Revenue Board
Revenue Board, In British India, In Calcutta And Madras, A Board Of Three Members Who Superintend The Revenues Of The Country. There Is No Revenue Boanl In Bombay, But There Are Two Revenue Conunissioners, Between Whom The Collectorates Are Divided, And Who Correspond Immediately With Government, And Are Also Police ...
Reverend J Stevenson
Stevenson, Reverend J., D.d., Chaplain Of St. Andrew's Church, Bombay, Who Wrote On The Anti-brahmanical Worship Of The Hindus In Lond. As. Trans. Vi. P. 239, Viii. P. 330 ; On The Maltrati Language, Ibid. Vii. P. 84 ; On The Modern Deities Worshipped In The Dekhan, Ibid. P. 105 ...
Rhamne2e
Rhamne2e. Lindl. The Buckthorn Tribe Of Plants, Comprising The Genera Zizyphus, Berchemia, Sageretia, Ventilago, Rhamnus, Scutia, Hovenia, Colubrina, Gouania, Apteron, Helinus, Smythea. Hovenia Dulcis, Thunb., Is Cultivated In The Hima Layas For Its Edible Fruit, And It Has A Light Coloured Wood. Ventilago Maderaspatana, Is Valued For The Red Dye ...
Rhea
Rhea Of Assam, China Grass. Kankhora, Gamb, Beng. Rami, . . . . Malay. Iowa Of Lionoa, . . Sidziafi, Marian Islanns, Goon, . . . Poah, . . Nepal. Cl1r-ma, Tch0r-itia, Chin. Crio0c0 . Of Sumatra. China Grass, . . . Eno. Keperit, Kapierit, Sunda. The Plant Yielding ...
Rheum
Rheum, A Genus Of Phuits Belonging To The Natural Order Polygonaceze. Several Species Grow In The N.w. Hiinalaya, And The Roots Of Some Of The Species, Known Aa Rhubarb, Are Valuable In Medicine. One Species Grows In Kaghan Where It Is Known Under The Name Of Chotial. Cap Sicum, Fischer, ...
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros, A Genus Of Mammals Belonging To The Family Rhinocerotidm, Of Which Four Or Five Species Occur In Africa And In The East Indies,r. Indicus, The Great Indian Rhinoceros ; R. Sondaicus, The Lesser Indian Rhinoceros ; And R. Sumatranus Of Assam, Sandoway, And Sumatra. The Rhino Ceros Was In ...
Rhodia
Rhodia, An Out-caste Race In Ceylon, Little Numerous, Forbidden To Approach A Temple Or Any Of The Higher Castes. According To One Tradition, These Scarcely Civilised Beings Were Hunters Who, On The Eve Of A Solemn Occasion, Failing To Obtain Game, Etc., Murdered A Child And Sent Its Dis Membered ...
Rhododendron
Rhododendron, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Ericacem. There Are Many Species In The Mountainous Regions Of The E. Indies, The Better Known Being Rh. Anthopogon Arboremn Campanu Latum, Aucklandii, Blandfordimflorum, 'campbell Edgeworthii, Falconeri, Grande, Forrnosum, Hodg Soni, Maddeni, Puniceum, And Purpureum. Per Haps The Most Gorgeous Of The ...
Rhodymenia Jubata
Rhodymenia Jubata. Gree. One Of The Sea-weeds, A Genus Of The Order Cerainiacem. Rhubarb, Rheum Radix. Rewund Sint,. Ar., Pens. Lteon, . . . Gn. Of Dios. Ta-liwang, . . Chin. Newundchint, . Hind. Llwang-liang,. . Itewen , Rua. Ilo-san,. . . Variattu Kalangu, Tay. Taiwan, . The ...
Ribes
Ribes, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Grossularire, Including The Goose Berry, The Currants. Among The Apecies Known In The East Indies Are R. Glaciale, Wall. R. Leptostachyum, Dne. R. Grossularia, L. R. Nubieola. R. Gritlithi, H. And Th. R. Rubrum. R. Laciniatum, H. And T. R. ...
Rice
Rice. Lua, . . . Coar.-chin. Reiss Ger. Riis Dan. Chuka, . . . . Guj. Ryst, Rijst, . . Dum. Riss, . . . . Rus. Riz, Fr. Ris, Sw. Husked And Clamed. Mi, Kaligmi, . . Chin. Aris, . . . . Maleal. Chanwal, . . Ilind. Birinj, ...
Rice Mill
Rice Mill. Various Machines Have Been Contrived For Cleaning Rice. One In Use In Most Parts Of S.e. Asia For Hulling Paddy, Is Similar To Those Used 4000 Years Ago. It Consists Of Two Circular Stones, Two Feet In Diameter, Resting One On The Other; A Bamboo Basket Is Wrought ...
Rice Paper
Paper, Rice. The Rice-paper Plant Is The Aralia Papyrifera, Hooker. Chinese Rice-paper Had Long Been Supposed To Be Cut From Cylinders Of A Pith Which Has Always A Central Hollow Chamber, Divided Into Compartments By Septa Or Excessively Thin Plates. The Supposition Was Con Firmed By Sir William Hooker Receiving ...
Rice Paper Plant
Rice Paper Plant. Aralia Papyrifera, Hk. I Fatsia Papyrifera, Dene. This Plant, The Tung-to-mu Of The Chinese, Grows At Yoksun, In Sikkim, Also In Formosa And Japan. It Is Largely Consumed In The Provinces Of Canton And Foh - Kien, And It Is Estimated That 30,000 Dollars' Worth Of It ...
Rice Starch
Rice Starch. Starch Is More Abundant In Rice Grain Than In Wheat. Jaconnet Obtained From Carolina Rice 85.07, And From Piedmont Rice 83.8 Per Cent. Of Starch. Vogel Procured From A Dried Rice No Less Than 98 Per Cent Of Starch. For Purposes Of Ordinary Starching, The People In The ...
Rice Wine
Rice Wine, Rice Beer, And Rice Spirits Are Alcoholic Fluids. In The Himalaya, Both A Beer And A Wine Sito Made. In Kullu, Lahoul, And In The Sutlej Valley, A Kind Of Beer, And In Nepal A Spirit, Is Distilled From The Grain, Also A Beverage Called Phaur, Very Much ...
Ricinus Comn1unis
Ricinus Comn1unis. Linn. Palma Christi. Dhun-ul-kerwa, . Arab. Brandi, . . . . Tebsha, Zmjt, . . Sit Avanaka, . Maleal. Bharenda, . . . Beng. Avanak, Maleal, Tom. Kyet Lesu, . . . Burr. Bed-i-anjir, . . Liarolu, . . . Can. Malan', . . . Singh. Amor; ...
Riiind
Riiind, Gteat Race Of 44 Clans Dwelling In Gandava In Baluchistan. They Are Not Of The Brahni Stock, And Their Traditions Allege That They Immigrated Ages Ago From Damascus And Aleppo. Their Language Is The Jetki, In Common With That Of The Other Inhabitants Of Cuteh Gandava, And Mard-i-rhind Means ...
Rind
Rind, A Section Of The Baluch Race. See Itallich. Ring. Mahbas, Khatint, . Arab. Anal°, Khal-kbal, . . Circulo, Anillo,. . Sr. Bague, Anneau, . Moderam, . . . Tam. Ring , Ger. Ungaram, . . . Angotha, . . Haiku, Yuzuk, . . Mlr. Rings :we Used In ...
Rishi
Rishi, An Important Term In Hindu Astronomy, Hich, In Its Scientific Sense, Means A Line Or Great Circle Passing Through The Poles Of The Ecliptic, And The Beginning Of The First Solar Sidereal Sign A.nd First Fixed Lunar Mansion Of The Respective Zcxliacs, And Which Said Circle Is Supposed To ...
Rishi_2
Rishi, Amongst The Hindus, A Sage, A Seer, An Inspired Poet. In The Epic Period Of The Hindus, A Rishi Is Merely A Title For A Historical Personage ; In The Puranic Period, The Rishi Are Seven Primeval Personages, Born Of Brahma's Mind, And Presiding, Under Different Forms, Over Each ...
Ritbus
Ritbus, A Genus Of Plants Of The Order Rosa Cem. The Following East Indian Species Are The Better Known, Viz.: R. Asper, Nepal. R. Bitlorus, Panjab. R. Ellipticus, Sm., Nepal. R. Distans, Nepal. R. Gowreephul, Roxb., Neligherries And Other Moun Tains Of India. R. Gracilis, Roxb., Nepal. R. Hexagynus, .roxb., ...
Rite Or
()rite Or Horitse, Among The Ancient Greeks, A Barbarous People To The West Of Indus, Called Nesteritm By Diodorus. Curtius Notices The Horitat In India, And Diodorus States That Generally They Resemble The Indians. According To Arrian, They Were An Indian Nation Who Extended West Of The Indus For 150 ...
Rivers
Rivers. Nahr, . . Arab., Heil Rud, Pers. Riviere, Fleuve, . Fr. "wah, . . . . Sanbk. Ge& Waeter, . . . Saxon. Udor, Gr. Wod, Slav. Naddi, . . . . /imo. Itio, Sp. Ifdr, . . . Islasino. Ar,. . . . Tail, Tel. Flume, Riviera, . ...
Rock Crystal
Rock-crystal. Shwin-tsing, Shwi, Chin. Koreh, . . . . Shih-ying, . . . Balur, Hind. Rock-crystal Is The Common Name For The Trans Parent Crystals Of Quartz, Of Which It Is The Purest Form, Being Composed Of 99.34 Per Cent. Of Silica, With A Trace Of Alumina. The Crystal ...
Rodyah
Rodyah, A Forest Race Amongst The Kandyans. They Are Skilful In The Manufacture Of Rope From The Black Fibre Of The Leaf-stalk Of The Caryota Urens. Physically- Speaking, They Are Much The Finest Race In Ceylon, But They Are Looked Upon By The Rest As' Out-castes, Unfit To Be Communicated ...
Rohilichand
Rohilichand, A Division Or Commissioner Ship For Administrative Purposes Of The N.w. Provinces Of British India, Comprising The Dis Tricts Of Bareilly, Bijnour, Badaon, Moradabad, Shah Jahanpur, And The Terai. Area, 11,805 Square Miles ; Population (1872), 5,436,314. Lat. 27° 35' To 30° 1' N., And Long. 78° 1' To ...
Rohr
Rohr!, Written Also Rori And Lohri, A Town On Tho Left Bank Of Tho Indus, In Lat. 27° 42' N., And Long. Se 56' E. It Its Built On An Anciently Occupied Position, A Rocky Emi Nence Of Limestone, Terminating Abruptly On The Western Side By A Precipice 40 Feet ...
Roman
Roman, A Name Applied To The Rulers And People Of Ancient Rome, Who Succeeded The Greeks In Their Asiatic Territories. Tho Romans Conquered Most Parts Of Europe, The Northern Part Of Africa, Syria, And Palestine, And Left Last Ing Improvements In Tho Roads And Education Of Tho Countries Which They ...
Rope
Rope. Habl, Khoit, . . Mum. Kann, . . . . Pers. Oorde Cuerda, Soga, . . Sp. Sell, Ger. Eordel Sarta, . . . Doodah, . . . Cut. Kaur, Tam Ressi, . . . . Hind. Damn, Tel. Corda It Khalat, . . Tem. Talikalat, . . ...
Rori Barolli
Rori Barolli Has A Grand Temple 58 Feet In Height, And In The Ancient "form Peculiar To The Temples Of Siva. The Body Of The' Edifice, In Which Is The Sanctum Of The God, And Over Which Rises Its Pyratuidal Sikr, Is A Square Of Only 21 Feet ; But ...
Rosaries
Rosaries. Tasbih, Masbaha, . Arab. Rosenkrans, . . . Ger. Rosaire, Fr. Rosario, It. Rosenbeet, . . . Ger. Rosaro, Sp. Rosaries Are Used By Buddhists Christians Mnhammadans, And Hindus. The Milammadans, As Each Bead Passes Through Their Bands, Recite One Of The Hundred Attributes Of The Creator. Their Rosary ...
Rose
Rose. Ward, Arab. Roos, Diit. Ying-shih, . . . Chin. Rodon, Gr. Tsiang-wei, Tsiang-mi, Mawar, . . . Malay. Muh-hiang, . . . Gul, Pers. Mui-kwai-hwa, . . Roza, Rus. Fu-kien-sian, . . Gulaba-pu, . . Tail Mei-kwe-hwa, . . Roja-pu, . . . Tel. ...
Rose Attar
Rose-attar, The Atr Of Asiatics And Otto Of The English. In India, The Perfumed Oils Or Attar Are Obtained In The Following Manner. The Layers Of The Jasmine Or Other Flowers, Four Inches Thick And Two Inches Square, Are Laid On The Ground And Covered With A Layer Of Sesamum ...
Rosewood
Rosewood. Like To Ironwood, Blackwood, Redwood, Etc., Rosewood Is It Cominercial Term Given To The Thnbers Of Several Trees. Those Nsed In Britain Aro Pro Duced In The Brazils, The Canary Islea, The East Indies, And Africa. They Aro Imported In Very Large Slabs, Or The Halves Of Trees, Which ...
Rottlera Tinctoria
Rottlera. Tinctoria. Roxb. Ill. P. 827. R. Aurantiaca, Il And A. C. Coccineus, Larn. R. Affinis, Hassk. C. Montanus, Willde. Mallotus Philippensis, L. C. Punctatus, Betz. Croton Philippensis, Lam. Tung, Beng. Punnaga, . . . Tan Tie Den, . Burn. Keshoor, . . . Kinoon La, . ...
Rouge
Rouge. Yen-chi, Ciiin. ; Carmine, Eno. Rouge Is A Pigment Of A Beautiful Rose Colour. Tho Chinese Rouge Is Wholly Of Vegetable Origin ; Saf Flower Is Made Into A Paste, From Which The Colour Ing Matter Is Extracted By Repeated Washing With Actdulated Water. For Toilet Purposes, The Colour ...
Rubia
Rubia Tinctorubf. Madder. This Tree Has A. Diffuse Brittle - Branched Stem, Angular, Very Rough, With Sharp Hooks, And Madder Is The Product Of The Long Slender Roots. Tho Tree Is Only Known In Its Cultivated State In Asia. Dr. Brandis First Found It Being Grown In Small Quantity On ...
Rubia Cordifolia
Rubia Cordifolia. Linn. Indian Madder. Rubia Munjistha, Rad". I R. Secunda, Dloon. R. Munjith, Day. Runes, . . . . Arab. . . . Ravi. Arun*, Munjith, Munjiatha, . , Sam. Khuri, Sheni, . Ciienad. Munzul, . . Siiti.e.j. Ituna, . . . . Hunting, . . Si-tsau-ken, ...
Ruby
Ruby. Yakut, . Arab., Pers. Merab, Manikam, Malay. Rubin, . Da., Ger., Sw. Rubim, . Roar., Itcs. Robijn, . . . . Dut. . . Rubio, Fa. Kembu Kallu, . . Tag. Lal, . . Reis. Kernpu Rai, . . . Tel. Rubino , It. The True Oriental Ruby, The ...
Rudra Sampradayi
Rudra Sampradayi, A Sect Of Vaishnava Hindus, Founded By Vallabhacharya., Who Origin Ated The Worship Of Bala Gopala, The Infant Krishna. This Worship Is Very Widely Diffused Amongst All Ranks Of Indian Society, But Is Perhaps Best Known As The Religion Of The Gokalastlia Gosains, The Title Of Its Teachers. ...
Ruellia Indigotica
Ruellia Indigotica. Fortune. The Room Of Assam And Tien-ching Of China. In One Part Of The Che-kiaxig Province Of China, And Also Amongst The Fung Iiwa Mountains To The West Ward Of Ningpo, Large Quantities Of A Blue Dye Are Produced, Which Is, In Fact, The Indigo Of That Part ...
Ruellia Ringens
Ruellia Ringens. Linn. Upu-dala, Mal The Juice Of The Leaves Of This Plant, Boiled Nvith A. Little Salt, Is Supposed, On The Malabar Coast, To Correct A Depraved Sta.te Of The Humours. Ruellia Intruea, Vahl, R. Secunda, Vahl, R. Zeylanicrt, Roxb., Are Syns. Of Asysta.sia Coroman Deliana.nees. It Uellia. Strepens. ...
Rumex Aoetosa
Rumex Aoetosa. Linn. Sorrel. Swan:rno, . . Cum J Chuka, Kautli, . Hind. It Is Found In The Sutlej Valley Between Rampur And Sungnarn At An Elevation Of 6000 To 8000 Feet, Also In Kaghan. It Is Widely Distributed. It Is Cultivated In Ajrnir ; The Seed Is Considered Cooling ...
Runn
Runn, A Flat Tract Lying Between Sind And Cutch, Which Is Inundated With Brackish Water During The Three Monsoon Months, And Is Covered By Salt Incrustations When Dry. Salt Is Manu Factured On It At Janjorm And Patri. The Runn Or Rin Is A Remarkable Feature Of Tho Rajputana Desert. ...
Rusa Aristotelis
Rusa Aristotelis. Jerd. Sambur. Cervus Hippelaphus, Cuv. C. Jarai, Hodgson. C. Equinus, Cur. C. Heterocercus, Hodgson. C. Leschenaultii, Cuv. C. Saumur, Ogilby, Hodg E. Niger, Blainv. Son. Ghous, Gaoj, . . Beng. Jarao, Mahn, Jarai, Hind. Kadavi, Kadaba, . Can. Bara Singhs, . . Kannadi, . . Meru, ...
Russia
Russia, A Great Dominion In Europe And Agin, Ruled By Tut Autocrat Emperor From St. Petersburg. The Historical And Geographical Future Of Russia Impels Her Farther And Farther Towards The South, In Spite Of All Obstacles ; And, Yielding To These Natural Impulses, She Has Advanced, On One Side, From ...
Ryotwari
Ryotwari, A Revenue Term Applied To A System Under Which The Land Taxes Are Collected, In All Those Parts Of India In Which The Village Communities Have Been Broken Up By The Dis Tracted State Of The Country For Generations, Or In Which The Exclusive Title Of The Representatives Of ...
Rytinia Stelleri
Rytinia Stelleri, The Sea-cow Of Behring Straits. It Lives On Sea-weed. The Kolush Tribes Have Nearly Exterminated It. S, The 19th Letter Of The English Language, Is A Sibilant Consonant, And Has A Hissing Sound. It Has Two Uses,one Generally At The Beginning Or End Of Words, To Pronounce A ...
S Ac C H
S Ac C H Arum, A Genus Of - Plants Of The Natural Order Panicacese And Section Saccharete. There Are Many Species Of The Genus, All Growing In Warm Countries, And Those Better Known May Be Thus Enumerated: S. Canaliculatum, Boxb., Of Bengal. S. Cylindricum, Roxb., Ajmir. S. Fuscum, Box/9 ...
S Fong E
S Fong E. Isfanj, Isfanjah, . Arad. Mua.badul, . . Tsoktsa-ya, . . Beam. Spugna, It Ilai-jung, . . . Cum. Uniwatta , Jap Sliwui-p Aumyen, Halimpongia, . . Lat. . Bunga-karang, . Malay. Svamp, . . . Dan., Sly. Abar-murdah, . L'eas. Spons, . . . . ...
S Uperstitions
S Uperstitions. Amongst Hindus The Left Side Is The Lucky Side In A Woman, The Right In A Inan. The Purport Of The Palpitations Of The Eyes, Or Throbbing Of The Eyeballs, Is Fancied, And Seems To Have Been Sitnilarly Understood By The Greeks. The Powder Of White Mustard Is ...
S111upa Sansk
S'1"11upa. Sansk. A Buddhist Tumulus Or Tope, A Mound, Burrow, Or Funeral Pile, A Hemi Spherical Shrine, Or A Tumulus Erected Over Any Of The Sacred Relics Of Buddha, Or On Spots Conse Crated As The Scenes Of His Acts. The Sehttpa In Pali Becomes Stupo, And Itt Anglo-indian Phraseology ...
Saba
Saba, Of Ezekiel Xxvii. 22, An Ancient Town In The District Of Balad-ul-jahaf In Yemen, And The Capital Of The Ancient Sabivans, And To This Day The District Is Termed Ard- Es - Shaba, Or ' Land Of Sheba.' It Im Doubtless Identical With The Realm Whence The Queen Of ...
Sabagre
Sabagre, According To Orosius, A People Who Made Their Submission To Alexander The Great During His Halt At The Confluence Of The Panjab Rivers. According To Curtius, They Were Called Sambram Or Sabracze ; Aud According To Diodorus, Who Placed Them To The East Of The River, Sambastm. They Were ...
Sabaktagin
Sabaktagin, The Second Ruler Over The Southern Tribes Of Modern Afghanistan. In The Reign Of Abdul Malik, The Fifth Prince Of The House Of The Samani, Alptegin, A.d. 961, A.h. 350, Rose To Be Governor Of Khorasan. He Had Been A Turki Slave Of Abdul Malik, But, Having Incurred The ...
Sabz Mitti Hind
Sabz-mitti. Hind. An Earth Used To Wash The Hair. Getc, Aswa, And Takshak Aro Names Which Have Crept In Amongst Tho Thirty-six Royal Rajput Races, Common With Others Also To Early Civilisation In Europe. Saca3 Are Supposed By Professor Lassen To Be The Szu Tartar Who Were Expelled About B.c. ...
Saccolabium
Saccola.bium, A Genus Of. Asiatic Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Orchiacea3; Found In The Indian Archipelago, The Malay Peninsula, And Thence Extending North Along The Himalayan Mountains To Lat. 30° 4' N., Where S. Guttatum Found On Trees, As Well As In More Southern Lati Tudes. The Genus Consists ...
Sacred
Sacred. Maqaddas, Arab., Hind. Sacro, Sacrato, . . Sacre, Fn. Sag,rado, . . . . Sp. , Gee. Terms Synonymous With This English Word Are Applied In Asia To Individuals, Animals, Books, Places, Stones, And Plants. Sacred Books Of The East Is A Title Under Which, Towards The Latter Part ...
Sacrifice
Sacrifice. _ A Sacrifice Is An Offering Of Any Consecrated Thing To A Deity, Whether An Animal, Anything Oi The Mineral Or Vegetable World, A Manufactured Article, Or In The Form Of A Libation Or An Oblation. All Nations Seem To Have Had A Sta.ge In Theit History In Which ...
Safflower
Safflower, Bastard Saffron. Tjsfar, . . . Arab. Kussum,kussumba,11nm. Icajirah, . . , . Beng. Zaffrono, . . . . It. Bung-hin-hwa, . Chin. Acafroa., . . . Poit. Yoh-hung-hwa, . , Polerrm, . . . Rus. Safflor,da., Dv., Prostoi Schafran, . . , 1curtin, . . . Egypt. Azafron ...
Saffron
Saffron. Crocus Sativus, The Saffron Plant, Has Been Noticed Under That Head. It Is A Native Of Asia Minor, Naturalized In Many Parts Of Europe, And Cultivated In Persia And Kashmir. The Chinese Obtain It From Tibet. It Is Brought To India From Great Britain, The Seaports Of The Red ...
Sagar
Sagar, A Town Of The Central Provinces Of 13ritish India, In Lat. 23° 49' 50" N., And Long. 78° 48' 45" E., With A Population In 1872 Of 45,655 Souls. Sager Stands 1940 Feet Above Sea Level, On The N.w. Borders Of A Lake Nearly A Mile Broad, And Said ...