Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 2 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of IndiaTod, James
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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 2 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India
Tod, James
Rajasthan (India) -- History; Rajput (Indic people) -- History
_Pān_, ‘the leaf’; _parna_ and _pattra_, the Sanskrit for ‘a leaf’;
and hence _panna_, ‘a leaf or sheet of paper’; and _patra_, ‘a plate
of metal or sacrificial cup,’ because these vessels were first made of
leaves. I was amused with the coincidence between the Sanskrit and
Tuscan _panna_. That lovely subject by Raphael, the “Madonna
impannata,” in the Pitti Palace at Florence, is so called from the
subdued light admitted through the window, the panes of which are of
paper. [The words have no connexion.]
Footnote 4.25.13:
[A variant of the well-known Fairy Gift legend (Crooke, _Popular
Religion and Folklore of N. India_, 2nd ed. i. 287 ff.).]
Footnote 4.25.14:
[The home of the Rāna branch of Guhilots, who take the name of Sesodia
from it, while Chitor was the capital of the Rāwal branch of the
ruling house (Erskine ii. A. 15).]
Footnote 4.25.15:
[Lotus nuts are used for necklaces, but Sannyāsis usually wear those
of the _rudrāksha_ (_Elaeocarpus ganitrus_) (Watt, _Econ. Dict._ v.
345; _Comm. Prod._ 511).]
Footnote 4.25.16:
[_Acacia catechu_, _Capparis aphylla_, _Acacia arabica_.]
Footnote 4.25.17:
[_Ficus glomerata_, _Annona squamosa_, _Prunus persica_.]
Footnote 4.25.18:
[Our knowledge of Indian locusts is still imperfect, the best-known
varieties being the Bombay and the North-West (Watt, _Econ. Dict._ vi.
Part i. 154 f.; _Comm. Prod._ 686).]
Footnote 4.25.19:
[A kind of cucumber, _Cucumis utilissimus_ (Watt, _Comm. Prod._ 439).]
Footnote 4.25.20:
[Chaturbhuja Vishnu.]
Footnote 4.25.21:
[‘The Barrier.’]
Footnote 4.25.22:
[‘The Onset.’]
Footnote 4.25.23:
[‘That of the monkey god,’ a common guardian of forts.]
Footnote 4.25.24:
[Chaugān, ‘the Parade Ground.’]
Footnote 4.25.25:
At four o’clock P.M., same position, thermometer 81°; barometer, 26°
85´.
Footnote 4.25.26:
[3658 feet.]
Footnote 4.25.27:
[Samprati was grandson of Asoka, and he is credited with the erection
of many Jain buildings (Smith, _EHI_, 192 f.; _BG_, i. Part i. 15).
From the picture of the temple given by the author, and from an
inscription of the reign of Rāna Sangrām Singh (A.D. 1508-27), it
could not have been more than three centuries old when he saw it
(_IA_, ii. 205). There are two temples, one consisting of a square
sanctuary with a vaulted dome, and surrounded by a colonnade of
elegant pillars: the second is of peculiar design, having three
stories, each tier being decorated with massive low columns (Erskine
ii. A. 116).]
Footnote 4.25.28:
See note, p. 37, above.
Footnote 4.25.29:
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