چنوٹی

चुनौटी ćunauṭī(i.q. ćunautī, q.v.), s.f. Gathering, folding; folding the sheet or mantle (sāṛī);—selection of the fittest men (from an army) for a desperate enterprise; incitement, encouragement (of troops in battle, for which purpose an officer is especially appointed in Indian armies); defiance, provocacation;—a practice which formerly prevailed at Benares (viz.on the eleventh day of the śuklpakshof Jaiṭhthe inhabitants were wont to swim across the river, and forming themselves into two parties, to fight with swords, clubs, etc.).