Adventures of the Gooroo ParamartanJ. M. Richardson, 1822 - 243 pages |
Expressions et termes fréquents
1st pers 3rd pers A. G. Note A. G. Sect adjectively adverbially agreeing Areca Catechu Blockhead boiled rice Brahman caste changed cloth cold conj conjunctive mood connective vin cubits defect deriv disciples doubled emphatic affix expressive fanams Gooroo Noodle Hindoo horse Idiot India infin interj M.S. Dict manner masc Mattam metaph natural word neut noun pagodas Pandāram particle past verbal pagh perceiving person placed absolutely pōōjei postposition pres pron replied rice-beater river Sanskrit saying signifies sing spelt sync Tamul Tamul language third watch thou togh turban understood v. a. comp verb vett village vineiyech written XXIX அவர்கள் இருக்கிறது உம் என்று கள் கனாத கா கி கிறது கு கோண்டு சா டு தான் து ம் ரூ வு வூ வேன் றன்
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Page 113 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Page i - Sanscrit ; and what is thence so largely borrowed, when the Tamuls, by intercourse with the more enlightened people of the north, began to emerge from barbarity, has reference to the expression of moral sentiments and abstract metaphysical notions, and is chiefly to be found in the colloquial idiom. In this remarkable circumstance, and also in the construction of its alphabet, the Tamul differs much...
Page 117 - garment of divers colours upon her : for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
Page 67 - Give me the money," said the courtier, and began with the first, and gave him a stroke over the shoulders with his whip, which made him groan, saying, " Here is one," and so served them all, and they all groaned at the matter. When he came to the last, he paid him well, saying,
Page ii - Sanskrit alphabet with scarcely any variation. The higher dialect of the Tamul, on the contrary, is almost entirely free from Sanskrit words and idioms; and the language retains an alphabet which tradition affirms to have heretofore consisted of but sixteen letters, and which, so fer from resembling the perfect alphabet of the Sanskrit, wants nearly half its characters, and has several letters of peculiar powers.* (Babington, Preface to the Adventures ofGooroo Paramartan, 4to., London, 1822, pp.
Page 67 - Tell how many there be of you." One of them said, " Eleven," and he did not tell [ie, count] himself. " Well," said the courtier, " what will you give me if I find the twelfth man?" "Sir," said they, "all the money we have got.
Page iv - To the conversion of idolaters his principal efforts were of course directed, and they are said to have been uncommonly successful. Perfect master of Hindoo science, opinions and prejudices, he was eminently qualified to expose the fallacies of their doctrine, and the absurdities of their religious practices ; and, accordingly, he is much extolled for the triumphs which he obtained, in those controversial disputations which are so frequent among the learned in India, and for the almost miraculous...
Page i - It is not derived from any language at present in existence, and is either itself the parent of the...
Page 99 - In two cabs of dates there is one cab of stones and more. Л Hebrew Proverb. N ар in-doörs, and I do not know of any place for that purpose.