Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of IndiaTod, James
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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India
Tod, James
Rajasthan (India) -- History; Rajput (Indic people) -- History
Ekling-ka-Diwan is the common title of the Rana.
Footnote 4.2.8:
Amongst the many temples where the brazen calf forms part of the
establishment of Balkesar, there is one sacred to Nandi alone, at Nain
in the valley. This lordly bull has his shrine attended as devoutly as
was that of Apis at Memphis; nor will Eklinga yield to his brother
Serapis. The changes of position of the Apis at Nain are received as
indications of the fruitfulness of the seasons, though it is not
apparent how such are contrived.
Footnote 4.2.9:
_Bappa_ is not a proper name, it signifies merely a ‘child.’ [This is
wrong: it is the old Prākrit form of _bāp_, ‘father’ (_IA_, xv. 275
f.; _BG_, i. Part i. 84).] He is frequently styled _Saila_, and in
inscriptions _Sailadīsa_, ‘the mountain lord.’
Footnote 4.2.10:
[The legend implies that Bāpa, from association with Bhīls, was
regarded to be of doubtful origin.]
Footnote 4.2.11:
Deemed in the East the most impure of all receptacles. These wells are
dug at the sides of streams, and give a supply of pure water filtering
through the sand.
Footnote 4.2.12:
[The right is said to have been enjoyed by the Bhils till the time of
Rāna Hamīr Singh, who died A.D. 1364, and it was recognised in
Dungarpur till fairly recent times (Erskine ii. A. 228). The Jāts have
the same right in Bīkaner (Rose, _Glossary_, ii. 301): Mers in
Porbandar (Wilberforce-Bell, _Hist. of Kathiawad_, 53): Kandhs in
Kalahandi (Russell, _Tribes and Castes Central Provinces_, iii. 465,
and cf. ii. 280).]
Footnote 4.2.13:
Hence, perhaps, the name _khushka_ for tika. [_Khushka_, _khushk_,
‘dry,’ is plain boiled rice without seasoning.] Grains of ground rice
in curds is the material of the primitive tika, which the author has
had applied to him by a lady in Gujargarh, one of the most savage
spots in India, amidst the _levée en masse_, assembled hostilely
against him, but separated amicably.
Footnote 4.2.14:
Such the pride of these small kingdoms in days of yore, and such their
resources, till reduced by constant oppression! But their public works
speak what they could do, and have done; witness the stupendous work
of marble, and its adjacent causeway, which dams the lake of Rajsamand
at Kankrauli, and which cost upwards of a million. When the spectator
views this expanse of water, this ‘royal sea’ (_rajsamand_) on the
borders of the plain; the pillar of victory towering over the plains
of Malwa, erected on the summit of Chitor by Rana Mokal; their palaces
and temples in this ancient abode; the regal residence erected by the
princes when ejected, must fill the observer with astonishment at the
resources of the State. They are such as to explain the metaphor of my
ancient friend Zalim Singh, who knew better than we the value of this
country: “Every pinch of the soil of Mewar contains gold.”
Footnote 4.2.15:
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