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Page 206
The Adventures of Bärndā . At a village named Butlāi , there was a powerful spirit
( bhut ) of whom people stood in great dread . The spirit offered great obstructions
to agriculture and would particularly strike men who ploughed their fields up to ...
The Adventures of Bärndā . At a village named Butlāi , there was a powerful spirit
( bhut ) of whom people stood in great dread . The spirit offered great obstructions
to agriculture and would particularly strike men who ploughed their fields up to ...
Page 257
And the horn , or claw , or skin , or wing , once secured , is carefully preserved in
the spirit basket ' for use at the pūjās as often as may be required . So intimate
and vital is the connection between the clan and its totem , that the totem emblem
...
And the horn , or claw , or skin , or wing , once secured , is carefully preserved in
the spirit basket ' for use at the pūjās as often as may be required . So intimate
and vital is the connection between the clan and its totem , that the totem emblem
...
Page 480
It was intended that the evil spirit might lose its way in the jungle represented by
the twigs and thus be unable to pursue the soul of the deceased . A number of
pebbles coated with delicious grains were laid on the plank by way of food for the
...
It was intended that the evil spirit might lose its way in the jungle represented by
the twigs and thus be unable to pursue the soul of the deceased . A number of
pebbles coated with delicious grains were laid on the plank by way of food for the
...
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Contents
JOURNAL | 14 |
205107 | 105 |
Minutes of a Meeting of the Council held on the 3uth | 114 |
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ancient animal appear asked Babu bathing become believed belonging Bhumij Brāhman bride bridegroom brothers brought butt called carried century ceremony charter child clan cloth collected copper daughter described district door edge enter faces fact father feet Figure five friends girl give given grant Gupta hand head Hon'ble husband India jungle king known land leaves letters live marriage married means meet mentioned mother occasion offered origin Orissa party passed Persian person piece plate possible present Rājā received record regard relatives remains replied rice river round rule Santāls sent side Society spirit stone taken temple things tiger totem tree tribe turn village wife woman women young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 2 |
| Author | Bihar Research Society |
| Published | 1916 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2008 |
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