Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s4.9
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s4.9
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² The first invented drinking cup or eating vessel being made from the leaf (pat) of particular trees, especially the palasa (Butea frondosa) and bar (Ficus religiosa). The cups of a beautiful brown earthenware, made at Kotharia, are chiefly pateras, of a perfectly classical shape. Query, the Roman patera, or the Greek ποτήρ, or Saxon pot? [patera, pateo, ‘to lie open’; pot. O.E. pott, Lat. potus, ‘drinking.’]