Sada-kar

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This article is an extract from

THE TRIBES and CASTES of BENGAL. By H.H. RISLEY, INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE, OFFICIER D'ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE. Ethnographic Glossary. CALCUTTA: Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press. 1891. .

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Sada-kar

Is a Muhammadan silversmith, who manufactures silver rings, gold ones not being usually worn by the lower classes. The onyx (Sulaimani), the salmon-tinted ('Aqiq), and yellow (Sharbati) carnelian are the favourite stones with Muhammadan men; and the Sadakar fixes these in rings with lac, and then turns in the bevelled edge of the setting.

Within the last few years several of the Kuti class, known as Muhammadan Sonars, have become expert goldsmiths, competing on equal terms with the Hindu in the finest filagree work.

1 Reza in Persian signifies a bit, or portion; and as children only receive a part of a man's pay, the word is used to designate workmen receiving less than an adult's pay.

2 Other vegetable detergents were also in use, such as Arishta, Phenila, or Soap-nut (Sapindus detergens), Ritha (Sapindus saponaria), and Khali, oilcake.