104 sON ASSAMESE PROVERBS. On a good path walk far, Do not leave it, Marry a young girl, Do not marry a widow, 10. Mangoes and jack fruit. আমে বন কঠালে ধান। Ame ban kathale dhan. when there are mangoes there are foods, When there are jack fruit there is paddy. This is one of Dak's prophecies. Another belief is that when there is much mango blossom there will be cholera. 331. Disappointment, ততো নাহিলোখাই, এখেতে পাবলৈ নাই। Tato nahilo khai, Ekheto pabalai nai. I came without taking anything to eat there, but here there is nothing to eat. 389 Salakha ভাত খাই উঠি তিনি শিলিখা, কি কৰিব ৰোগ তিলিকা। Bhat khai uthi tini shilikha, Ki kariba rog tilika. If you take three skitaka & fruits after a meal, no disease can attack you. শিলিখা (shalikcha), the tree and its fruit, Terminalia citreena (Gamble). The Assamese eat the fruit of this tree, because of its laxative properties. There is a Sanskrit proverb- “হৰিতকী হৰে ৰোগম,” which has the same meaning as the saying above. Univ Calif - Digitized by Microsoft ®)
