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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... blood from the 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 ...
... blood from the 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 ...
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... blood flowing from goats sacrificed in the temple . For the purposes of marriage the caste is divided into exogamous groups or bargas , the names of which are usually titles or designations of offices . Marriage within the barga is ...
... blood flowing from goats sacrificed in the temple . For the purposes of marriage the caste is divided into exogamous groups or bargas , the names of which are usually titles or designations of offices . Marriage within the barga is ...
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... blood from a finger . He would also threaten to sacrifice his son , and instances are known of his actually having done so . Two ideas appear to be involved in these sacrifices of the Gārpagāri . One is the familiar principle of ...
... blood from a finger . He would also threaten to sacrifice his son , and instances are known of his actually having done so . Two ideas appear to be involved in these sacrifices of the Gārpagāri . One is the familiar principle of ...
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... blood and throw them away , telling them to rain over rivers , hills , forests and barren ground . When caterpillars or locusts attack the crops he catches one or two and offers them at Mahābīr's shrine , afterwards throw- ing them up ...
... blood and throw them away , telling them to rain over rivers , hills , forests and barren ground . When caterpillars or locusts attack the crops he catches one or two and offers them at Mahābīr's shrine , afterwards throw- ing them up ...
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... blood from his own fingers to appease the storm.1 The same power has even been imputed to Christian priests as recorded by Sir James Frazer : " In many villages of Provence the priest is still required to possess the faculty of averting ...
... blood from his own fingers to appease the storm.1 The same power has even been imputed to Christian priests as recorded by Sir James Frazer : " In many villages of Provence the priest is still required to possess the faculty of averting ...
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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