A Hindu goddess.

_Darwan_. A doorkeeper.

_Ghat_. Landing steps to a river or tank.

_Ghi_. Clarified butter.

_Gomashta_. Factor or agent; a rent-collector.

_Grihini_. The house-mistress.

_Ganga_. The river Ganges.

_Joisto_. The Hindu month corresponding to May--June.

_Kabiraj_. A Hindu physician.

_Kacheri_. Courthouse, or Revenue-office.

_Kayasta_. The writer caste.

_Khansamah_. A Mahommedan butler.

_Korta_. The master of the house.

_Ma Thakurani_. A title of respect to the mistress.

_Mahal_. A division of a house.

_Malini_. A flower girl.

_Manji_. A boatman.

_Naib_. A deputy, representing the Zemindar.

_Pandit_. A learned Brahman.

_Papiya_. A bird.

_Puja_. Hindu worship.

_Puja Mahal_. The division of the house devoted to worship.

_Pardah_. A screen or curtain.

_Ryot_. A tiller of the soil.

_Sari_. A woman's garment.

_Shastras_. Hindu sacred books.

_Shradda_. An obsequial ceremony, in which food and
water are offered to deceased ancestors.

_Siva_. A Hindu Cod.

_Sraban_. The Hindu months corresponding to July--August.

_Talao_. A tank or enclosed pond

_Thakur_. The Deity; sometimes applied as a title of
honour to the master of the house.

_Thakur Ban_. The chamber occupied by the family deity.

_Tulsi_. A plant held sacred by the Hindus.

_Zemindar_. A landholder.

_Zillah_. A district or local division.

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