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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... god Mahādeva Felt his seat begin to tremble , Felt his golden stool , all shaking From the penance of our Lingo . Felt , and wondered who on earth This devotee was that was fasting Till his golden stool was shaking . Stepped he down ...
... god Mahādeva Felt his seat begin to tremble , Felt his golden stool , all shaking From the penance of our Lingo . Felt , and wondered who on earth This devotee was that was fasting Till his golden stool was shaking . Stepped he down ...
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... gods , Tekām , Markām , Pusām and Telengām.1 These were delayed because they had cooked their food with ghi which they had looted from the Hindu deities . they stood on the bank and cried out , O God of the crossing , O Boundary God ...
... gods , Tekām , Markām , Pusām and Telengām.1 These were delayed because they had cooked their food with ghi which they had looted from the Hindu deities . they stood on the bank and cried out , O God of the crossing , O Boundary God ...
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... gods , subsequently described , 1 and worshipped them with offerings of a calf and liquor , and danced before them . He also prescribed the ceremonies of marriage which are still observed , and after all this was done Lingo went to the gods ...
... gods , subsequently described , 1 and worshipped them with offerings of a calf and liquor , and danced before them . He also prescribed the ceremonies of marriage which are still observed , and after all this was done Lingo went to the gods ...
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... god wor- shippers a tortoise . As a rule the members of the different groups do not know the names of their gods , and in practice it is doubtful whether they restrict themselves to the proper number of gods of their own group ...
... god wor- shippers a tortoise . As a rule the members of the different groups do not know the names of their gods , and in practice it is doubtful whether they restrict themselves to the proper number of gods of their own group ...
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Robert Vane Russell. II TOTEMISM 67 the same number of gods are bhaiband , or related to each other , and therefore cannot intermarry . In Betul the division by numbers of gods appears to be wholly in abeyance . Here certain large septs ...
Robert Vane Russell. II TOTEMISM 67 the same number of gods are bhaiband , or related to each other , and therefore cannot intermarry . In Betul the division by numbers of gods appears to be wholly in abeyance . Here certain large septs ...
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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