Succoth Benoth
Succoth Benoth, An Assyrian Deity, Whom The Jews Worshipped Under .the Name Of Astarte Or Ashtaroth, And It Is Said That This Deity Was Of Both Sexes. This Physiological Or Androgynic Union Of The Sexes Is Attributed To A Form Of Siva, The Right Side Being Male And Left Side ...
Sudra Or
Sudra Or Sutler Is The Caste Appellation Of The Mass Of The Hindu Inhabitants Of India. This Word Is Of Very Rare Occurrence In The Vedas. The Aryans Connnonly Styled Their Native Foes Dasya, But In Several Passages Of The Atharvan, Sudra Or Eudra Is Directly Contrasted With Arya. Lassen ...
Suez Canal
Suez Canal, Connecting The Red Sea And The Mediterranean, Was Constructed In The Middle Of The 19th Century, Having Been Projected And Its Works Superintended By Count Ferdinand De Lesseps, A Native Of France. Rameses The Great Constructed A Canal From The Nile At Bubastes, Which Reached To The Neighbourhood ...
Sufi
Sufi, By Sonic Authors, Is Derived From The Greek Sophos. Others Point To The Arabic Suf, Wool, In Allusion To The Woollen Robes Worn By The Majority Of The Darvesh. The Sufi Philosophy Is Called Tasawwuf, And Is Based On Some Mystic Verses In The Koran And Iladis. Its Main ...
Sugar
Sugar. Shakkar, Ar., Gu.r., Limn. Sonia, Sakar, . Malay. Kyan, . . . . Gula, . . . . Maleal. Shih-mill-sha-vallg, Chin. Acucar, . . . . Port. Sukker, . . . . Dan. Sachar, . . . . Pals. Suiker, . . . . Sarkara, . . . Sansk. ...
Sugar Cane
Sugar-cane. Kassib Shalcar, . . Arab. Nai, Nai-aluskar, Kan-ebe, . . Kumad, Ukh, „ Sliakkar, . . . . Pzam. Ghanna, Ganda, . Derr. Animm.boo, . . Taal Cons, Gundarl, Ow. Sherakoo, . . . Tel. The Sugar-cane, Saccharum Officinarum, L., S. Violaceum, Toss., And S. Sinense, Roxb., Thrives From ...
Suibul Or
Suibul Or Sunbul, A Term In Arabic And Persian Works On Materia Medica, Applied To Several Fragrant Roots. The Sinnbul Root Of Modern Connuerce Reaches Europe By Way Of Russia. A Sumbul Root Introduced Into The French Market Is The Root Of An Umbelliferons Plant, Which Is Characterized By A ...
Sulaiman Hills
Sulaiman Hills, A Mountain Range In Afghanistan And The Panjab, Forming The Boundary Of India On The West. It Is Thrown Off To The South From The Allah Koh Ridge Betsveen Kribul And Ghazni, And, Rimning Southwards Without A Break, Forms The System Of Mountains Of Eastern Afghanistan And Baluchistan. ...
Sulanum Nielongena
Sulanum Nielongena. Linn. -egg-plant. Var. S. Ovizerum, Dun. Var. S. Longum, Rozb. „ S. Pseudoundatum, Bl. „ S. Insanum,li Nn. „ S. Esculentum, Thle). Badangan, . . . Arab. Nils Valuthana, Dialeal. Kooli Begoon, . . Betsu. Valoothata, . . . „ Wangee, . . B03,111at. Budanjan, . . L'ens. ...
Suma
Suma Shumac. Tumtum, . . . Arab. Sumac, Fa. Shih-chu-yu, . Chin. Schmack, . . . Ger. Sumak, . . . Dan. , Siv. Sombirco, . . . . It. Sir Dut. Sumak, . . . . Pers. Divi-divi, Libi-libi, Eng. Sumagre, . . . Port. The Sumach Trees Of ...
Sumantu
Sumantu, The Collector Of The Bynms Of The Atharva Veda, A Pupil Of Vyasa. Surnantu Is Mentioned In The Hindu Puranas As A Descendant Of Vasishta. Ile Is Said To Be The Author Of A Work On Civil Law. His Doctrines Were, That There Is In Nature An Uncreated Seed, ...
Sumbawa
Sumbawa, A High Volcanic Island, The Third In A Direct Line East Of Java. It Is About Three Times The Extent Of Bali Or Lombok, And Divided By A Deep Bay Into Two Peninsulas. It Has Three Languages, The Sumbawa, The Bhima, And The Tom Boro. The Two Former Are ...
Sumpitan Malay
Sumpitan. Malay. A Blowpipe Used As A Projectile Amongst The Malay Races. That Of The Dyak Is A Piece Of Vvood Bored ; That Of The I3er Mun Tribes Consists Of Two Bamboos 7 Feet Iu Length, One Enclosed Within The Other. The External One, Which Is Merely For Strength ...
Sumr00
Sumr00, The Name By Which 1valter Rein Hardt Was Known To The Natives Of India, Sup Posed To Be A Dialectal Variation From Sombre, Which Was The Pseudonym Applied To Him By His French Comrades. He Was A Native Of Treve, In The Duchy Of Luxembourg, Half French, Half Ger ...
Sun Worship
Sun-worship Has Prevailed Amongst Various Races Since Tile Most Ancient Thnes. The Baby Lonian Trinity Was .anu, Bel, And Ilea. Their Goddess Ishtar Supplanted Aim At Erech. Bel Was Lord Of The Visible World, And Had His Chief Seat At Nipur. Sin, The Moon-god Of Ur, Was Eldest Son Of ...
Sunderbans
Sunderbans, Said To Be Derived From Sandari Vane, A Forest Of Sundali Trees, Is A Name Given To The Islands And Swamps In The Delta Of The Ganges, Extending For 60 Miles From The Zamin Dari And Pargana Lands In The North To The Bay Of Bengal In The South, ...
Sunnah
Sunnah, Also Sanat. Arab. The Traditions Of Mahomed ; A Recital Containing A Sentence Or A Declaration Of 'mahomed Reg,arding Some Religious Question, Either Moral, Ceremonial, Or Theological ; The Traditional Laws Of Muhammad Anism, Based On The Sayings And Doings Of Mahomed. The Sunni Sect Regard Them As Of ...
Sur A
Sur A, A Tyrannical Giant, Slain By Subhmmanya. Surabiii, In Hindu Legend, A Cow Obtained As One Of The Fourteen Products From Churning The Occ(111. . . And First Out Of The Waters Rose The Sacred Enw, Ood-shaped Sumblii ; Eternal Fountain Of Milk And Offerings Of Butter.' . . ...
Suraj
Suraj - Ud - Dowla Succeeded Alivardi 1756 As Subandar Of Bengal. On The 18th June, Instigated By The Dutch And French, Lie Appeared Before Calcutta With A Large Force, On Which The Women And Children Of The British Residenta Were Sent Away In A Ship To A Place Of ...
Surveys
Surveys Have Been In Progress In The East Indies Ever Since The British Wen There. Marino Surveys Front The Red Sea To The Straits Of Malacca And China, Including The Banks And Islands To The South Of India, Were Carried Out By Officers Of The Bombay Marine, Later (in 1832? ...
Sury4 1telokanam
Sury4-1telokanam, A Household Ceremony Of The Brahmanical Hindus, In Which An Infant, When Four Months Old, Is Taken Out Of Doors And Shown The Sun. Sus, The Hog Or Swine Genus Of Mammals Of The Family Suidw. Kbaniir, . 141a.p., Pers. Dukar Mahe. Baraba, . Beng., Sansk. Babi Utan, . ...
Surya
Surya, The Sun. In Hindu Mythology, The Deity Of The Sun Is Sometimes Alleged To Be Identical With Savitri And -aditya, Sometimes 'is Called Son Of Dyaus, Sometimes Son Of Kasyapa And Aditi, And Sometimes Fabled To Be The Husband, Some Times The Child, Of Usbas, The Dawn, And Sometimes ...
Sutlej
Sutlej, The Most Easterly Of The Five Rivers Of The Panjab. It Rises Among The Himalayas In Chinese Territory, About Lat. 30° 8' N., And Long. 81° 63'e., On The Slopes Of The Kailas Mountain, Which Has Peaks Esthriated At 22,000 Feet High, And Near The Source Also Of The ...
Sutlej Beas
. . Beas, Sutlej. Riar, . . . . Jhelum. . . B110t. Kahn*, Yen), Yari, Kauli. Tongaehi, . . . Bhut. I• Chir ; Kachir, . Chenail Khan. Darehir, . . . . „ Sam ; L'alsam, . I'iti. Keuri, Shim ; Som-shing, It Is A Large Tree Of ...
Sutra Sansk
Sutra. Sansk. An Aphorism, A Precept, A Brief Rule ; Literally It Means A Thread, A Line, A Band ; It Is The Latin Suere, The German Band, A Volume ; And The Works So Named Contain In The Most Concise Style, Doctrines In Grammar, Metre, Law, Or Philosophy, And ...
Suttee
Suttee, Properly Sati, Sansic., A Virtuous Wife (from Sat, Pure), A Widow Allowing Herself To Be Burned With The Corpse Of Her Husband. This Practice Was Abolished In British India On The 4th Decemixt 1829 ; But Scarcely Year Passes By Free From Its Being Carried Out Some Of The ...
Swarga Or
Swarga Or Swarga Locum According To Hindu ' Mythology, The Paradise Of Inelra— ' Great Sarya Smiles With Lustre Gay, And Flings Through Azure Sldes His Ray; Tho 'golden Mountain's Glittering Brovt Is Decked With Many A Sparkling Gem, Which Shines, By Surya's Brightness, Now, As If A Halo Circled ...
Swartz
Swartz, An Eminent Christian Missionary And Linguist, For Whom A Monument Has Been Erected In St. Mary's Church, Madras, Inscribed : Sacred To The Memory Of The Reverend Frederick Christian Swartz, Whose Life Was One Continued Effort To Imitate The Example Of His Blessed Master, Employed As A Protestant Missionary ...
Swasti Sansk
Swasti. Sansk. A Compound Of Su. Well, And Asti, It Is ; Meaning It Is Well, Or, As Wilson Expresses It, So Be It ; And Implying Complete Resignation Under All Circumstances. Tho Swasti Of Sanskrit Is Tho Suti Of Pali, And The Mystic Cross Or Swastika +, Is Only ...
Swat
Swat Consists Of A Long Valley, Running Down Wards, Generally In A South-westerly Direction. But Turning Half Round From East To West As It Nears The British Frontier, From Which It Is Separ Ated By A Lofty Range. It Is Difficult Of Access To A Force Moving From British Territory. ...
Swayamvara Sansk
Swayamvara. Sansk. The Public Selec Tion Cif A Husband By A Princess Or Lady Of Rank. Ono Of The Favourite Incidents In The Ancient Heroic Poems Of The Hindus Is The Rite Called Swayamvara, Or The Choice Of A Husband By A Princess From An Assembly Of Suitors Met From ...
Sword
Sword. Sayf, Arab. Spada, It. Epe, . . . . . . Fr. Espada, Sp. Talwar, Nimcha, . Hind. Katti, Tem. Dha Khanda, . . „ Kilij, Turk. Swords Of E. And S. Asia Are Of Various Shapes And Names. In The Panjab, A Metal Alloy Known As Sakela Is ...
Syud
Syud, Properly Sayyid, With The Mir, Sharif, Shaikh; Beg, And Khan, Are Tering Or Titles Assumed By Muhammadans As Their Birthright. Syud Means Lord,. And Is Taken By All Descendants Of Ali And Fatima, But Also By The Children Of The Other Wives Of Ali. 'ali Had Nine Wives, By ...
Szema Tsien
Sze;ma Tsien, The Father Of Chinese History. Szu Or Azes Scythians. Ili Is A Valley And Town In Central Asia, From Which Lassen Sup Poses The Szu Tartars Were Expelled By The Yue Tchi Or White Huns, B.c. 150. The Szu Tartars He Supposes To Be Saem, And The Yue-tchi ...
T Hana Or
T Hana Or Tanna, Chief Town Of Thane District, Bombay, And A Station On The Great Indian Penin Sula Railway, 20 Miles North-east Of Boutbay City ; Lies In Lat. 19° 11' 30" N., Aud Long. 73° L' 30" E., And Contains (1872) A Population Of 14,299. Thalia Or 'farina ...
T1en Shan
T1en-shan, According To Russian Explorers, Is A Great Alpine Region, Extending Far To The South Of Lake Issyk Kul, And Forming With The Pamir And The Himalayas The Mountain Centre Of The Whole Asiatic Continent. The Axis Of This Tien Shan Alpine Region Is Apparently From N.e. To S.w., The ...
T7 A
A,t7, A.d 226 226 Ardashir Llabegan Bin Sassan, Or Alia,: Erxes. 240 238 Shappuhr, Shnhpur, Or Sailor, Capture( Valerian. 273 269 Hormuzd Or Hormisdas. 274 271 Bahrain Or Vare.nes 1. 277 274 ,, 11. 291 291 „ „ Rit„ Segnn Shah. Aulth. Moral. 91 291 Narse Or Nerves, Conquered Armenia ...
Tabar And Moonga Group
Tabar And Moonga Group. Antherma Mylitta, Drury, Antherma Paphia Of Authors, The Tusser, Tasar, Or Tasseh Silk-worm. These Well-known And Valuable Insects (of Various Undeter Mined Species) Are Widely Distributed Over India, From East To West And North To South, On The Coast, And In The Central Provinces. They Feed ...
Tadmor Or
Tadmor Or Palmyra, A Ruined City, Known To The Bedouins As Sulaymania. It Is Three Days' Journey From The Euphrates. It Attained To Great Splendour Froin Its Position, Being For Centuries A Depot For The Merchandise Brought Frorn The East Indies And Up The Persian Gulf, And Which Was Forwarded ...
Taghalaq
Taghalaq, A Dynasty That Ruled In India Front A.d. 1321 To 1412. Juna Khan, Who Took The Title Of Muhammad Tag,halaq, Ruled From A.d. 1325 725) To A.d. 20th March 1351 (aar. 752). His Father, Ghaias-ud-din Taglialaq, Was Killed By The Fall Of A Wooden Pavilion Which Juna Khan Had ...
Tai3a Siii R Arab
Tai3a Siii R. Arab. Bandochun, Bansk,13esa. Tabaschir, . . . Ger. Wa-tai-ga-kyouk, Bumf. Dunlochau, . . Iiind. Chuh-hwang, . . Chm. Tivakshera, . . Senruc. T'icn-chuli-hwang, „ Oonarnaku,unalie, St Nuii. Clill-kar, . . . „ Munjil Uppu, . . Tail Tabachir, . Fr., Tcric.. Vedurn Uppu, . . Tel. A ...
Taic
Taic - I - Kesra, Or Arch Of Chosroes; The Modern Tak-i-kesrn Marks The Site Of The Ancient Ctesiplion. The Arabic Tak Signifies A Vault Or Arch, And That Palace Of The Persian Khusru (chosroes And His Descendants) Near Baghdad Is Still Called Tak-i-kesra, The Principal Chamber Being Arched Or ...
Taivivaf Arab
Taivivaf. Arab. Circurnambulation The Procession Of The Muhammadan Pilgrims Round The Kaba At Mecca. Tawwaf Bait Allah-ul-hardrn, Circumambulation Of The Sacred House Of God, Which The Pilgrims Are Enjoined By The Koran To Do Seven Times, The First Three In A Quick, The Last Four In A Calm Ordinary Pace ...
Taj Maiial
Taj Maiial, A Mausoleum Erected At Agra By The Emperor Shah Jahan Over The Remains Of His Wife, Arjamand Banu Begum, Mumtaz Mahal, Who Died A.d. 1629. It Is Admitted To Be The Most Beautiful Pieee Of Muhammadan Arehitecture Iu The World. It Is On The Bank Of The River ...
Tajak
Tajak, An Iranian Race Met With In Largest Numbers In The Khanate Of Bokhara, And In Badalchshan, But Many Have Settled In The Towns Of Khokand, Kliiva, Chinese Tartary, And Afghan Istan. Tajak Is A Term Of Doubtful Origin, Rather Loosely Applied To The Settled Race In The Countries Ruled ...
Taki1t
Taki1t. Nils. A Throne. Takht Nishin, The Reigning Sovereign. Taicfit-i-bahi, In The Country Of The Yusuf Zai, An Early Seat Of The Aryans, Ana Called Bahai By The Natives, Is An Isolated, Barren Hill Of No Great Height, About 8 Miles West Of Fort Hoti Mardan In Yusufzai. It Forms ...
Takka
Takka, A Turanian Race, The Earliest Recorded Inhabitants Of The Rawal Pindi District, About Deri Shahan Or Shah Deri Village, In Lat. 33° 17' N., And Long. 72° 49' 15" E. The Takka Originally Held All The Sind-sagur Doab, And From Their Name General Cunningham Derives That Of Taxila Or ...
Takshak
Takshak, According To Tod, Are The Turshka Race, One Of The Most Extensive And Earliest Of The Races Of Higher Asia. They Were Seythians ; And From The Time Of The Great War Of The Mahabharat A, When We Find Them Already In The North-west, They Extended Their Conquest In ...
Taksiles
Taksiles. According To The Greeks, The Chief Who Joined With Alexander On His Approach To The Indus. Colonel Tod (i. P. 105) Thinks The Name Is Tak-es, The Lord Of Tak. The Tnk Were One Of The Republican Races Whom Justin Styles Banditti (justin, Xv. 4)--4contractis Latronibus Judos Novitatem Regni ...
Talapo1n
Talapo1n. This Order Of Buddhist Ascetics Or Monks Is Known In China, Japan, Ceylon, Siam, And Tibet Under Different Names, Convey Ing Nearly The Same Me'tming, And Expressing Either The Nature Or The Object Of Their Profession. Tala Poin Is From The Pali, Talapat Meaning The Leaf Of A Palm ...
Tamarindus Indica L11111
Tamarindus Indica. L11111. This Is A Very Handsome Tree, Of Slow Growth, But Attains A Great Size, With A Very Extensive Shady Head. It Is Met With In Gardens, Near Old Temples, And In Avenues, Where It Has Been Planted. It Is A Graceful Avenue Tree, And Grows Throughout Hindustan, ...
Tamarix Elegans
Tamarix Elegans, The Myricara Elegans, Royle. It Attains A Height Of 20 Feet.— Von Mueller. Tamarix Gallica. Linn. T. Indica, .roccb. T. Gallica, Var. T. Indica, T. Epacroides, Sm. Ehrenb. Turfa, Arab., Guj., Pers. Koa, Rukh, . . . Taltirtri8k, . . . Eng. Lainya Of Salt Range. Ferash, Fraab, ...
Tamil
Tamil, The Name Of A Language And Of A Region Where That Tongue Is In General Use. The Tamil Land Is The Satue With Dravira, And Com Prehends All The Districts In Which That Language Is Spoken, Enclosing A Portion Of The Eastern Parts Of The Peninsula. 1vhen The Dravira ...
Tan Tae Hoey
Tan Tae Hoey, A Political Union Amongst The Chinese Of Singapore. A Description Given Of The Initiation Into This Combination Is As Follows : —about Seven O'clock They Had All Arrived, And Commenced To Eat And Drink Spirits. In An Hour This Finished, When They Commenced To Play On Drums, ...
Tanbora Or
Tanbora Or Timber°, A Volcano In The Island Of Sumbawa, In Lat. 80° 20' S., And Long. 118° E. Its Summit Is Between 5000 And 7000 Feet Above The Sea, Which Washes The Base Of The Hill For Three-fourths Of Its Extent. From The Lith To The Llth April 1815, ...
Tanjore
Tanjore, A Town Which Givem Its Name To A District In The 3iadms Presidency. The District Has An Area Of 365,t Square Miles, And In 1881 A Popu Lation Of 2,130,383. It Ir Bounded On The North By The Colerun, And It Has The Bay Of Bengal On The East. ...
Tank
Tank. Tanken, . Guj., Maur. I Eri, Tam' Talao, . . Pmts. I - The Tanks Or Artificial Water Reservoirs Of India, Arc The Greatest Of All The Hindu Irrigation Works. They Are Of Two Kinds,—one Excavated And Used For Drinking Water, Bathing, And Irrigation; The Other Formed By Throwing ...
Tanning
Tanning Of Leather Is One Of The Manufactures Where, With An Unlimited Supply Of Hides And Flist-rate Balks, Gums, And Extracts, The Goods Turned Out By Natives Of India Are Not Of A Superior Quality. Inferiority Of Indian Leather May Be Ascribed To Want Of Skill On The Part Of ...
Tantra Hind
Tantra. Hind. A Set Of Works Of The Hindus, In Use As Religious Books In Inculcating Mystical And Impure Rites In Honour Of Different Forms Of The God Siva And Goddess Durga. The Principal Of The Tantra Books Are The Syama Rahasya, Rudra Yamala, Mantra Mahodadhi, Sareda Tileka, And Kalika ...
Tapioca
Tapioca Is Obtained From The Roots Of Two Plants, Ivfanihot Aipi, Pohl., The Sweet Cassava, And M. Utilissima, Pohl., The Bitter Cassava Or Tapioca Plant. From The Facility With Which The Bitter Cassava Can Be Rasped Into Flour, It Is Culti Vated Almost To The Exclusion Of The Sweet Variety, ...
Tapti
Tapti, A, River Of The Western Side Of The Peninsula Of India, Which Rises In The Betul District Of The Central Provinces, In Lat. 21° 48' N., And Long. 78° 15' E., And After A Course, Including Windings, Of 450 Miles, And Draining An Area Of 30,000 Square Miles, It ...
Tar Khan
Tar Khan Is An Old Turkish Dignity, And Dis Tinguishes Such Persons As Were Free Froin Taxation. In The Oldest Turkish Docutnenta Tarku Means A Letter Of Protection, A Letter Of Nobility, And In Mongolian (kowalewsky, P. 1760a), Tarklia Lakhu Means To Grant Any One A Privilege. Amongst The Turanian ...
Tara Bai
Tara Bai, Daughter Of Rao Surtan, Solanki Rajput Chief Of Bednore In Rajputana. Rao Surtan Was The Lineal Descendant Of The Balhara Kings Of Anhilwara. Thence Expelled By Tho Arms Of Ala-ud-din, In The 13th Century They Migrated To Central India, And Obtained Posses Sion Of Tonk Thoda. Nnd Its ...
Tarikh
Tarikh - I - Badauni Or Muntakhab - Ut Tawarikh, Written By Mulla Abdul-kadir Malik Shah Of Badaun, And Finished In 1595. It Is A General History Of India Froin The Time Of The Ghazuevides To The 40th Year Of Akbar. It Con Tains A Copious Notice Of The Reign ...
Tartar
Tartar, Tatar, Or Tahtah, A Term Very Vaguely And Variously Applied, But Generally To Mongoloid Races In High Asia. It Is Now Out Of Use By All Ethnologists. The Bhot Of The Hitn Alayan Frontier Of Tibet Are Called Tartars, As Also Are The Turks Of Khoten And Yarkand Or ...
Tattooing
Tattooing The Body With Various Figures Of Animals Or Plants, Or With Scrolls, Has Been In Use From The Most Ancient Times. It Was Forbidden By Moses In The Levitical Law ; It Was Not Known Among The Copts, But Must Always Have Been In Use Among The Lower Egyptians. ...
Taxus Baccata
Taxus Baccata. Linn. Himala.yan Yew. Rakhal, . . . . Beas. Kautu, Kash. Nharey, . . . Bum Tuno, Km.u. Thuneer, Zunnub, . Hind. Dhnui Kunt'h, . Ravi. Thunu, . . . Jhelidt. Chogu, . . . „ Birmi, . Jhelum? Ravi. Rakhai, Nyamdal, Setlej. Sungal, Postil, . Kadenru,. . ...
Tcherkas Or
Tcherkas Or Tcherkess, The Circassia Of Europeans, A Country On The Northern Face Of The Caucasus. It Contains Many Tribes Of Various Appearance And Dignity ; Some Of Them Allege An Arab Descent, Others Are Tartars. The Chetchinzi Were Considered The Most Formidable Of All The Tribes Which Inhabit The ...
Teak
Teak, Tectona Grandis. Sagwan, . . Hind. I Tek Maram, . Tam. Jati, . . . . Malay. J Teku Chettu, . . Tel. The Teak Tree Grows In The Southern And Western Parts Of The Peninsula Of India, In Malabar, In Canara In The Wynad, In The Forests Of ...
Teal
Teal. The Teal Is A Swimming Bird Of The Family Anatithe And Sub-family Anatinm, And Of The Genus Querquednla, And Several Species Are Known. They Are Of Somewhat Slender Make, And Fly Very Rapidly. Teal Have Long Been Prized As A Delicate Food. Willughby Remarks That For The Taste Of ...
Tectona Grandis
Tectona Grandis. Linn. Segun, . . . . Beng. Saga, . . . . Mann. Ky-won, . . . Rm. Jati, . . . Malay. Jaadi, Can. Tekka, Malial, Teak Tree, . . . Eno. Tek Maram, . . Tam. Sagwan, . . Hind. Teku, Teku Chettu, Tel. Sbalduna . ...
Teheran
Teheran Is Known From Repeated Obser Va.tions To Bo 3600 Feet Above The Level Of The Sea. It Is In Lat. 35° 37' N. And Long. 50° 52' E. The Plain On Which It Stands Consists Of The Debris Of Limestone And Trap-rocks. It Is Surrounded By A. Deep Ditch, ...
Tel Turk Tam
. . . Tam., Tel. Turk. There Are Several Peppers, Black, White, And Long Pepper, Melegneta Pepper, Cayenne Or Chili Pepper, Guinea And Jamaica Pepper, And Cubeb Pepper, The Last Used As A Medicine, The Others In Food As Condiments. The Black Pepper Of Com Merce Is Obtained From The ...
Tel Wakallt Karn
Wakallt. Karn., Tel. A Plural Of Wakl Or Waql, A Farmer Or Agricultural Race. The Wakaliga Of Mysore Have Four Sections,—morasn, Hali Gangadikar Or Gangahara, Nonabba, And Kongaru. Among The Canarese They Are Hindu Cultivators, Whom The Abbe Dubois Considered To Be Identical With The Tamil Vellalar. They Are So ...
Tell Arab
Tell. Arab. A Mound, Generally Ruins Of Some Ancient City, As _the Mound Or Tumulus Of Kala Jerablus, The Ancient Carchemish, On The West Bank Of The Euphrates, Rising In Places 100 Feet Above The Euphrates. At Babylon, The Mujalibah, The Atnran, And Jumguma Mounds Mark The Sites Of The ...
Telugu
Telugu Is The Language Of Telingana, And The 17,000,358 People Speaking It Are Partly Subject To The British Power, And Partly To The Hyderabad State. The Boundary Line Of This Language May Be Roughly Drawn From Immediately North Of Madras, Where It Meeta The Tamil, By Kirkambari And Cuddapalt To ...
Temple
Temple, From The Latin Templum, Is The Term By Which Europeans Designate The Places Of Worship Of The Hindus, The Buddhists, The Jains, The Japanese, And The Chinese. That Of The Hindu Is Known Also As The Pagoda, Aword The Source Of -which Has Not Been Traced ; But The ...
Tengalai
Tengalai, Lit. The Southern Branch, A Sect Among The Southern Vaishnava, Distinct From The Vadagalai Or Northern Branch. The Tengala Follow The Precepts Of One Manavala Manumi Or Ramyaja Matri, And The Vadagala Claim Vedanta-chari Or Vedanta Desica As Their Authority. Both Of These Saints Were Pupils Of The Same ...
Tengger Mountains
Tengger Mountains, A Range In Java Connected With Gunungdasar, E. Of Sourabaya, Where A Remnant Of The People Still Follow The Hindu Worship. These People Occupy About 40 Villages, Scattered Along This Range Of Hills In The Neighbourhood Of. What Is Termed The Sandy Sea. The Site Of Their Villages, ...
Tents
Tents Are- Used As Dwellings By All The Nomade Tribes Of Asia, And By Many Of The Races Settled In Towns. They Are Used Throughout India By All Travellers Of Any Position, And During War Are Carried By The Armies. They Are Made Of Cotton Canvas, Lined Or Unlined. A ...
Ter3iinalia Belerica
Ter3iinalia Belerica. Roxb. P. 431. Beleyluj, . . . Arab. Vibbituka, . . Sansic. Tit-sein, Ban-kha, Burm. Bulu-gaas, . . Singil Bgili? . . Demi. Tandi Marani, . . Test. Belem Ruyrobalan, Eng. Tani Kaia Maratn, . , Bahira, . Hind., Sansr. Tondi, Tadi Chettu, Tel. Benin, Yebela, . Maiir. ...