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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... offering to the material . The caste burn the dead when they can afford to do so , and take the bones to the Ganges or Nerbudda , or if this is not practicable , throw them into the nearest stream . Well - to - do members of the caste ...
... offering to the material . The caste burn the dead when they can afford to do so , and take the bones to the Ganges or Nerbudda , or if this is not practicable , throw them into the nearest stream . Well - to - do members of the caste ...
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... offered to the dead . An egg is cut in half and placed on the ground , and pieces of mango bark are laid beside it on which the mourners tread . The women accompany the corpse , and in the meantime the house of the dead person is ...
... offered to the dead . An egg is cut in half and placed on the ground , and pieces of mango bark are laid beside it on which the mourners tread . The women accompany the corpse , and in the meantime the house of the dead person is ...
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... offered . The old men and women bathe in warm water , and all return to the place where the dead man breathed his last . Here they drink and have another meal of rice and beef , which is repeated on the following day , and the business ...
... offered . The old men and women bathe in warm water , and all return to the place where the dead man breathed his last . Here they drink and have another meal of rice and beef , which is repeated on the following day , and the business ...
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... . Two ideas appear to be involved in these sacrifices of the Gārpagāri . One is the familiar principle of atonement , the blood being offered to appease the god as a substitute for the crops which he seems about to destroy .
... . Two ideas appear to be involved in these sacrifices of the Gārpagāri . One is the familiar principle of atonement , the blood being offered to appease the god as a substitute for the crops which he seems about to destroy .
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... offered to Mahābir , and it is believed that the disease will be stayed . Or if the rice plants do not come into ear a few of them are plucked and offered , and fresh fertile blades then come up . He also has various incantations which ...
... offered to Mahābir , and it is believed that the disease will be stayed . Or if the rice plants do not come into ear a few of them are plucked and offered , and fresh fertile blades then come up . He also has various incantations which ...
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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