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GLOSSARY
MAHAL—palace.
MAHÂLAKSHMI—the goddess of
wealth and prosperity.
MAHALKUREE—district officer.
MAHAR—a low caste.
MAHÂRÂJA—king (lit. great
king).
MAHÂRÂNEE—queen (lit. great
queen).
MAHÂRÂSHTRA—the land of the
Mahrattâs.
MÂHUT—the driver of an ele-
phant.
MAIDÂN—plain, battle-field.
MÂLIK—master, governor.
MANGALYA-SÛTRA—a sacramental
string worn in the neck by the
bride : it is removed only
when she becomes a widow.
MANKAREE—a courtier.
MANTAP—hall generally of a
religious character.
MANTRA—Vedic hymn.
MÂRO FERINGHÎKO !—kill the
Feringhis !
MÂRWÂRI—a Marwar man, gene-
rally used in the sense of ban-
ker.
MÂT—mother.
MATHÂLIKE—an epithet of Kali
(q. v.).
MAT MÂRO—don't kill.
MAUNG—executioner.
MÂWALÂS—Mahratta peasants
led by Shivaji, and who fought
with a courage rarely equalled.
MEM-SÂHIB—a term by which
English women delight to be
called by low-caste Indians.
MERA JHANSI DÔNGI NAHIN—I
will not give up my Jhansi.
MISAL—a division of the Sikh
Khalasa.
MISTRI—executioner.
MOSLEM—Mahomedan.
MOULVIE—a Mahomedan scholar.
MOURCHA—an ornamental fan
made of deer-hair.
MULLAH—a Mahomedan priest.
MUNSIFF—a civil judge.
MUSJID—a Mahomedan place of
worship.
MUSNUD—throne.
MUSSULMAN—a Mahomedan.
NABOB—a Mahomedan lord
(many of these Nabobs esta-
blished independent thrones).
NÂDÂR—bankrupt ; used in the
text in its literal sense of ‘ a
man who is not a dâr ’ (q.v.).
NADI—a river.
NÂGA—a cobra snake.
NAGÂRA—a kind of drum.
NAGÂRKHÂNA—place where
drums are kept and sounded.
NAGPURWALLA—Nagpur-man.
NARASIMHA—an incarnation of
Vishnu in which he killed
Hiranyakashipu (q.v.).
NÂTAKA—a theatrical perform-
ance.
NATH—an ornament worn on the
nose.
NIMAKHARAM—traitorous.
NUJEIB—of noble birth; also a
title.
OMRA—a nobleman.
PÂDRE—a missionary (a term of
contempt).
PÂDSHÂH—emperor.
PÂDSHÂHI—empire, emperorship.
PÂGA—stable.
PÂLKEE—a palanquin.
PÂNDAY—a Revolutionary of
1857.
PARIAH—a low-caste Hindu.
PÂRTHIVA PÛJA—a worship.
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