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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... supposed to be descended • PAGE 42 46 62 114 69. Woman about to be swung round the post called Meghnath 70. Climbing the pole for a bag of sugar 116 118 71. Gonds with their bamboo carts at market 122 72. Gond women , showing tattooing ...
... supposed to be descended • PAGE 42 46 62 114 69. Woman about to be swung round the post called Meghnath 70. Climbing the pole for a bag of sugar 116 118 71. Gonds with their bamboo carts at market 122 72. Gond women , showing tattooing ...
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... supposed to stay the plague . When rust appears in the crops , one or two blades are in like manner 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 ...
... supposed to stay the plague . When rust appears in the crops , one or two blades are in like manner 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 ...
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... supposed to protect the horse from all kinds of diseases . At Dasahra they also worship the horse . Their principal festival is called Karma and falls on the eleventh day of the second half of Bhādon ( August ) . On this day they bring ...
... supposed to protect the horse from all kinds of diseases . At Dasahra they also worship the horse . Their principal festival is called Karma and falls on the eleventh day of the second half of Bhādon ( August ) . On this day they bring ...
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... supposed to offer on the first occasion two goats , and on the second and subsequent ones , five , seven , nine and twelve goats respectively . But when a man dies his son starts afresh with an offering of two . flesh of the animals ...
... supposed to offer on the first occasion two goats , and on the second and subsequent ones , five , seven , nine and twelve goats respectively . But when a man dies his son starts afresh with an offering of two . flesh of the animals ...
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... supposed that this is a survival of the custom of marriage by capture , when the bride was carried off from her own house to the bridegroom's , and any ceremony which was requisite was necessarily held at the house of the latter . But ...
... supposed that this is a survival of the custom of marriage by capture , when the bride was carried off from her own house to the bridegroom's , and any ceremony which was requisite was necessarily held at the house of the latter . But ...
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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