Journal, Volume 3Anthropological Society of Bombay., 1894 - Anthropology |
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Aghorapanthis Aghori Aitareya Brahmana Akhyana amulet ancient animal ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY Avesta Banias Behar belief Benares Bengal body Brahmans Brahmins bride bridegroom buried called cannibalism caste ceremony Chamunda chela Chupra corpse custom darbha grass death deceased deities District drowned eclipse father flesh flints Ghazipur ghee Girnar give given goddess Guru hand head held on Wednesday Hindus human sacrifice human victims husband India Jamnaram Jogi Kapola killed king Krishna Leith Liebrecht living luminaries Mahabharata Mahants marriage married Meeting were read moon observed occasion offered ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Pandit Parsee performed Persian person President priest Purushamedha religious rice Rig Veda rite round sacred sacrificed Sarat Chandra Mitra sect Shradhha skull snake SOCIETY OF BOMBAY spirits Statement stone superstition temple thee thou tiger Tishtrya tribes Varuna Veda village Vishnu wife worship بيني تو
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Page 147 - of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Page 140 - shall not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. But thou shall go unto my country and to my kindred and take a wife for my son
Page 140 - put I pray thee thy hand under my thigh ; and I will make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, thai
Page 393 - alms, to sacrifice, to shun the allurements of sexual gratification, are in a few words the duties of a Kshatrya. To keep herds of cattle, to bestow largesses, to sacrifice, to read the Scriptures, to carry on trade, to lend at interest, are the duties of a Vayshya. One principal duty the Supreme Being allots to
Page 298 - that it is convenient that the newmarried persons should receive the Holy Communion at the time of their marriage, or at the first opportunity after their marriage.
Page 153 - of view for estimating the capabilities and defects of Assyrian art No. 39, on which is seen a marshal or chamberlain with a staff, was originally placed, as here, at a projection in, the wall. Amongst the attendants or servitors, represented on Nos. 41-43, is one bearing in each hand a rod
Page 377 - is defined by Manu in his work (chap. 9) as follows:— " What was given before the nuptial fire, what was presented in the bridal procession, and what was received from her brother, father or mother, and what was given in love by her husband,
Page 20 - 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. His messengers reached the city, and obtained from the Telmessians an explanation of what the prodigy portended, but fate did not allow
Page 324 - inquired of them the meaning of the portent. They replied—" God is foreshadowing to the Greeks the destruction of their cities; for the sun foretells for them, and the moon for us." So Xerxes thus instructed, proceeded on
Page 232 - when a boat is in danger .of capsizing, in the belief that doing so would cause the vessel to reach its destination safely. The Ainos, who are the aborigines of Japan, believe that if they throw the images of their gods, which are nothing but wands and posts of peeled wood, whittled nearly to the top, from which