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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Page 68
... a bhilawa tree and offered a kid to them . Members of this sept do not eat the fruit or flowers of the bhilawa tree . 1 Boswellia serrata . 2 Semecarpus anacardian . II CONNECTION OF TOTEMISM WITH THE GODS 69 Jaglya . 68 PART GOND.
... a bhilawa tree and offered a kid to them . Members of this sept do not eat the fruit or flowers of the bhilawa tree . 1 Boswellia serrata . 2 Semecarpus anacardian . II CONNECTION OF TOTEMISM WITH THE GODS 69 Jaglya . 68 PART GOND.
Page 91
... flowers spirits are distilled . The body of an adult may also be burnt under a mahua tree so that the tree may give him a supply of liquor in the next world . Sometimes the corpse is bathed in water , sprinkled over with milk and then ...
... flowers spirits are distilled . The body of an adult may also be burnt under a mahua tree so that the tree may give him a supply of liquor in the next world . Sometimes the corpse is bathed in water , sprinkled over with milk and then ...
Page 114
... flowers , from which country spirit is made , first appear , they proceed to the forest and worship under a sāj tree . Before sowing rice or millet they have a rite called Bijphūtni or breaking the seed . Some grain , fowls and a pig ...
... flowers , from which country spirit is made , first appear , they proceed to the forest and worship under a sāj tree . Before sowing rice or millet they have a rite called Bijphūtni or breaking the seed . Some grain , fowls and a pig ...
Page 128
... flowers of the mahua tree are also a staple article of diet , being largely eaten as well as made into liquor , and the Gond knows of many other roots and fruits of the forest . He likes to eat or drink his pej several times a day , and ...
... flowers of the mahua tree are also a staple article of diet , being largely eaten as well as made into liquor , and the Gond knows of many other roots and fruits of the forest . He likes to eat or drink his pej several times a day , and ...
Page 129
... flowers of the mahua tree , and in the south of the Province toddy or the fermented juice of the date - palm . As already seen , in Bastar their idea of hell is a place without liquor . The loss of the greater part of the estates ...
... flowers of the mahua tree , and in the south of the Province toddy or the fermented juice of the date - palm . As already seen , in Bastar their idea of hell is a place without liquor . The loss of the greater part of the estates ...
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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