The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 4Bihar Research Society, 1918 - Folk-lore |
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Page 196
... child wept bitterly . Not being able to hush it to silence , bis deityship again subdivided each of the seven parts into seven bits , and thus engendered the swift - moving deities called Maruts or the Winds . They derived their name ...
... child wept bitterly . Not being able to hush it to silence , bis deityship again subdivided each of the seven parts into seven bits , and thus engendered the swift - moving deities called Maruts or the Winds . They derived their name ...
Page 214
... that have to be attended to during the pregnancy of a Birhōr woman , appear to fall into three classes , - those meant to protect the mother and the child in the womb from danger arising from the spirit - world , those.
... that have to be attended to during the pregnancy of a Birhōr woman , appear to fall into three classes , - those meant to protect the mother and the child in the womb from danger arising from the spirit - world , those.
Page 215
... child in the womb will be either still - born or deformed . And the flight of a Puni bird across her is believed to injure some limb of the child in the womb or cause ' puni - dukh ' to it which will make it pine away . Nor must the ...
... child in the womb will be either still - born or deformed . And the flight of a Puni bird across her is believed to injure some limb of the child in the womb or cause ' puni - dukh ' to it which will make it pine away . Nor must the ...
Page 216
... child in the womb and at each name throws a grain of rice on her . It is believed that as soon as the adulterer is named ( mentally ) , delivery takes place . It is said that the ancestor 216 [ J , B , O.R.S , CEREMONIES AMONG THE BIRHORS .
... child in the womb and at each name throws a grain of rice on her . It is believed that as soon as the adulterer is named ( mentally ) , delivery takes place . It is said that the ancestor 216 [ J , B , O.R.S , CEREMONIES AMONG THE BIRHORS .
Page 217
... child ; if otherwise , a female . Blackish knots in the umbilical cord are supposed to indicate the total number of male children the woman will bear and reddish white knots the number of female children . IV . THE BIRTH . When labour ...
... child ; if otherwise , a female . Blackish knots in the umbilical cord are supposed to indicate the total number of male children the woman will bear and reddish white knots the number of female children . IV . THE BIRTH . When labour ...
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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