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... head of a son , and standing in water , and in the phrases Ráma kriya , Ráma duhái , Ganga mái kriya , Bhawani kriya . They believe in magic and witchcraft , but do not practice these arts themselves . They believe in demoniacal posses ...
... head of a son , and standing in water , and in the phrases Ráma kriya , Ráma duhái , Ganga mái kriya , Bhawani kriya . They believe in magic and witchcraft , but do not practice these arts themselves . They believe in demoniacal posses ...
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... , marks his or her forehead with sandal , and offers to the god sweet cakes ( rot ) , laddu sweetmeats , a Brahmanical thread ( jane ) , garlands of flowers , a small loin cloth ( langoti ) , and a head - dress ( 25 BHAT.
... , marks his or her forehead with sandal , and offers to the god sweet cakes ( rot ) , laddu sweetmeats , a Brahmanical thread ( jane ) , garlands of flowers , a small loin cloth ( langoti ) , and a head - dress ( 25 BHAT.
Side 26
... head of the victim is buried deep in the ground , and the rest of the meat is taken by the Ojha , who also gets some uncooked grain and a few pice . Their other domestic ceremonies are done by Sarwariya Brâhmans . In other parts of the ...
... head of the victim is buried deep in the ground , and the rest of the meat is taken by the Ojha , who also gets some uncooked grain and a few pice . Their other domestic ceremonies are done by Sarwariya Brâhmans . In other parts of the ...
Side 27
... head of the evil - doer , which no amount of penance will wash away . The awe they inspire is as great with the Rajput chief as with the illiterate Bhîl . They are also the principal carriers of the country , and as such enjoy immunity ...
... head of the evil - doer , which no amount of penance will wash away . The awe they inspire is as great with the Rajput chief as with the illiterate Bhîl . They are also the principal carriers of the country , and as such enjoy immunity ...
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... head wife , and she receives by inheritance a share one - tenth in excess of that given to the other wives . Marriage is generally per- formed under the age of fifteen , but no special age is fixed . No price is paid on either side ...
... head wife , and she receives by inheritance a share one - tenth in excess of that given to the other wives . Marriage is generally per- formed under the age of fifteen , but no special age is fixed . No price is paid on either side ...
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according Agra Aligarh Allahâbâd ancestors Azamgarh Bahrâich Baiga Ballia Bânda Banyas Bareilly Basti Benares Bhars Bhâts Bhatti Bhuînhârs Bhuiyas Bihâr Bijnor Bishnoi Brâhmans bride bridegroom brother Bulandshahr called Cawnpur Census Census of 1891 ceremony Chamâr Chauhân child clansmen clothes cremation daughter dead deceased deity descendants Devi Dhobi Distribution DISTRICTS Doms endogamous Etah Etawah exogamy Faizâbâd Farrukhâbâd Fatehpur father feast Ganges Gaur Gautam Ghazipur girl give goat Gonda Gonds Gorakhpur gotra grain ground Gûjars Hamirpur Hardoi Hindu husband intermarry Jâlaun Jaunpur Kanaujiya Kheri known Lalitpur last Census levirate Lucknow Magahiya Mainpuri marriage marry Mathura Meerut Mirzapur Morâdâbâd mother Muhammadan Musalmân Muzaffarnagar Number offering origin Oudh Panjâb Partâbgarh Pilibhit priest Provinces Râê Bareli Râja Râjputs Râthaur rice Risley rite rule rupees sacrifice Saharanpur sept Shahjahanpur Sitapur spirits sub-castes sub-divisions Sultanpur Tarâi Tribes and Castes Unâo usual village widow wife woman women worship
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Side 85 - Africa a man may have as many wives as he can afford to buy. But...
Side 449 - At the present day the Gujars are found in great numbers in every part of the north-west of India, from the Indus to the Ganges, and from the Hazara Mountains to the Peninsula of Gujarat. They are specially numerous along the banks of the Upper Jumna near Jagadri and Buriya, and in the Saharanpur District, which during the last century was actually called Gujarat.
Side 319 - one of the original tribes of India. Tradition fixes their residence to the north of the Ghagra, touching the Bhars on the east in the vicinity of the Rohini. Several old forts testify...
Side 157 - ... child is born, named, betrothed, or married ; nobody dies or is burnt ; no journey is undertaken, or auspicious day selected ; no house is built, no agricultural operation of importance begun, or harvest gathered in, without the Brahmans being...
Side 121 - ... living creature, but they do their utmost to prevent others from doing so. Consequently their villages are generally swarming with antelope and other animals, and they forbid their Musalman neighbours to kill them, and try to dissuade European sportsmen from interfering with them. They wanted...
Side 122 - The novice's scalp-lock (choti) is then cut off and his head shaved, for the Bishnois shave the whole head and do not leave a scalp-lock like the Hindus, but they allow the beard to grow, only shaving the chin on the father's death. Infant baptism is also practised, and thirty days after birth the child, whether boy or girl, is baptised by the priest...
Side 441 - India, 156. nor, again, bevies of Gond women may be seen who are liker monkeys than human beings. The features of all are strongly marked and coarse. The girls occasionally possess such comeliness as attaches to general plumpness and a good-humoured expression of face; but when their short youth is over, all pass at once into a hideous age. Their hard lives, sharing as they do all the labours of the men, except that of hunting, suffice to account for this.
Side 387 - heavenly Gandharva ' of the Veda was a deity who knew and revealed the secrets of heaven and divine truths in general He is thought by Goldstiicker to have been a personification of the fire of the sun. The Gandharvas generally had their dwelling in the sky or atmosphere, and one of their offices was to prepare the heavenly soma juice for the gods. They had a great partiality for women, and had a mystic power over them. The Atharva-veda speaks of
Side 141 - ... kavi, etc., and have denoted devout worshippers and contemplative sages who composed prayers and hymns which they themselves recited in praise of the gods. Afterwards, when the ceremonial gradually became more complicated, and a division of sacred functions took place, the word was more ordinarily employed (2) for a minister of, public worship, and at length came to signify (3) one particular kind of priest with special duties.