s. m. (M.), ) an amulet, a charm. The belief in the power of amulets is universal. Those who give, or rather sell, amulets are, firstly, Sayads and Kureshís who are considered more pleasing to God than others; secondly, the incumbents of shrines and their sons; thirdly, impostors who persuade people of the efficacy of their amulets. It is not essential that a person should be either learned or moral to establish his character as a giver of efficacious amulets. Amulets are asked and given for almost every human want or to avert every possible ill, and to cure every kind of sickness. Amulets are written on pieces of paper and on leaves, and sometimes consist of legible words as yá Allah, but more often of unintelligible signs. The price paid is called mokh, and whenever the desired result is attained, another amulet is made in addition to the one previously obtained:—phull áuṉe, v. n. To menstruate:—bilání dá phull, s. m. (M.) A charm to win the heart of a woman:—phull chunnan, v. a. (M.) (lit. to pluck flowers.) A part of the ceremonies at Muhammadan marriages which are distinct from the religious service. A Mirásaṉ places on the bride's head a flock of cotton which the bridegroom blows away. This is done seven times:—phull chugṉe, chunṉe, v. a. To collect the bones of the cremated corpse to sending them to the Ganges:—dushmaṉí dá phull, s. m. (M.) An amulet to make two persons quarrel especially a married couple so that the husband may divorce his wife:—phull jhaṛí, s. f. (lit, a shower of flowers.) A particular kind of firework:—guláb dá phull, s. m. A light rose colour:—halákat dá phull, s. m. (M.) An amulet to make an enemy die:—phull jáṉá, v. n. See Phullṉá:—phull jehá, wargá, a. Light as a flower, very light:—phull jhaṛṉá, v. n. To fall from a lamp or candle little piece of charred or half consumed wick—matí dá phull, s. m. (M.) To produce much butter in the churn:—múlá dá phull, s. m. (M.) An amulet to avert múlá:—najar dá phull, s. m. (M.) An amulet to avert the evil eye:—sinhárí dá phull, s. m. (M.) The charm attached to a churn-dasher to attract all the butter in the neighbour's churns:—phull wáṛí, s. f. A flower garden