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... Mother lamenting the Death of her Child , • PAGE . • 159 163 DESCRIPTION OF THE THUGS . Commencing at Page 169 . 67. A Thug disguised as a Merchant , · · 68. Carrier of Ganges Water ,. 69. Interior of a Cave Temple at Ellora , 70. A ...
... Mother lamenting the Death of her Child , • PAGE . • 159 163 DESCRIPTION OF THE THUGS . Commencing at Page 169 . 67. A Thug disguised as a Merchant , · · 68. Carrier of Ganges Water ,. 69. Interior of a Cave Temple at Ellora , 70. A ...
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... Mother ! If this our medi- tated expedition is fitting in thy sight , vouchsafe us thine help and the signs of thy approbation . " While repeating this invoca- tion , they watch the head of the victim ; if they observe tremu- lous or ...
... Mother ! If this our medi- tated expedition is fitting in thy sight , vouchsafe us thine help and the signs of thy approbation . " While repeating this invoca- tion , they watch the head of the victim ; if they observe tremu- lous or ...
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... mother's side , is a Holdar Brahmin . The Hol- dars are the original proprietors of Kali Ghat , and the hereditary officiating priests of the temple , to whom all the offerings at this shrine of idolatry belong . Kali Prasanna is heir ...
... mother's side , is a Holdar Brahmin . The Hol- dars are the original proprietors of Kali Ghat , and the hereditary officiating priests of the temple , to whom all the offerings at this shrine of idolatry belong . Kali Prasanna is heir ...
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... mother imagines that it is under the influence of an evil spirit , to appease whose wrath , she places her child in a basket and suspends it from the branch of a tree in which evil spirits are supposed to reside . The infant is ...
... mother imagines that it is under the influence of an evil spirit , to appease whose wrath , she places her child in a basket and suspends it from the branch of a tree in which evil spirits are supposed to reside . The infant is ...
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... Mothers are the executioners of their own children . They either strangle them or poison them with opium . That they should be the agents in sustaining so horrid a custom is the ... mother , hail ! Hail , goddess LECTURES ON INDIA . 81 35 37.
... Mothers are the executioners of their own children . They either strangle them or poison them with opium . That they should be the agents in sustaining so horrid a custom is the ... mother , hail ! Hail , goddess LECTURES ON INDIA . 81 35 37.
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