choupur (chaupur), a board game similar to pachisi.
Chundal (chandal or chandala), a person of low caste.
Chutree, Kshatriya (caste).
coss/koss, a unit of distance, varying between about 1¼ and 2½ English miles.
dhobee, a person of low caste employed as a washerman.
eight principal parts the body, the forehead, body, arms, knees, and feet. To “touch the ground with the eight principal parts of the body” implies the person is lying flat on the ground.
five elements of nature, air, earth, ether, fire, and water.
ghaut (ghat), a path or stairway that descends to a river.
ghuree (ghari or ghurry), a unit of time. This book figures sixty-four gharis in a twenty-four-hour day (or 1 ghari = 22½ minutes). Note: it is more common to define sixty gharis in a day (1 ghari = 24 minutes).
goonja (gunja) seed, Abrus precatorius, a flowering plant whose colorful seeds are used as beads or in percussive instruments.