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Side 29
People suffering from a certain class of disease come to the tomb of the Saint
Kadri at Yemnur in Dharwār and smear their bodies with mud that they may be
cured of the disease.” There are numerous instances of the use of earth as a
poultice ...
People suffering from a certain class of disease come to the tomb of the Saint
Kadri at Yemnur in Dharwār and smear their bodies with mud that they may be
cured of the disease.” There are numerous instances of the use of earth as a
poultice ...
Side 96
... knob on one of them with a little vermilion and oil as an act of worship.
Speaking of this class of shrine in the Panjāb, Mr. Ibbetson writes: “The Hindu
shrine must always face east, while the Musalmān shrine is in the form of a tomb
and faces ...
... knob on one of them with a little vermilion and oil as an act of worship.
Speaking of this class of shrine in the Panjāb, Mr. Ibbetson writes: “The Hindu
shrine must always face east, while the Musalmān shrine is in the form of a tomb
and faces ...
Side 127
So after her death a temple was erected on the site of her tomb , and she
receives the homage of multitudes of pilgrims . There is another noted shrine of
Sîtalâ at Râêwala , in the Dehra Dûn District . She is a Satî , Gândharî , the wife of
...
So after her death a temple was erected on the site of her tomb , and she
receives the homage of multitudes of pilgrims . There is another noted shrine of
Sîtalâ at Râêwala , in the Dehra Dûn District . She is a Satî , Gândharî , the wife of
...
Side 133
The same name is in the eastern district of the North - Western Provinces applied
to the tomb of some low - caste man , very often a Teli or oilman , or a Dhobi or
washerman , both of whose ghosts are generally obnoxious . Envious women will
...
The same name is in the eastern district of the North - Western Provinces applied
to the tomb of some low - caste man , very often a Teli or oilman , or a Dhobi or
washerman , both of whose ghosts are generally obnoxious . Envious women will
...
Side 182
A vessel filled with rice and flour is placed for the time on the tomb, and when
brought back the mark of a fowl's foot is found at the bottom of the vessel, and this
indicates that the spirit of the deceased has returned.”" This is, as we have seen,
...
A vessel filled with rice and flour is placed for the time on the tomb, and when
brought back the mark of a fowl's foot is found at the bottom of the vessel, and this
indicates that the spirit of the deceased has returned.”" This is, as we have seen,
...
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Side 19 - These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us : though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects : love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide : in cities, mutinies ; in countries, discord ; in palaces, treason ; and the bond cracked 'twixt son and father.
Side 105 - ... soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night, And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which once untangled much misfortune bodes...
Side 166 - THE passing bell was anciently rung for two purposes ; one, to bespeak the prayers of all good Christians for a soul just departing; the other, to drive away the evil spirits who stood at the bed's foot and about the house, ready to seize their prey, or at least to molest and terrify the soul in its passage...
Side 12 - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry," under " February" gave the following advice— " Sow peason and beans, in the wane of the moon, Who soweth them sooner, he soweth too soon, That they with the planet may rest and arise, And flourish, with bearing most plentiful! wise.
Side 66 - God.6 [They always go in a state of dirt and uncleanness, devoid of respect for themselves, or for those who see them, unwashed, unkempt, and sordidly attired.] These people also have a custom which I must tell you. If a man is condemned to death and executed by the lawful authority, they take his body and cook and eat it. But if any one die a natural death then they will not eat the...
Side 12 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew And saw the lion's shadow ere himself And ran dismayed away. LORENZO. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea banks and waft her love To come again to Carthage. JESSICA. In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Aeson.
Side 148 - The whole universe is subject to the gods; the gods are subject to the Mantras; the Mantras to the Brahmans; therefore the Brahmans are our gods V Often these Mantra-sastrls are mere fortune-tellers.
Side 170 - The people think that one man is thus singled out as a scapegoat for the sins of the rest of the village. In the temple of the Moon the Albanians of the Eastern Caucasus kept a number of sacred slaves, of whom many were inspired and prophesied. When one of these men exhibited more than usual symptoms of inspiration...
Side 178 - Racshases rend in pieces an obla' tion which has no such preservative. 205. ' Let an offering to the gods be made at the ' beginning and end of the srdddha : it must not begin ' and end with an offering to ancestors ; for he, who ' begins and ends it with an oblation to the Pitris, ' quickly perishes with his progeny.
Side 165 - ... noise they intended to make might not excite any alarm, and bring down upon them the visit of the soldiery. It was, however, subsequently determined, that the animal should be a goat ; and he was driven before the crowd accordingly. I have on several occasions been requested to allow of such noisy poojahs in cases of epidemics ; and the confidence the people feel in their efficacy has no doubt a good effect.
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, Bind 1 The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India, William Crooke |
| Forfatter | William Crooke |
| Udgiver | A. Constable & Company, 1896 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of California |
| Digitaliseret | 17. okt 2007 |
| Længde | 653 sider |
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