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“Telugu:
ధనియాల జాతి”
English Translation:
The coriander-seed caste.Said of Komatis (No. 712 ) because treating a Komati roughly is the only way of dealing with him, as rubbing the coriander-seed before it is sown is the only way of making it sprout.

— Telugu

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“Telugu:
బెల్లపు పిళ్లారికి ముడ్డి గిల్లి నైవేద్యం”
English Translation:
Offering the Molasses Ganêśa a bit nipped off his own person.Said of a stingy man.

“Telugu:
బిడ్డ యెదిగితే కుండ యెదుగును”
English Translation:
As the child grows, the pot grows.i.e. It eats more.A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.

“Telugu:
కుమ్మరికి వక యేడు, గుదియకు వక పెట్టు”
English Translation:
One year to the potter, one blow to the cudgel.The cudgel destroys in one blow what has cost the potter a year’s labour.The sudden loss of that gained by much labour.