(ba:g)
is one of the Mughal Gardens. It is located about eight miles from Srinagar,
the summer capital of the Jammu and Kashmir State.
hokum
karun means 'to
command', or 'What can I do for you?'. It is a socially polite expression,
and is used just as that.
bu:n'
(china:r,
Platanus Orientalis): Knowles (1885) claims thatthe china:r
"was introduced by the Muhammadans from the West, and under the
fostering attention of royalty this splendid tree with its palmate leaves
and spreading branches has reached the greatest age and attention in
Kashmir." (See J.H. Knowles, A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs and
Sayings, Bombay, 1885, p.7.)
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