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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... given , and when all have been served , the chief mourner takes a little food from the plate of each guest and puts it in a leaf - cup . He takes another leaf - cup full of water and places the two outside the house , saying ' Here is ...
... given , and when all have been served , the chief mourner takes a little food from the plate of each guest and puts it in a leaf - cup . He takes another leaf - cup full of water and places the two outside the house , saying ' Here is ...
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... given to avert ill - luck , while they sometimes supersti- go through the ceremony of selling a baby for five cowries tions . in order to disarm the jealousy of the godlings who are hostile to children . They will not call any person by ...
... given to avert ill - luck , while they sometimes supersti- go through the ceremony of selling a baby for five cowries tions . in order to disarm the jealousy of the godlings who are hostile to children . They will not call any person by ...
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... given to the tribe by the Hindus or Muhammadans , as their own name for themselves is Koitūr or Koi . General Cunningham considered that the name Gond probably came from Gauda , the classical term for part of the United Provinces and ...
... given to the tribe by the Hindus or Muhammadans , as their own name for themselves is Koitūr or Koi . General Cunningham considered that the name Gond probably came from Gauda , the classical term for part of the United Provinces and ...
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... given to the tribe by the Telugus . The Gonds speak a Dravidian language of the same family as Tamil , Canarese and Telugu , and therefore it is likely that they come from the south into the Central Provinces . Their route may have been ...
... given to the tribe by the Telugus . The Gonds speak a Dravidian language of the same family as Tamil , Canarese and Telugu , and therefore it is likely that they come from the south into the Central Provinces . Their route may have been ...
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... given back . history of The yellow flowers of the tree Pahindi were growing 8. The on Dhawalgiri . Bhagwan sent thunder and lightning , and birth and the flower conceived . First fell from it a heap of turmeric Lingo . or saffron . In ...
... given back . history of The yellow flowers of the tree Pahindi were growing 8. The on Dhawalgiri . Bhagwan sent thunder and lightning , and birth and the flower conceived . First fell from it a heap of turmeric Lingo . or saffron . In ...
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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