| Jean Antoine Dubois - 1817 - 604 sider
...belief that it will tend to their happy delivery, making a vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child then in the womb, if it should...is destined brings no disgrace on the family. These prostitutes are the only females in India who may learn to read, to sing, and to dance. Such accomplishments... | |
| Jean Antoine Dubois - 1817 - 608 sider
...belief that it will tend to their happy delivery, making a vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child then in the womb, if it should...brings no disgrace on the family. . , . . • These prostitutes are the only females in India who may learn to read, to sing, and to dance. Such accomplishments... | |
| 1818 - 590 sider
...belief that it will tend to their happy delivery, making a vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child then in the womb, if it should...service of the Pagoda ; and, in doing so, they imagine that they are performing a meritorious duty. The infamous life to which the daughter is destined, brings... | |
| 1818 - 762 sider
...belief that it will tend to their happy delivery, making a vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child then in the womb, if it .should turn out a girl, to the »enrice of the Pagoda. Aud, in doing go, ' ••• Lerit. »ix.«9. torious duty. The infamous life... | |
| Charles Coleman - 1832 - 514 sider
...are bred to this profligate We from their infancy. They are taken from any caste, and are frequently of respectable birth. It is nothing uncommon to hear...destined brings no disgrace on the family. These women are the only females in India who may learn to read, to sing, and to dance. Such accomplishments belong... | |
| Hindus - 1835 - 434 sider
...Researches, vol. ip 166, 167. women making a" vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child, if it should turn out a girl, to the service of the...so, they imagine they are performing a meritorious service. The infamous life to which the daughter is destined brings no disgrace on the family 00. One... | |
| 1835 - 430 sider
...Researches, vol. ip 166, 167. women making a vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child, if it should turn out a girl, to the service of the...so, they imagine they are performing a meritorious service. The infamous life to which the daughter is destined brings no disgrace on the family 00. One... | |
| Hollis Read - 1836 - 304 sider
...belief that it will tend to their happy delivery, making a vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child then in the womb, if it should...destined brings no disgrace on the family. « These prostitutes are the only females in India \vho may learn to read, to sing, and to dance. Such accomplishments... | |
| John Murdoch - 1886 - 164 sider
...belief that it will tend to their happy delivery, making a vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child then in the womb, if it should...daughter is destined brings no disgrace on the family. f" According to the Madras Census of 1881, the number of female " dancers" in the Presidency was 11,... | |
| 1889 - 854 sider
...belief that it will tend to their happy delivery, making a vow, with the consent of their husbands, to devote the child then in the womb, if it should turn out a girl, to the service to the Pagoda. And, in doing so, they imagine they are performing a meritorious duty. The infamous... | |
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