pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central Provinces |
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Page 440
The Bundelas followed her up and came to the house of the Dāngi , who denied
that the Khangār woman was with him . The Bundelas then asked him to make all
the women in his house eat together to prove that none of them was the ...
The Bundelas followed her up and came to the house of the Dāngi , who denied
that the Khangār woman was with him . The Bundelas then asked him to make all
the women in his house eat together to prove that none of them was the ...
Page 442
His cult is now on the decline , but some still consider him the most important
deity of all , and it is said that no Khangār will tell an untruth after having sworn by
this god . Children dying unmarried and persons dying of leprosy or smallpox are
...
His cult is now on the decline , but some still consider him the most important
deity of all , and it is said that no Khangār will tell an untruth after having sworn by
this god . Children dying unmarried and persons dying of leprosy or smallpox are
...
Page 444
The Khangār is strong only when he possesses a khunta ( a pointed iron rod to
break through the wall of a house ) . ” “ The Sunār and the Khangār only flourish
together ' ; because the Sunār acts as a receiver of the property stolen by the ...
The Khangār is strong only when he possesses a khunta ( a pointed iron rod to
break through the wall of a house ) . ” “ The Sunār and the Khangār only flourish
together ' ; because the Sunār acts as a receiver of the property stolen by the ...
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