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Page 97
... Things Indian , s.v. Thread , Sacred , p . 472 , where , in North India , the thread is said to consist of three ( not nine ) strands of 96 threads . * Burnell is alluding to the wearing , now fairly common , of the sacred thread by ...
... Things Indian , s.v. Thread , Sacred , p . 472 , where , in North India , the thread is said to consist of three ( not nine ) strands of 96 threads . * Burnell is alluding to the wearing , now fairly common , of the sacred thread by ...
Page 101
... Things Indian , s.v. Marriage , p . 316 , for the reason for infant marriages . › Burnell is wrong . Polygamy is not forbidden to Hindus , but in his day it had become usual for a man to have but one wife . See Crooke , Things Indian ...
... Things Indian , s.v. Marriage , p . 316 , for the reason for infant marriages . › Burnell is wrong . Polygamy is not forbidden to Hindus , but in his day it had become usual for a man to have but one wife . See Crooke , Things Indian ...
Page 105
... Things Indian , s.v. Astrology . Sati , one of the many names under which the goddess Uma is wor- shipped . See Barth , p . 165 . 3 For birth ceremonies , see Crooke , Things Indian , p . 59 et seq . ↑ Bāras , the twelfth day . For the ...
... Things Indian , s.v. Astrology . Sati , one of the many names under which the goddess Uma is wor- shipped . See Barth , p . 165 . 3 For birth ceremonies , see Crooke , Things Indian , p . 59 et seq . ↑ Bāras , the twelfth day . For the ...
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