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The sound is as a goddess (= to our ''Amen"), Wt'^ni chav shaM tah suh gav sharmandah ; Tilaiodni chav kohz tah tas lug mad, A shopkeeper took a little wine and was ashamed of himself ; The oil-expresser drank some rice-water, and he became intoxicated with pride. 229 A refrpectable man 1*8 nshamed of a very small fanlt, while the man of low dojceo is ma<le proud by a very small matter. Wuni, shopkcopor, one who sells siifjar, rice, oil, feo. He thinks himself immeasurably above the tilawoni in position, and would not iiitoriiiurry with his people on any account. JVdui^ wani Itani pati. Speaking, speaking behind the ear. Forget fulness. Inattention. JVani, wani tjandun. Jungles upon jungles of sandalwood. A life of supremo ease ; iwace and plenty everywhere. TVflntiun. Natives say thavt there is a jungle of a kind of sandal- wood in WaraA Divi in the Kutah&r pargana. Large quantities are imported from the Panjdb. IVanicht'.n ydren Khuduyah tundaag. The water of God for the pines of the wood. God will provide. The pine is very common on the Himdlayas. The moat wide- spread species is the Vinus longifolia, Jrdnia chhih grdh wtdi. The customer is known to the shopkeeper, IVdntia dunia hhezih luiih tah ijhotjia hyah khTizih ? A man can get something out of a wont walnut, but what can he eat from a tshots. As good as nothing. There are four kinds of walnnts : — (i) Wont, a walnut with a hard shell, from which the kernel is sopanited with great difficulty, (ii) liurazul, a walnut with a thin shell, and the kernel is easily separated, (iii) Khnkhur or 'Ffhotjah-kony which is without a kernel, (iv) Tsu- shdkal, TrShshdkcU or Suskokul is a walnnt having eight divisions, and very rare. Whenever one is obtained it is readily purchased by the Hindus, who never eat it, but keep it as a dainty morsel for the gods. Wi'tnyo degalia nai chhui tah zevih tih chhui nd ? O shopkeeper, if you have nothing in your pots, you have a tongue, haven't you? If one's dinner is meagre, his speech need not bo so. Warah'inxdxh Tulah-mid. From Baramula to Tulamul (about twenty -four miles distance). A gootl walk or ride. Warah-mul is the correct name for the town commonly called B&ramula, whore visitors change horses and coolies for the boats on 230 their way into " the Happy Valley." The lower class Kashmiris, and perhaps residents of Panjabi extraction, have changed the w (wav) into b (be), as also in the case of other words, e.g., TFernag is changed by them into Bemkg, Achhiioal into Achhibal, and TFijbidrd into Bijbihdr^, &c. MvZ or Mulah is a common ending to Kashmiri names of places. Besides Warah-mul and Tulah-mul, there are Drugahmul, Kuchihmul and others. Mul means root, foundation, creation, &c., Hence the creation of Warah or Wardh, the root of the mulberry tree, and so on. Warah-mul, the creation of Warah or Warah or Waraha, the hog or third incarnation of Vishnu. So called, because in ancient times the place is said to have been terribly troubled by a Rakshasa called Hiran&k, who had fortified himself against all attacks of man or beast by asking the deity to protect him against these. He had, however, forgotten to include the name of the boar amongst the others which he had enumerated as wishing to be protected against ; and so when the people of Warah-mul cried unto their gods in great distress their petition was heard, and Vishnu, assuming the form of a boar, came down and slew the Bakshasa. Cf. Sanskrit HiranydTcsha, Monier Williams' Dicty. Tulah-mul, the root of the mulberry-tree. It is supposed to have been a lake at first, and having connection with the great Anchar Lake, about four miles distant from Srinagar. Three hundred and sixty N4gs (or snake gods) are said to have resided there, and in their midst the goddess Kdgni^ ; but no one ever saw them, except a Pandit, Krishna Kar by name. He was one of the goddess' de- votees, and he worshipped her so regularly and earnestly that the goddess deigned to manifest herself to him. She appeared unto hira in a dream, and told him to go to the Anchar Lake, because there she would show herself to him. The Pandit enquired how he should find her Ndg, whereupon she told him to go there in a boat, and on his arrival she would under the form of a serpent lead him to the place. All happened as the goddess had said. The Pandit was guided to a spot where a mulberry tree had grown ; and the place was quite dry. There and then Krishna Kdr worshipped Rdgnid, and afterwards left and told all the people of the wondrous vision and gracious words which he had seen and heard. Cf . Sanskrit Bdjni, Monier Williams' Dicty. Warak mulik wav. The wind of Bararaula. Jdnbaz Sdhib, a Muhammedan religious mendicant, lived at Baramula in olden days, when the place was noted for its great heat. At one time for a whole week the sun shone upon the town with such increasing vigour that the people were being struck down with fever in large numbers. Then it was that Janbaz prayed, and the air was at once changed, and a good wind sprung up, which has continued to blow around Baramula ever since. Janbdz Sahib's tomb is to be seen in the town, and is much venerated and visited. 231 Wnrhnjih mnndnre par nai usie, Noshi nai dsie hash tah zuin^ Mukaddainas patah nai phukaddam usiCy Gumas tiilihe shf'mas Um. If there were not an ftxo for the crooked log, If there were not a mother-in-law and sister-in-law for the daughter-in-law. If there were not a phukaddam after the mukaddam. Then he (or she or it) would trouble the village until the evening, No rule — no peace, and no coxmtry. Mukaddam, the headman of a village, called lambarddr in the PanjAb. Vhukaddam^ an officer under the authority of tho mukaddam. Wari chhuh treh hat tah aheth doh. A year is 3G0 days. Lay by for the morrow. Wdrini nishih shur thawun "khatit. To hide the child from the midwife. Perfectly useless to try to keep tho BOorot> Worn : — Dixi ie pet nahik ehkuptd. Wdrini prasun hechhimwun. Teaching the midwife how to deliver a child. Teaching one's grandmother how to suok eggs. Teaching a shopkeeper his tables, &c Wast chhih dubi sandih tiikah talah a/if gaUh'tn. The clothes become clean beneath the washerman's stick. " There is a great want in thoeo peoplo who have not suffered.'' McChcyno. Wat ah welai tah jorah juddi. May you miss the way and be separated from one another. A Kashmiri curse. Wdtal Batwurah. A sweeper's Saturday (t.^., no time — I shall never get it). There are several classes of watul or mihtar log. Some who mako wimiowing fans and are called shupi-wdtnl, somo who do regular mihtar's work and arc generally called duwanwol : and others who mako boots and shfxjs and are called simply wdtul. Like people of other crafts the bootmaker invariably wants something in advance, and promises tho boots on tho following Saturday, which promise is renewed for two or three Saturdays, uutil the order is fulfilled, llonce tho proverb. 232 Wf'tal Bi'aswdrah. The sweepers' Thursday. Vide supra. Wutalan iir. The sweeper's sheep. Money or property in the hands of a man of low degree. Watan hund mdz latan tak latan liund fndz watan. The flesh of the road to the sole of the foot and the flesh of the soles of the feet to the road. A man who earns his living with great difficulty. Some work so hard, and walk so far, that the skin comes off from their hands and feet, and the dust of the ground cornea in its Btead> and cannot be washed off again. Watih wati chhuh db pah an. The water flows its straight regular course. No humbug about that man or that arrangement. Wafshen vjahrahvmd. A birthday to calves ! (there is no need to commemorate their natal day). Cited when an unworthy man has been honoured, &c. Wafskis gyad tah dundas lov ; Insi'if rov tah wanav has? Kahan gar an Imni tov, Hemmat ruv tah wanav has ? Six wisps of grass to the calf and only one to the ox ; Justice lost and to whom shall we speak ? Only one frying-pan between eleven houses. Courage gone and to whom shall we speak ? The reign of injustice. Cf. note to " Kashirih kahai garah.'* Wav, bdy wav, zih Ion, hd, Ion. Sow, brother sow, that you may reap, brother, reap, Wdv kas zih yes patah dv ? Who has such trouble that he should lag behind ? Wdv wuchhit gatshih m'lv trdwuni. Look at the wind before you loose the boat. Consider before you act . 233 Wi'was ni'wah sail.