The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 4Bihar Research Society, 1918 - Folk-lore |
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Page 77
... containing some live charcoal and sprinkles a handful of mus- tard - seeds on the fire . When the mustard - seeds burst in the fire , the potsherd with its contents is left upside down on the courtyard . As the object of the drawn sword ...
... containing some live charcoal and sprinkles a handful of mus- tard - seeds on the fire . When the mustard - seeds burst in the fire , the potsherd with its contents is left upside down on the courtyard . As the object of the drawn sword ...
Page 78
... containing respectively molasses , rice flour , vermilion , and some unbleached thread . Arrived at the foot of the tree , the bridegroom with the little finger of his right hand puts a mark of vermilion on the trunk of the tree ; and ...
... containing respectively molasses , rice flour , vermilion , and some unbleached thread . Arrived at the foot of the tree , the bridegroom with the little finger of his right hand puts a mark of vermilion on the trunk of the tree ; and ...
Page 79
... containing pounded turmeric and three or five torches made of rags soaked in oil and wound round stalks of mango leaves . Standing in front of the bridegroom , each of the women in turn holds one of these lighted torches in her left ...
... containing pounded turmeric and three or five torches made of rags soaked in oil and wound round stalks of mango leaves . Standing in front of the bridegroom , each of the women in turn holds one of these lighted torches in her left ...
Page 80
... containing some unhusked rice , tender grass- shoots , two baked rice flour cakes and a number of small round pellets of boiled rice flour and a quantity of pellets made of cow- dung . Three or five of the women ( including the mother ...
... containing some unhusked rice , tender grass- shoots , two baked rice flour cakes and a number of small round pellets of boiled rice flour and a quantity of pellets made of cow- dung . Three or five of the women ( including the mother ...
Page 85
... containing some unhusked rice , tender grass- shoots , and a lighted earthen oil lamp , waves it three times before the face of the bridegroom or bride , as the case may be , sprinkles a few grains of unhusked rice and a few shoots of ...
... containing some unhusked rice , tender grass- shoots , and a lighted earthen oil lamp , waves it three times before the face of the bridegroom or bride , as the case may be , sprinkles a few grains of unhusked rice and a few shoots of ...
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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