Manugudupu is “ a final entertainment given by the bride’s parents to the bridegroom, after the conclusion of the whole marriage ceremonies.” ( Brown. ) (w) TELUGU PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2659. £9cx>olf IT’Soolb £f)<§ ooo<§> S££)\li ef)o'eT D a 1 cs’ °j &23&0. 9 Perhaps a female child, if not, a male child ; if neither this nor that, it is all a lie. Said by an astrologer when consulted regarding a pregnant woman. 2660 . <§^ 3 . £5 Bravo! Bravo !—"Wale ! Wale! A man was once fed with porridge ( topa ) in his mother-in-law's house. Never having tasted it before and wishing to have some at home he en¬ quired its name—on his way home he had to jump over a nullah ; on his clearing it, a bystander cried out Aisarabozza “ Bravo ! Bravo !” The man in his excitement forgot the word tup a and substituted for it Aisarabozza and beat his wife because she could not make the dish until wales rose on her body. There is a pun here on the word topa. 2661. ef>l§ X£>&1$ c§o£kr^ooo 13 o Cb 7 CO „ TT°Xo ozo&^dSos e)7T^a<b. “Hollow! grass-eating Komati,” said [a Mussulman], “ Well! molasses-eating Shhib,” replied [the shopkeeper ]: a How is it you speak in this way T’ asked [ a bystander ], “He is accustomed to that and I to this,” said [the Komati. ] i. e. He meant to say that the Mussulman was accustomed to grass and he to molasses. 2662. 0o7V°"^^o, -ujQT'ys“°5o, oooS^_a 2oer° A t home the form of the Lingam, in the road the form of the Chakra, here the form of matted hair, hut no where is there the form of rice. Said by a disappointed man. At home he was too poor to eat any thing but Sankati ( No. 2512 ) which being coarse food stands up in the dish like a Lingam. When travelling to visit a relative ho could only get in the road common round cakes ( Dose ) in shape like the Chakra (Vishnu’s discus) and when he arrived at his kinsman’s house instead of being treated with good fare he was only given Zuutikalu ( country Vermicelli ). ( r 01 ) es §-c5o^*s^ & 55bo . 2663. 55btS^gjZr*. ,\ Is it a village that I have lived in 1 Are the people those with whom I have been intimate 1 Said of a strange place. 2664. o&o ^<&a§^£> §^55'^ "^&o. All my patience is swept away, but I am not at all angry. An ironical speech used by a man boiling with indignation. 2665. o^s59 ZSooonotZ 'S3^8§ 20&b1§. C2> * Every man feels his own upper cloth heavy. (See No. 414.) Every one has his care. Every one feels his own burden heavy. (French.)* 2666. a3o£)^§'ex>. To him who has fallen into a river how many thoughts [ do not arise ? ] Said of one in utter despair. 2667. ■SP’SoibSo SooS5oS. CO CO If he does not die in any way, send him to Bapatla. i. e. If you can’t get rid of him in any other way, send him to that place. Bapatla is a village in the Guntoor District, once notorious for the rascality of its inhabitants. The Revenue officers sent there to collect the land tax are said to have been hilled one after the other by being accomo¬ dated on the day of their arrival with a dwelling infested by hornets, ' which came out in the night and disposed of the, obnoxious visitor ! * A < ha.'un son fardcau p£se, ( SS ) TEL U G U PROVERBS—SUPPLEMENT. 2668. Sooo7T> After the whole body is wet even an invalid does not feel the cold. ( See Nos. ISOl and 2673. ) 2669. S'!§o^<53§ You should not wish for food thrown up. Don’t wish to get back what you have given away. ( See No. 81.) 2670. S'e)Atfr>8od3 eobg K>cxx>"ei “i£o0o. o Better he the eldest daughter-in-law in a poor mans house, than the youngest daughter-in-law in a rich man’s house. The eldest son’s wife has authority in a household next to a mother-in- law and in the case of the latter’s death she becomes mistress of the estab¬ lishment. The youngest son’s daughter, though generally petted, is allowed no voice in the management of the household affairs. 2671. &n>£So ^5) (SIXTHS' ^Pooog £5bo&beSoo&, §oe)o zx>Q c6(6ooQ>. After the food has boiled the fire burns well, after the caste has been lost [ a man’s ] sense comes. i. e. He comes to his senses after losing his caste. 2672. 2 jo ^£ 0 Kesava! 0 N&rayana!—0 grandmother! give me food. A boy began his SandhyA but soon broke off to ask for his foo 267 3. §^oXd -t507V°^ o5oSo-tf0. If the hem he wet, cold [ is felt ], hut if the whole garment be wet, what cold [is felt7]. 12 ( See Nos, l.jOl mu! ) ; ' so ) y o I 75 o 2674- ^-&yrt$o ef>s5p. 0 ft^adam! GangMhara is dead. The story is as follows :—The washerwoman of a certain- Que'fen had a t female donkey which was pregnant. The woman vowed to Siva that if the donkey was safely delivered she would.call the young one Gangadhara t ( one of the names of Siva, signifying “ the receiver of the Ganges” ). The birth took place and the vow was fulfilled, but after a short time the young donkey died. The washerwoman was in great grief, neglected to bring the Queen’s clothes, and.