The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 4Bihar Research Society, 1918 - Folk-lore |
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Page 64
... 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 . If this second wife is a widow , this form of ...
... 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 . If this second wife is a widow , this form of ...
Page 69
... 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 side of the tree striking down a ...
... 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 side of the tree striking down a ...
Page 77
... 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 , some woman takes a long thread dyed yellow with turmeric , twists it three times round the ...
... 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 , some woman takes a long thread dyed yellow with turmeric , twists it three times round the ...
Page 78
... woman twists a thread five times round the trunk just below the vermilion mark . Some one now brings down with a stick some leaves or twigs of the tree , and the stalks of a few of these mango leaves are handed over to the bridegroom ...
... woman twists a thread five times round the trunk just below the vermilion mark . Some one now brings down with a stick some leaves or twigs of the tree , and the stalks of a few of these mango leaves are handed over to the bridegroom ...
Page 85
... 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 , The ...
... 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 , The ...
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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