The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 4Bihar Research Society, 1918 - Folk-lore |
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Page 216
... corpse , nor even see the smoke rising from a funeral pyre . She must therefore keep indoors when a cremation is going on within sight of her ṭāndā . She must also keep indoors when lightning flashes are seen and the sound of thunder is ...
... corpse , nor even see the smoke rising from a funeral pyre . She must therefore keep indoors when a cremation is going on within sight of her ṭāndā . She must also keep indoors when lightning flashes are seen and the sound of thunder is ...
Page 312
... corpse is taken out of the hut . It is believed that if this is not done the departed soul will grumble that nobody was sorry for his death , whereas if there is much wailing , the soul on joining the denizens of the underworld will ...
... corpse is taken out of the hut . It is believed that if this is not done the departed soul will grumble that nobody was sorry for his death , whereas if there is much wailing , the soul on joining the denizens of the underworld will ...
Page 314
... corpses are buried . Women and not men bury such corpses ; the men only dig their graves and go away . Thorns are pricked on their feet to prevent them from leaving their graves . The corpse in the grave is formally made over by the ...
... corpses are buried . Women and not men bury such corpses ; the men only dig their graves and go away . Thorns are pricked on their feet to prevent them from leaving their graves . The corpse in the grave is formally made over by the ...
Page 315
... corpse on it is put down on the ground for a few minutes , and then carried to the plate of burial or cremation . At the burial - ground , a grave about three feet deep , three feet wide , and six feet long is dug by men . The corpse ...
... corpse on it is put down on the ground for a few minutes , and then carried to the plate of burial or cremation . At the burial - ground , a grave about three feet deep , three feet wide , and six feet long is dug by men . The corpse ...
Page 316
... corpse three times , and then with his left eye closed , as described above , puts the lighted torch into the corpse's month and straightway leaves the ground without looking backwards , goes to some stream or spring , where he bathes ...
... corpse three times , and then with his left eye closed , as described above , puts the lighted torch into the corpse's month and straightway leaves the ground without looking backwards , goes to some stream or spring , where he bathes ...
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Aśoka Aurangzeb Babu Bahadur Benares Bengal Bhikkhus bhut Bihar Bihar and Orissa Bimbisāra Birhōr Bombay Brahmin bride bridegroom Brihadrathas brother Buddha Buddhist called Calotropis procera ceremony Chandra clan corpse Dara Shikoh Daud Khan death deity Diguar district dynasty father flowers fowl Garhgaon give grant Gupta hand head Hindu Hon'ble Honour horns husband Ibid India inscription Jātaka Jātaka Vol Jivaka Journal jungle K. P. Jayaswal king letter Magadha mango marriage māti mentioned Muhammadan Museum Nandas offered Orissa Orissa Research Society Pandit Patna plate Prasad Raja Rajagaha Rajagriha Rajapur record reign rice sacrifices Samaddar Sanskrit says Sena Shah Shivaji Singh Śiva spirit stone sugar Surat swallow-wort Calotropis tanda Taranatha Tathāgata tiger tion Translation tree turmeric Veluvana verses village wife woman women اس السلطان الله تو سے عشق کا میں هے ھے