The Memoirs of Bābur 932.12.2

932.12.2

The (Sans.) _tāṛ_ (_Borassus flabelliformis_, the Palmyra-palm) is another. Its branches (_i.e._ leaves) also are quite at its top. Just as [Sidenote: Fol. 286.] with the date-palm, people hang a pot on it, take its juice and drink it. They call this liquor _tāṛī_;[1869] it is said to be more exhilarating than date liquor. For about a yard along its branches (_i.e._ leaf-stems)[1870] there are no leaves; above this, at the tip of the branch (stem), 30 or 40 open out like the spread palm of the hand, all from one place. These leaves approach a yard in length. People often write Hindī characters on them after the fashion of account rolls (_daftar yūsūnlūq_).