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Page 64
When a man having a wife living , marries another woman , the form of union is known as Hirum bāplā . If the second wife is a spinster , the bridegroom has to pay one or two rupees in addition to the usual bride - price of nine rupees .
When a man having a wife living , marries another woman , the form of union is known as Hirum bāplā . If the second wife is a spinster , the bridegroom has to pay one or two rupees in addition to the usual bride - price of nine rupees .
Page 69
A mango tree bore fruit ; an old woman told her husband , Get me 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 me 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 77
includes two spinsters , each of whom carries , a new earthen pitcher ( ghaṛā ) , one woman carries a sword and another a bow and arrows . When the two girls have filled their pitchers with water and placed them on their heads ...
includes two spinsters , each of whom carries , a new earthen pitcher ( ghaṛā ) , one woman carries a sword and another a bow and arrows . When the two girls have filled their pitchers with water and placed them on their heads ...
Page 78
... bridegroom with the little finger of his right hand puts a mark of vermilion on the trunk of the tree ; and while his finger is still on the tree , a woman twists a thread five times round the trunk just below the vermilion mark .
... bridegroom with the little finger of his right hand puts a mark of vermilion on the trunk of the tree ; and while his finger is still on the tree , a woman twists a thread five times round the trunk just below the vermilion mark .
Page 85
As each woman finishes the chumān , she puts down a cash present known as chuman - prisā ( the amount varying from an anna upwards according to the circumstances of the woman ) on a brass - plate placed before the pair for the purpose ...
As each woman finishes the chumān , she puts down a cash present known as chuman - prisā ( the amount varying from an anna upwards according to the circumstances of the woman ) on a brass - plate placed before the pair for the purpose ...
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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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