History, Literature and Religion of the Hindoos, Volum 31820 |
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Pàgina xlvi
... round the pile several times , in some cases supported by a bramhun , scattering parched corn , & c . as she cir- cumambulates the pile . She now lays herself down on the pile by the side of the dead body , and , with two cords laid ...
... round the pile several times , in some cases supported by a bramhun , scattering parched corn , & c . as she cir- cumambulates the pile . She now lays herself down on the pile by the side of the dead body , and , with two cords laid ...
Pàgina 16
... round the market , with a blade of grass in his hair , to signify that he was for sale , when a mau of the lowest cast bought him , and made him a swine - herd , and superin- tendant of the place where the dead are burnt . With the ...
... round the market , with a blade of grass in his hair , to signify that he was for sale , when a mau of the lowest cast bought him , and made him a swine - herd , and superin- tendant of the place where the dead are burnt . With the ...
Pàgina 89
... the wind , sur- с Formerly , a number of rajas of the Haree cast , one of the lowest classes of shōōdrus , reigned in Assam . rounds and fills every thing , so the king , I 2 The cast kshatriyus . ] OF THE HINDOOS . 89.
... the wind , sur- с Formerly , a number of rajas of the Haree cast , one of the lowest classes of shōōdrus , reigned in Assam . rounds and fills every thing , so the king , I 2 The cast kshatriyus . ] OF THE HINDOOS . 89.
Pàgina 90
William Ward. rounds and fills every thing , so the king , by his officers and spies , should become acquainted with the affairs and circumstances of his whole people ; -as Yumŭ judges men without partiality or prejudice , and punishes ...
William Ward. rounds and fills every thing , so the king , by his officers and spies , should become acquainted with the affairs and circumstances of his whole people ; -as Yumŭ judges men without partiality or prejudice , and punishes ...
Pàgina 101
... round is weeded . Sometimes rain at this period is delayed fifteen days or a month ; but in all cases the land is ploughed three times before sowing . Two good bul- locks , worth from eight to sixteen roopees each , will plough , in one ...
... round is weeded . Sometimes rain at this period is delayed fifteen days or a month ; but in all cases the land is ploughed three times before sowing . Two good bul- locks , worth from eight to sixteen roopees each , will plough , in one ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 171 - All the persons employed now lighted their lamps, and ran with them in their hands to fill up their stations in the procession. Some of them had lost their lights and were unprepared, but it was then too late to seek them, and the cavalcade moved forward to the house of the bride, at which place the company entered a large and splendidly illuminated area before the house, covered with an awning, where a great multitude of friends, dressed in their best apparel, were seated upon mats. The bridegroom...
Pàgina 196 - A man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife," is a maxim which is quite contrary to those manners of the Hindoos that are most esteemed.
Pàgina 53 - ... a wife, a son, a servant, a pupil, and a younger whole brother, may be corrected, when they commit faults, with a rope, or the small shoot of a cane...
Pàgina 123 - For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn : but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
Pàgina 171 - Serampore, to which place the bridegroom was to come by water. After waiting two or three hours, at length, near midnight, it was announced, as if in the very words of Scripture, 'Behold, the bridegroom cometh! Go ye out to meet him.
Pàgina 165 - She, who is not descended from his paternal or maternal ancestors, within the sixth degree, and who is not known by her family name to be of the same primitive stock with his father or mother, is eligible by a twice-born man for nuptials and holy union : 6.
Pàgina 281 - Give Me to drink. (For His disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Pàgina 141 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Pàgina 127 - Vikrum-poorn, muslins are made by a few families so exceedingly fine, that four months are required to weave one piece, which sells at four or five hundred rupees. When this muslin is laid on the grass, and the dew has fallen upon it, it is no longer discernible...
Pàgina 305 - No stranger can sit down among them without being struck with this temper of malevolent contention and animosity, as a prominent feature in the character of the society. It is seen in every village ; the inhabitants live among each other in a sort of repulsive state, nay it enters into almost every family. Seldom is there a household without its internal divisions and lasting enmities, most commonly too on the score of interest.