North Indian Notes and Queries, Volumer 3-4Pioneer Press, 1893 |
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Akbar arrow asked Banya bathe began Benares Birbal Brahman bride brother called caste ceremony Chamár Châran charm Chaubé Chhatarpur child clothes Crooke custom daughter dead death deity demon District Dudhi elephant Etah District father flowers folktale told friends Ganges gave Gharib Chaubé girl give goat goddess grain ground Guru hand head heard Hindu Hindús horse husband India Indra jackal jungle Kayasth Khán killed king Kumaun Lál lived mantra marriage married milk Mirzapur Mirzapur District morning mother Muhammadan night offered once palace Pandit parrot performed pice Pír prince Princess Rája Rám Rání replied rice river rosary rupees sacred sacrifice Sádhu Saharanpur saint sent Settlement Report shrine Sikhs Sinh snake story tank temple thief thou tiger took tree tribe Tulasi turmeric village Vishnu Wazír wife woman women worship
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Side 28 - It is a thin unsubstantial human image, in its nature a sort of vapour, film or shadow, the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates ; independently possessing the personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal owner, past or present ; capable of leaving the body far behind, to flash swiftly from place to place ; mostly impalpable and invisible, yet also manifesting physical power, and especially appearing to men, waking or asleep, as a...
Side 34 - when a child is born, an invisible spirit is born with it ; and unless the mother keeps one breast tied up for forty days, while she feeds the child with the other (in which case the spirit dies of hunger), the child grows up with the endowment of the Evil Eye, and whenever any person so endowed looks at anything constantly, something will happen to it.
Side 125 - Quaritch, 1891), has thrown a flood of light on the ancient coinage of India from the earliest times down to the seventh century AD An elaborate review of the book by me appeared in the " Indian Antiquary
Side 118 - Tonga islanders do not seem to form any class of their own ; " what constitutes the priesthood is not the position of the forefathers, but the inspiration or faculty of being possessed by the Deity. So long as this...
Side 88 - While Croesus was still in this mind, all the suburbs of Sardis were found to swarm with snakes, on the appearance of which the horses left feeding in the pasture-grounds, and flocked to the suburbs to eat them. The king, who witnessed the unusual sight, regarded it very rightly as a prodigy. He therefore instantly sent messengers to the soothsayers of Telmessus, to consult them upon the matter.
Side 130 - Bali had, by his devotions and austerities, acquired the dominion of the three worlds, and the gods were shorn of their power and dignity. To remedy this, Vishnu was born as a diminutive son of Kasyapa and Aditi. The dwarf appeared before Bali, and begged of him as much land as he could step over in three paces. The generous monarch complied with the request. Vishnu took two strides over heaven and earth ; but respecting the virtues of Bali, he then stopped, leaving the dominion of Patala, or the...
Side 190 - They would ride out together next morning into the skirts of the city, and he whose steed first neighed after the sun was up should have the kingdom.
Side 62 - Kangra the son of a Rajput by a low-caste woman takes place as a Rathi; in Seoraj and other places in the interior of the hills I have met families calling themselves Rajputs, and growing into general acceptance as Rajputs, in their own country at least, whose only claim to the title was that their father or grandfather was the offspring of a Kanetni by a foreign Brahmin.
Side 208 - The Brahman did as desired, and when he was in the pool she said, " Now is the exact moment ; dive in and see what you get." The Brahman did as desired, and found the bottom full of valuable gems, of which he clutched a handful and came up. "Dive again,
Side 160 - Thankote have been prevailed on to employ this 'instrument of tillage, their prejudice against the use of which would seem to have originated in the extraordinary reverence they entertain for the bullock, since, though they have no scruples with regard to buffaloes, they deem it the highest sacrilege to approach even the image of the former animal, except in a posture of adoration ; insomuch, that a malicious person wishing to suspend the agricultural operations of his neighbour, would be sure to...