102 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [April, 1873. fadf Sikhai, the thread tied round the loins to which the n e n g t i is attached. Samdi, father of a son’s wife or daugh¬ ter’s husband. Possibly a corruption of 8 a mb and hi. Phokdai, p e 1 k a, different names for a kind of curry. P a j h a 1 , the Pali word for n e n g t i . r£T K a c h kata, to cut through an ai 1 or division between rice-fields. Gadhaing, bahufika,a bam¬ boo which is put over the shoulder to carry burdens. Gadhaing, I am told, is an Assamese word ; and b a h u h k a may be a corruption of the common Bengali word bank. K a t a r a, a plank attached to an oil-mill on which the driver sits.
- pT G u 1 a , the block of wood inside the mill
which squeezes the oil from the seeds, tun S fi y a, a piece of wood attached to the gula. Chheufit—used in two senses—first, a piece of sugar-cane; secondly, a woman’s cloth. In the first sense it is probably connected with the root c h h i d, to split; in the second, with chhad, to cover; but the corruption is remarkable. Wt B h ft r i, the hollow beneath a rice-pounding machine. 3TlfJTT3T D aimara, to thresh corn with oxen. Mara is the common Bengali m a r a ; but d a i I cannot explain. M fi s h , ashes. This word may be connected with the Sk. root mush, to steal, but the connection is not obvious, cf. d h y u 1- mushi, the act of cleansing a house after child-birth. B afi k a r, broken rice. 5! HT J a m a , a muzzle put on cattle. ^JTT N tl n g a , a small cloth four cubits in length. jar^T D ft d u y a , cloudy, overcast. BfalT S a fi t a o, storm with rain ; also wet, damp. Can this _be connected with santaran, swimming ? K a n j i y a 1, the inner part of a plan¬ tain tree, cf. Sk. k a n j i k a. 3T7R' D o d a n a , to enrage. T<F, Bang bang, open (of a door), r A n t a , near. far*TR Dik ana, to be assembled. P h o k s a 1 i, wife’s eldest sister. Soratana, to scratch. M oh c h &, skin. fasj Sinj a, the dried stalk of the jute plant. G e d a n a, to abuse. TCffT Per t a, the handle of a plough. Ghokana, to threaten. SKR S a r a n a , to converse. WtesRT Jhantka, a kind of comb. H a t a i s, an axe. ^TSnrr C h a r i p a, a candle-stick. ^Kachulu, red powder used at the Iloli festival. T Bh o m , a smell.
- 1TT(T M a r o i, a cutcherry or sitting-house.
Hadh k a r a, to mock. B h c 1 g u 1 i, many. f^TJTf^r*T Kimkim, difficult. Jhamp, a kind of cloth. Tengana, a mouse. H i x i m, difficult.
- irf»T A li o r, an outcry.
W S a g a i, a relative; also a nika marriage, f3T Hera, flesh. ABHINANDA THE GAUDA. By G. BUHLER, Pb. D. Amono8T the poets, whose works are quoted by Sarngadhara in his largo collection of ‘ elegant extracts,* is a Gauda called Abliinanda or AbJiinandana. Two works of this author, the Rdmacharitrainalidkdvya and the Kddambari- kathdsara, are marked in my Catalogue of MSS. from Gujarat, fascicle II. p. 102, no. 187, and p. 128, no. 6. When I lately examined these works, I found that they contain several statements regarding the family of the author, which are not without importance for the history, and especially the literary history, of India. I think, therefore, that it will not be useless to publish a separate notice of this little-known poet. The Rdmacharitra is by far the most extensive of his two productions. The MS. inspected
