The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 5Bihar Research Society, 1919 - Folk-lore |
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Page 77
... clothing of the figure of the god on the reverse bears some resemblance to that of the Kushan coins , and , secondly , as in the other coins , now illustrated , in which the figure on the reverse is wearing a coat similar to that of the ...
... clothing of the figure of the god on the reverse bears some resemblance to that of the Kushan coins , and , secondly , as in the other coins , now illustrated , in which the figure on the reverse is wearing a coat similar to that of the ...
Page 136
... clothes . The mother and her husband bathe every day with tepid water throughout the month of their confinement . She takes hot rice instead of stale rice . She is strictly forbidden to take pot - herb , fish and meat , but is allowed ...
... clothes . The mother and her husband bathe every day with tepid water throughout the month of their confinement . She takes hot rice instead of stale rice . She is strictly forbidden to take pot - herb , fish and meat , but is allowed ...
Page 138
... clothes of the deceased , together with some rice and copper coins , and sometime even silver ones are placed in the coffin which is then closed and carried by the relatives of the deceased to the burning place - generally an open plot ...
... clothes of the deceased , together with some rice and copper coins , and sometime even silver ones are placed in the coffin which is then closed and carried by the relatives of the deceased to the burning place - generally an open plot ...
Page 139
... cloth spread over a string - bedstead , the ashes are buried and the place where the corpse was burnt is cleansed and besmeared with cowdung diluted in water . After the bones are dry , they are kept in a new earthen pitcher and covered ...
... cloth spread over a string - bedstead , the ashes are buried and the place where the corpse was burnt is cleansed and besmeared with cowdung diluted in water . After the bones are dry , they are kept in a new earthen pitcher and covered ...
Page 140
... takes place the day following . The relatives of the deceased wash Marang Sibi . all their clothes and take a purificatory bath , after which they are readmitted into the society . Jang - topam , or the burying of bones , 1.
... takes place the day following . The relatives of the deceased wash Marang Sibi . all their clothes and take a purificatory bath , after which they are readmitted into the society . Jang - topam , or the burying of bones , 1.
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