The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India: pt. II. Descriptive articles on the principal castes and tribes of the Central ProvincesMacmillan and Company, 1916 - Caste |
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... animals . This is exemplified in the saying , ' Ek to Gadaria , dusre lahsan khae , ' or ' Firstly she is a Gadaria and then she has eaten garlic ' ; the inference being that she is far indeed from having the scent of the rose . The ...
... animals . This is exemplified in the saying , ' Ek to Gadaria , dusre lahsan khae , ' or ' Firstly she is a Gadaria and then she has eaten garlic ' ; the inference being that she is far indeed from having the scent of the rose . The ...
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... animal sacrifice requisite , and objects to a fowl as un- clean , will choose a goat ; and the animal after being ... animals are much smaller than in Europe . Both sheep and goats are in brisk demand in the cotton tracts for their ...
... animal sacrifice requisite , and objects to a fowl as un- clean , will choose a goat ; and the animal after being ... animals are much smaller than in Europe . Both sheep and goats are in brisk demand in the cotton tracts for their ...
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... animals up for sale . They divide their sheep into five classes , as follows , according to the length of the ears : Kanāri , with ears a hand's length long ; Semri , somewhat shorter ; Burhai , ears a forefinger's length ; Churia ...
... animals up for sale . They divide their sheep into five classes , as follows , according to the length of the ears : Kanāri , with ears a hand's length long ; Semri , somewhat shorter ; Burhai , ears a forefinger's length ; Churia ...
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... animals , as gutāl dog , angwăn bear , dungra tortoise , surangai tiger , gumal snake , and so on . Members of each sept abstain from killing or injuring the animal or plant after which it is named , but they have no scruple in ...
... animals , as gutāl dog , angwăn bear , dungra tortoise , surangai tiger , gumal snake , and so on . Members of each sept abstain from killing or injuring the animal or plant after which it is named , but they have no scruple in ...
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... animal and some cooked rice are put in leaf - cups and placed on the grave by the head of the corpse . The animal is cooked and eaten by the grave , and they then return to the cooking shed and place its jawbone under a stick supported ...
... animal and some cooked rice are put in leaf - cups and placed on the grave by the head of the corpse . The animal is cooked and eaten by the grave , and they then return to the cooking shed and place its jawbone under a stick supported ...
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Common terms and phrases
ancestors animals Baiga bangles Bania Bastar Bengal Berar Bhumka Bihār body Brahmans bride bridegroom brother buried called Central Provinces ceremony Chanda Chhattisgarh child Chota Nagpur cloth considered cooked cultivators customs dance daughter dead deity derived Dhangars Districts Divorce Dravidian drink exogamous father feast festival flesh forest Gadaria girl give goat goddess gods Gonds Gosains Gowāris Gujarāt Gūjars hair Halbas head Hindu husband Ibidem impure India Jāts Jogis Kalārs Kanjars Kawars Kayasths Kharias Khatris Khonds killed known Kolis Kols Korkus Korwas Koshtis Kunbis Lingo liquor Mahādeo mahua Mandla Maratha marriage married months moon Muhammadan Munda nakshatras occupation offered origin panchayat persons priest probably Rāja Rājpūts rice rites round rupees sacred sacrifice Sambalpur sept Siva social spirit subcastes take food tattooed Telugu tiger tree Tribes and Castes turmeric usually village wedding widow wife woman women worship