The first printed page in the scanned online version of Analytical Solid Geometry by Shanti Narayan says, "the book was drenched". I'm positive it doesn't have anything to do with wetness. So what does it mean here?
(There's nothing else written on the page. There are a couple of blank pages before and after this printed page.)
All the examples I've found are from Osmania University Library in Hyderabad. Could this be a term specific to Indian-English or a mistranslation from Hindi or another Indian language?
Best Answer
This is not an official source, but according to Charles Wm Dimmick on alt.folklore.urban Google Groups, the explanation is more plausible than that the book got wet.
Addition: Evidence that drenched means water damage: From Cyber Diary: Faceless Libraries in a Facebook Age, (Scroll down to Comment by Ananthanarayanan Vaidyanathan):