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Page 129
... female child was born to the Ho couple . The girl grew up to womanhood in the house of her parents . She happened one day to accompany her mother to the tank . She saw a lotus flower in full bloom on the surface of the water and ...
... female child was born to the Ho couple . The girl grew up to womanhood in the house of her parents . She happened one day to accompany her mother to the tank . She saw a lotus flower in full bloom on the surface of the water and ...
Page 136
... females perform the vrat , that is to say , abstain from eating salt and observe the other observances prescribed for the performance of the Sunday vrat . On the Monday following , the celebrants of the worship perform the puja of the ...
... females perform the vrat , that is to say , abstain from eating salt and observe the other observances prescribed for the performance of the Sunday vrat . On the Monday following , the celebrants of the worship perform the puja of the ...
Page 151
... female Giant " . The manufacture of lime from this source has long been discontinued , and as the existence of the place appears to be unknown to the Koras and Naiyas who now live in the vicinity , it would be almost impossible to find ...
... female Giant " . The manufacture of lime from this source has long been discontinued , and as the existence of the place appears to be unknown to the Koras and Naiyas who now live in the vicinity , it would be almost impossible to find ...
Page 177
... female . The whole is called Goriya , or the deity of the fort , and sacrifices are still offered . At a little distance from the temple is lying another stone carved with images in relievo . It is said to represent the doorkeeper of ...
... female . The whole is called Goriya , or the deity of the fort , and sacrifices are still offered . At a little distance from the temple is lying another stone carved with images in relievo . It is said to represent the doorkeeper of ...
Page 182
... female with four arms , killing what is probably meant to represent a buffalo . This is called by the people of the neighbourhood merely Devi , that is , the Goddess , but among my followers no two agreed , that is to say , the image ...
... female with four arms , killing what is probably meant to represent a buffalo . This is called by the people of the neighbourhood merely Devi , that is , the Goddess , but among my followers no two agreed , that is to say , the image ...
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Akbarpur appear Appendix Asahāya Aśoka Astik bank Behar belonging Bengal Bhagalpur Bhima Bihar Bihar and Orissa Birchhe Deo Brahmans Bráhmí Buchanan Buddhaghosa Buddhists building built called carved Chalukya channel clay considerable consists contains coses district door east erected exceedingly feet female Fulgo Gauri Gauri Sankar Gaya godling granite heap of bricks Hindu hornblende hornstone images India intermixed Jain Jarasandha Journal Kalinga Khori king Krishna letters Linga Magadhi male maps mentioned mica miles farther Motihari Nyaya occupied Orissa ornamented Pánini Patna Phoenician alphabet pillars probably quartz Raja Rajah Rajgir represent ridge river road rock round rude ruins Sannyasi sect seems short inscription side Sitakund Siva small temple stone Sutras syllable taken tank temple of Siva thence town traces tree usual Vasudeva Veda village Vishnu wall west end whole worship writing yards wide