Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825: With Notes Upon Ceylon, [and] an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India, Volume 1B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1985 |
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Page 15
... Brahmin announced himself to us as the " Padre " of the village , a name which they have originally learnt from the Portuguese , but which is now applied to religious persons of all descrip- tions all over India , even in the most ...
... Brahmin announced himself to us as the " Padre " of the village , a name which they have originally learnt from the Portuguese , but which is now applied to religious persons of all descrip- tions all over India , even in the most ...
Page 426
... BRAHMIN WATCHMAN . 66 was the true Hindoo . Milk they called not " doodh , " but " gaorus , " " cow - dew , " from " russ , " " ros . " Rain they called " russ " simply . They told us of a good path through the Indian corn to the river ...
... BRAHMIN WATCHMAN . 66 was the true Hindoo . Milk they called not " doodh , " but " gaorus , " " cow - dew , " from " russ , " " ros . " Rain they called " russ " simply . They told us of a good path through the Indian corn to the river ...
Page 433
... Brahmins to sit dhurna for them , the thing being to be done by proxy , and the dhurna of a Brahmin being natu- rally more aweful in its effects than that of a Soodra could be . I do not know whether there is any example under their ...
... Brahmins to sit dhurna for them , the thing being to be done by proxy , and the dhurna of a Brahmin being natu- rally more aweful in its effects than that of a Soodra could be . I do not know whether there is any example under their ...
Contents
FURREEDPOOR TO BOG LIPOOR | xv |
CHAPTER I | lxix |
CHAPTER II | 26 |
Copyright | |
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