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SAHIRIYA mans, Kayaths and Thakurs are generally exempted. Rohilkhand (harf). Sahiriya-spring crops left unirrigated. Central Duab. Sahna-corr. of shahna (qv.). Sahna-[Skt. sahitya = union]-to copulate-of buffaloes (buhna). Sahnak- a platter, saucer. Jau lon sahnak Sahnak- men hoe, tau lon mohi tohi sath = you and I are friends as long as there is anything in the platter. Sahu- Sahu- Sahukar- Sahukar- { [sah]-a banker, money-lender (mahajan). Khet hai sahukar = your field is your best banker: i.e., it will keep the manure, etc., you put in it and pay you. Sahul [corr. of saqul] a mason's plumb line Sahul- (raj). Sahvan-an oil plant (P colza) Eruca sativa (duan). Saf-extra cross-bars fixed above the bottom of the cart behind and above it in front. Lower Duab (gari). Sai- [Skt. sati = gaining, obtaining]-(1) ear- Sai- nest-money to close a bargain (bai'ana); (2) reciprocal exchange of labour among cultivators. East districts (paith). Saifa-[Arabic saif = a sword]-the cutter for paring the edges of a book (jildsaz). Saika-(saikha) a stack of spring crops on the threshing-floor. Lower Duab (pahi). Saika-(bahni, saiki) the pot for removing the sugar juice to the boiler. East districts (kolhu). Saikha-see saika. Saiki-see saika. Sail- [Skt.shalya = a spike]-(1) the second Saila- wedge used to fasten the beam of the plough into the body. Kumaun (hal); (2) the outer or sometimes the inner pin of the yoke (bahll, hal); (3) the handle of the rudder of a boat (nao); (4) a sort of flail used in threshing. Kumaun. Sailabl-[Arabic sail = torrent; ab = water] -inundation, flooding (gharqi). Sailana-[? Arabic sair = moving about]-to winnow grain. Rohilkhand (usana). Saili-[sail]-(1) a small plough wedge or yoke pin (sail); (2) ropes made out of the roots of the dhak (Butea frondosa). Rohilkhand (bakhau- ta); (3) a shallow oblong basket which the labourer swings round him amidst the wild rice (tinni) as he collects the grain. Azamgarh. Saim-Skt. shyama = the dark one]-one of the local gods or ghosts (dihvar). Saina a lawn. Hill districts (sen). Sainak[szhnak]-a flat dish out of which Sainakiya- rice is eaten. Sainhun-wheat that becomes small, black and useless. Saiqalgar-Arabic saigal = polishing of metals]-a knife grinder (siqligar). Sair-[Arabic sair = to go] (sayar)-"the remaining or other sources of income accruing to Government in addition to the land tax from a variety of imports, customs, transit duties, license fees, house tax, etc." (Wilson-Glossary sv.) Hobson-Jobson," after an elaborate discussion 44 247 SAKHO (qv.) conclude that the true sense of the Indian term was "current or customary charges." In these Provinces amadani sdir generally means income received by the landlord and liable to assessment independent of his rents or the profits of his home farm, such as rights of produce of woods, fisheries, market dues, etc. Sair kharch = contingent expenditure. Sairh-a heap of wheat threshed but not winnowed. Central Dunb. Saivri [P Skt. sheva = worship, service] (sdori) -dues given by tenants at harvest time for religious purposes (pujaura). Sajjadah-[Arabic sajjad = prostration in prayer]-a praying carpet; sajjadah nashin = the manager or incumbent of a Muhammadan religious endowment. Sajha [Skt. sahayata] partnership, association. Sajhi [sajha] a partner or sharer. Sajhiya- Kanto buro karil ko, aru badari ki gham ; Sauti buri hai chan ki, aru sajhi ko kam. [The thorns of the karil, the sun on a cloudy day, a second wife even if she be merely a puppet made of flour, are all bad and so is the work of a partner.] Central Dunb. Sajjao dahi-[sajnd = to be prepared]- Sajjul dahi-) curdled milk. East districts (phata dudh). Sakale-[Skt. sakala = seasonable]-in the early morning. Sakara-[Skt. svikara = assent, agreement]-a fee for the acceptance or renewal of a bill of exchange (hundi). Sakarau-[sakale]-early in the morning. Central Duab. Sakare-see sakale. Sakarna [sakard]-to accept or renew a bill of exchange (hundi). Sakha-[Skt. shakha]-(1) a division of a tribe or family-see got; (2) the axle of the flour mill (chakki). Sakhar-[sa = with; kshara = salt]-(1) Sakhara- slightly brackish-of water. Central Duanb; (2) (kachcha bhojan) food prepared with salt by boiling, but not in butter, such as rice khichari, etc. Such food can be eaten only within the cooking enclosure (chauka): the opposite is wikhard (qv.). In the Eastern districts chiefly anong Kanaujiya Brahmans, food containing salt cannot be eaten out of the cooking enclosure. Sakhi Sarvar Sultan-"the generous Prince Sarvar," also called Lakhdata or the giver of lakhs. "His real name was Sayad Ahmad, and he flourished about the middle of the 12 th Century. His principal shrine is at Nigaha in the Dera Ghazi Khan District" "In the Delhi territory [and in the Western districts of the North-Western Provinces] Sakhi Sarvar is not held in such high esteem; but he is generally worshipped, shrines in his honour are common, vows and pilgrimages to him are frequent, and Brahmans tie threads on the wrists of their clients on a fixed date in his name." (Ibbetson, Panjab Ethnography, p. 115.) Sakho uchar- sakha, ucharana = pro- Sakho ucharan-) nunciation]-the recitahidira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts