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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... mother , called dudh - sari , and is regarded as the price of the milk with which the mother nourished the girl in her infancy . A goat , which forms part of the bride - price , is killed and eaten by the parties and their relatives ...
... mother , called dudh - sari , and is regarded as the price of the milk with which the mother nourished the girl in her infancy . A goat , which forms part of the bride - price , is killed and eaten by the parties and their relatives ...
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... mother her sister nurses her children ; the children of sisters are therefore often foster brothers and sisters , and this is considered as equivalent to the real relationship . But the marriage of a brother's son to a sister's daughter ...
... mother her sister nurses her children ; the children of sisters are therefore often foster brothers and sisters , and this is considered as equivalent to the real relationship . But the marriage of a brother's son to a sister's daughter ...
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... mothers and nothing and began to embrace him . with wrath and leapt up , and seeing a rice - pestle near he seized it and beat them all with it soundly . Then the women went to their houses and wept and resolved to be revenged on Lingo ...
... mothers and nothing and began to embrace him . with wrath and leapt up , and seeing a rice - pestle near he seized it and beat them all with it soundly . Then the women went to their houses and wept and resolved to be revenged on Lingo ...
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... mother - in - law or her sister . But marriage is not prohibited between grandparents and grandchildren . If an old man marries a young wife and dies , his grandson will marry her if she is of proper age . In this there would be no ...
... mother - in - law or her sister . But marriage is not prohibited between grandparents and grandchildren . If an old man marries a young wife and dies , his grandson will marry her if she is of proper age . In this there would be no ...
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... mother . A blackish knot inclining downwards portends a boy , and a reddish one inclining upwards a girl . It is ... mother resemble those of the Hindus , but they do not keep her so long without food . On some day from the fifth to the ...
... mother . A blackish knot inclining downwards portends a boy , and a reddish one inclining upwards a girl . It is ... mother resemble those of the Hindus , but they do not keep her so long without food . On some day from the fifth to the ...
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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