كڑاهی

कड़ाही kaṛāhī[S. कटाह+इका], s.f. A small boiling-pan; a frying-pan;—anything cooked in a kaṛāhī(such as, kaćaurī, pūrī, ḥalwā, etc.); an offering of sweetmeats:—kaṛāhībāṅdhnā, To cast a spell over a frying-pan:—kaṛāhī ćāṭnā, To lick the pot (it is a superstition among Indian women that licking the pot brings about the ill-luck of a fall of rain on the wedding procession of the person given to this habit; hence, on the occurrence of such a contretempsthe women abuse the bridegroom for having licked the pot):—kaṛāhī ćaṛhnā, The boiling-pan to be put on the fire; preparation to be made (for a feast):—kaṛāhīkarnā(-ko), To offer sweetmeats, cakes, etc. (to a goddess):—kaṛāhī-meṅhāth ḍālnā, To put the hand in a pan of boiling oil as an ordeal (an accused person is required to take out a piece of gold which has been dropped in a pan of boiling oil; if he can do this without being scalded, he is held innocent).