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Na maen aatash na maen paun | Neither fire, nor from air, is my birth
A beautiful Punjabi Sufi song Chirayu 2005
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Na main aatish na maen paun | Neither fire, nor from air, is my birth
A beautiful Punjabi Sufi song Chirayu 2005
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Speaking of Hindi / Urdu, this song caused a bit of a stir, because it contains the line, 'tere paun ke niche jannat hogi' - 'heaven is beneath your feet'.
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The cloth is about four yards long and two deep, and there is always round the hem a border, or false hem, of turkey red twill, or some other coloured cotton cloth to the main body of the paun.
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The native dress for men and women alike is the cloth or paun.
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The native dress for men and women alike is the cloth or paun.
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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The cloth is about four yards long and two deep, and there is always round the hem a border, or false hem, of turkey red twill, or some other coloured cotton cloth to the main body of the paun.
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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With something akin to a mother's feelings, she takes the infant in her arms, which seems incontinent to become a part of herself, lying all day on her knees, and sleeping all night in her bosom; and from that moment the nurse, the child, and the paun-box are always together.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 Various 1841
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Signaling the final stages of the ´Bhoj´, small leaf bowls with sweet and sour ´lapsi paun´ is served.
American Chronicle 2008
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Diantara lain2 ialah: menembak lima paun, membaiki senapang lima puluh paun … "
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