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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... sister's husband , and in default of them with a tree . She is then immediately divorced and disposed of as a widow . Divorce and the remarriage of widows are permitted . A bachelor marrying a widow must first go through the ceremony ...
... sister's husband , and in default of them with a tree . She is then immediately divorced and disposed of as a widow . Divorce and the remarriage of widows are permitted . A bachelor marrying a widow must first go through the ceremony ...
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... 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 is held ...
... 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 is held ...
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... sister's son was most common ; this is held to be a survival of the matriarchate , when a man's sister's son was his heir . But the reason has now been generally forgotten , and the union of a brother's son to a sister's daughter has ...
... sister's son was most common ; this is held to be a survival of the matriarchate , when a man's sister's son was his heir . But the reason has now been generally forgotten , and the union of a brother's son to a sister's daughter has ...
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... sister . He could not marry his son's daughter or paternal grandfather's sister , because they belong to the same sept as himself . In the Maria country , if a girl is made pregnant by a man of the caste before marriage , she simply ...
... sister . He could not marry his son's daughter or paternal grandfather's sister , because they belong to the same sept as himself . In the Maria country , if a girl is made pregnant by a man of the caste before marriage , she simply ...
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... sister's husband or some similar relative . A woman relative of the bride helps her to perform her part and is known as Sawasin . To the Dosi and Sawāsin the bride and bridegroom's parties present an earthen vessel full of kodon . The ...
... sister's husband or some similar relative . A woman relative of the bride helps her to perform her part and is known as Sawasin . To the Dosi and Sawāsin the bride and bridegroom's parties present an earthen vessel full of kodon . 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