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 tanda . 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 tanda . 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 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 ...
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Aśoka Bahadur bāplā Bengal Bhikkhus Bihar Bihar and Orissa Bimbisāra Birhōr Brahmin bride bridegroom bridegroom's father Brihadratha dynasty Brihadrathas brother Buddha Buddhist Calotropis ceremony Chandra corpse Dara Shikoh Daud Khan death Diguar district dynasty girl give grant guests Gupta hand head Hindu Hon'ble Honour horns husband Ibid India inscription Jātaka Jātaka Vol Jivaka Journal jungle K. P. Jayaswal king leaf-cup lōgōn lōgōn-thread lōṭā Love Lukundi Magadha mango manuscripts marriage māti Matsya Maurya mother Museum Nandas Orissa Orissa Research Society Pāli Pandit Pargiter Patna plate Puranas Raja Rajagaha Rajagriha Rásikh record reign rice rice-beer Samaddar Sanskrit says Secretary Sena Shah side Singh spirit stone swallow-wort tanda Tathāgata tiger tree tribes turmeric Urdú Veluvana vermilion verses Vidyapati village wife woman women اس السلطان الله تو جو سے عشق کا میں هي هے ھے یه