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1. achkan, n. View full entry 1911
...In parts of South Asia: a light, close-fitting knee-length jacket buttoned at the front, traditionally worn by men....
2. chaitya, n. View full entry 1875
...A Buddhist place or object of reverence or worship. Cf. chorten...
3. chakra, n. View full entry 1883
...A circular weapon used by the Sikhs (see quots.)....
4. chir, n. View full entry 1882
...In full chir pine. An Indian tree, Pinus roxburghii....
5. chital, n. View full entry 1880
...The Indian spotted deer, Axis axis....
6. gopi, n. View full entry 1880
...(See quot. 1962.)...
7. Khaskura, n. View full entry 1911
...An Indic dialect spoken in Nepal....
8. paisa, n. View full entry 1884
...= pice Now hist....
9. samsara, n. View full entry 1886
...The endless cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound; also attrib....
10. sherwani, n. View full entry 1911
...In the Indian sub-continent: a knee-length coat, buttoning to the neck, worn by men....
11. siddhi, n. View full entry 1882
...In Indian and Tibetan religion, a collective term for supernatural or magical powers acquired by meditation or other practices. Also in pl. in same sense....
12. Sinhalese, n. and adj. View full entry 1797
...As pl., the native inhabitants of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). Also sing., a Sinhalese native of Sri Lanka. The Sinhalese are properly members of an Aryan people deriving...
13. sundri, n. View full entry 1831
...A tree abundant in the Ganges delta, Heritiera minor, yielding a tough and durable timber. Also applied to H. littoralis, the looking-glass tree. Also sundra-tree, ...
