Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies: The Classic First Hand Account of India in the Early Nineteenth CenturyBased on an 1815 manuscript by a French missionary, this comprehensive work offers a unique panorama of early-19th-century Indian life. Caste system, ceremonial procedures, rules and etiquette, marriage, fasting, widowhood, funerary rites, literature, religion, much more. Index. 6 Appendices. Black-and-white illustration. |
Contents
EDITORS PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION | 1 |
CONTENTS | 3 |
PAGES | 11 |
GENERAL VIEW OF SOCIETY IN INDIA AND GENERAL REMARKS | 14 |
Similar Divisions amongst many Ancient Nations | 27 |
gradation is inflicted By whom inflicted Restoration to Caste | 38 |
lers or Cobblers and others equally low Contempt in which they | 48 |
Name and their Original Founders Conjectures on their True | 97 |
The General Contempt for Widows Remarriages forbidden 350355 | 350 |
The Custom which at times obliges Widows | 355 |
Property | 368 |
Astronomy Astrology Magic | 377 |
Shan Mata The Doctrine of the Buddhists | 401 |
the Flood | 415 |
in Honour of the Dead | 489 |
The Third Condition of Brahmins viz Vana | 500 |
by which they are distinguishable | 108 |
true Guru Their Temporal and Spiritual Power The Fear | 123 |
Purohitas or Priests who officiate at Public | 134 |
Explanation of the Principal Ceremonies | 143 |
Ceremonies took place Pandals or Pavilions made of Leaves | 155 |
lowed Rights acquired by investiture with the Cord The | 170 |
External Defilements The care that a Brahmin | 178 |
Internal Defilements Abstinence from | 186 |
Defilements of the Soul and the Means of Purifica | 194 |
Celibacy Those who may remain unmarried Polygamy | 205 |
Rules of Life which the Brahmin Grahastha should daily follow | 235 |
the Head and Body with Oil The Overindulgence of Brahmins | 269 |
mins Occult Rites The Disgusting Rite called Sakti 282288 | 282 |
Their Indifference with regard to their own Religion Their Sub | 295 |
Dissimulation Their Want of Filial Devotion Their Inconti | 306 |
other Hindus Their Physical Defects Remarks on the Kakrelaks | 316 |
Rules of Etiquette amongst Brahmins | 326 |
ferent Marks with which they adorn their Bodies 332335 | 332 |
Sacrifices of the Vanaprastha Brahmins | 509 |
of the Sannyasi Preparation for this Holy State Ceremonies | 522 |
Its Various Stages What it consists of and how Hindu Devo | 528 |
The Funeral Ceremonies of Brahmin Sann | 538 |
Origin of the Trimurti and the Primitive Idolatry | 542 |
Doctrine Penalties for Different Sins The Hindus as Authors | 556 |
Hindu Feasts The NewYear Feast The | 567 |
Temples built on Mountains Pyramids The Architecture | 577 |
The Principal Gods of the Hindus Brahma | 612 |
keys Of Bulls Of the Guruda Bird Of Snakes Of Fishes | 636 |
Stone The Tulasi Darbha Grass The Sacred FigTree 648653 | 648 |
tice Customs connected with UsuryVarious Kinds of Punish | 654 |
and Modern Methods of Warfare The Material formerly com | 667 |
The Jains Differences between them and | 685 |
The EkaDasi or Eleventh Day of the Moon 701706 | 701 |
Rules of Conduct for Women during their | 708 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abbé ablutions akshatas amongst ancient animals appear betel body Brahma Brahmins called caste ceremony cloth colour customs darbha grass death defilement deity divinities drink earth earthen Europeans everything evil eyes father favour feast feet fire forehead gayatri give Glory gods greater number gurus hand head Hindus homam honour husband idols India inhabitants kind Kshatriyas latter lingam Lingayats live look Mahomedans mantrams marriage married means natives never obliged observed occasion offer origin ornaments pandal Pariahs penitent perform person possess prayer present princes provinces puja punishment purify purohita recite religion religious respect rice round rule sacred sacrifice sam-kalpa sandhya sannyasi Sanskrit sect sins Siva soul Sudras temples tion Trimurti unclean upanayana Vaisyas Vanaprasthas Vasishta Vedas vessel village virtue Vishnavites Vishnu wear whole wife woman women word worship yagnam