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Page 66
A figure as in the diagram on the margin ( figure I ) is now drawn on the ground with rice - flour . A brass - plate is placed on the circle at the centre of the diagram , and on this plate a sum of rupees four is placed ( Rs . 3 being ...
A figure as in the diagram on the margin ( figure I ) is now drawn on the ground with rice - flour . A brass - plate is placed on the circle at the centre of the diagram , and on this plate a sum of rupees four is placed ( Rs . 3 being ...
Page 67
In the evening boiled rice and pulse - soup are served to all the guests including the men of the tànda . While they all sit down for their meals , the Nāyā of the țândā or ( if he be not of the same clan as the bride's father ) some ...
In the evening boiled rice and pulse - soup are served to all the guests including the men of the tànda . While they all sit down for their meals , the Nāyā of the țândā or ( if he be not of the same clan as the bride's father ) some ...
Page 68
Then the Nāvā calls out --- Now , old and young , eat boiled rice in the name of Tūk - chānshi ” . All the men now eagerly attack the rice and pulse placed before then in leaf - plates . The Nāyā and the Diguār besides eating their ...
Then the Nāvā calls out --- Now , old and young , eat boiled rice in the name of Tūk - chānshi ” . All the men now eagerly attack the rice and pulse placed before then in leaf - plates . The Nāyā and the Diguār besides eating their ...
Page 69
A mango tree bore fruit ; an old woman told her husband , ' Get the mango by throwing a stick at it ' ( meaning , get me rice - beer to drink ) . The old man threw a stick at it and the mango fell and the stick came down on the other ...
A mango tree bore fruit ; an old woman told her husband , ' Get the mango by throwing a stick at it ' ( meaning , get me rice - beer to drink ) . The old man threw a stick at it and the mango fell and the stick came down on the other ...
Page 70
6 pots of rice - beer is now brought to the āngan , strained , and distributed to the guests . This is called the fatigue - removing jar ' . After some friendly conversation , the guests are treated to a meal of boiled rice , boiled pot ...
6 pots of rice - beer is now brought to the āngan , strained , and distributed to the guests . This is called the fatigue - removing jar ' . After some friendly conversation , the guests are treated to a meal of boiled rice , boiled pot ...
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| Title | The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 4 |
| Author | Bihar Research Society |
| Published | 1918 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2008 |
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