The Tribes and Castes of the North-western Provinces and Oudh, Bind 3Office of the superintendent of government printing, 1896 |
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The Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Vol. 1 of 4 ... William Crooke Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2017 |
The Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Vol. 1 of 4 ... William Crooke Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2017 |
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according Agra Aligarh Allahâbâd ancestor Azamgarh Bahraich Baiga Ballia Banyas Bareilly Basti Benares Bengal Bihâr Bijnor Brâhmans bride bridegroom brother Budaun Bulandshahr called Cawnpur Census Census of 1891 ceremony Chamâr Chauhân clans clansmen clothes custom daughter deity descendants Devi Distribution District drink eat kachchi endogamous Etah Etawah exogamy Faizâbâd Farrukhâbâd Fatehpur father feast Gaur Ghazipur girl Gonda Gonds Gorakhpur gotra Guru Hamirpur Hardoi Hindu husband intermarry Jaiswâr Jalaun Jâts Jaunpur Jhansi Kahârs Kanaujiya Kanjars Kayasths Khân Khatris Kheri known Kshatriyas Kurmis Lalitpur last Census Lucknow Mahadeva Mainpuri Mânjhis marriage marry Mathura Meerut Mirzapur Morâdâbâd mother Muhammadan Muzaffarnagar Number occupation offering origin pakki Panjab Pilibhit priests Provinces Râê Râja Râjputs rice Risley rule Saharanpur Sanskrit sect sept Settlement Report Shahjahanpur shrine Sinh Sitapur sub-castes sub-divisions Sultanpur sweetmeats take their name Tarâi tribal council Tribes and Castes turmeric Unâo usual village widow marriage wife woman women worship
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Side 487 - This book is a preservation photocopy. It was produced on Hammermill Laser Print natural white, a 60 # book weight acid-free archival paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts CD 1995 The borrower must return this item on or before the last date stamped below.
Side 72 - Mahants wear a small scull cap: the frontal marks, if worn, are usually those of the Vaishnava sects, or they make a streak with Sandal, or Gopichandan along the ridge of the nose: a necklace and rosary of Tulasi are also worn by them, but all these outward signs are considered of no importance, and the inward man is the only essential point to be attended to 1.
Side 285 - Many have high noses and oval faces, and young girls are at times met with who have delicate and regular features, finely chiselled straight noses, and perfectly formed mouths and chins. The eyes, however, are seldom so large, so bright and gazelle-like as those of pure Hindu maidens, but I have met strongly marked Mongolian features, and some are dark and coarse like the Santhals.
Side 263 - The Khatris are staunch Hindus, and it is somewhat singular that, while giving a religion and priests to the Sikhs, they themselves are comparatively seldom Sikhs.
Side 263 - India,' is, in my judgment, one of the most useful portions of that work. The following extract is too important to be curtailed. "Trade," he says, "is their main occupation ; but in fact they have broader and more distinguishing features.
Side 487 - This book is a preservation photocopy. It is made in compliance with copyright law and produced on acid-free archival 60# book weight paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts m 1999 The borrower must return this item on or before the last date stamped below.
Side 72 - Rdmdvats especially, a friendly intercourse and political alliance: it is no part of their faith, however, to worship any Hindu deity, or to observe any of the rites or ceremonials of the Hindus, whether orthodox or schismatical; such of their members as are living in the world conform outwardly to all the usages of their tribe and caste, and some of them even pretend to worship the usual divinities , although this is considered as going rather farther than is justifiable.
Side 57 - ... by the force of mental abstraction, to effect a union between the portion of vital spirit residing in the body and that which pervades all nature, and is identical with SIVA, considered as the supreme being and source and essence of all creation. When this mystic union is effected, the Yogi is liberated in his living body from the clog of material incumbrance, and acquires an entire command over all worldly substance.
Side 367 - His impurity, like that of the barber, washerman, and dyer, springs solely from the natufe of his employment ; perhaps because it is a dirty one, but more probably because black is a colour of evil omen, though on the other hand iron has powerful virtue as a charm against the evil eye. It is not impossible that the necessity under which he labours of using bellows made of cowhide...
Side 264 - Hazara, but also as he might steal a milchcow, or as Jews might, I dare say, be carried off in the Middle Ages with a view to render them profitable.