s. m. (M.), ) a small string of thread or hair, by which the Jugar (the leather rope by which the yoke is fastened to the plough shaft) is attached to the killí (a peg going through the plough shaft):—dhággá bannhṉá, v. a. To tie a thread on the wrist (a ceremony performed by Hindu women in the month of Bhádoṇ):—dhággá kholṉá, v. a. To loose a thread from the wrist (a ceremony performed by Hindu women in the month of Magghar, when breads of jowár are broken and mixed up with guṛ or shakkar, (this grain is not eaten by them so long):—dhággá karáuṉá, v. a. Caus. of dhággá karná:—dhággá karná, v. a. To read a spell or incantation on a string to be worn about the neck of children, women and men as an amulet to protect them from the evil eye and the influence of an evil spirit:—dhággá páuṉá, v. n. To thread a needle:—dhaggá tawít, s. m. A charmed string and an amulet:—Hindú kachchá dhággá han. lit. Hindus are like loose spun thread, i. e., the caste of Hindus can be easily broken.