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The Journal of the National Indian Association in Aid of Social Progress in India November 1881

1881

I myself have witnessed the truth of the last remark in conection with the pandits of India and its local chroniclers of the past as well as in its Proverbs ; it is peculiarly applicable with reference to the inte4retation of Proverbs which is not to be obtained by the midnight lamp but by direct contact with the people. [...] "In the speech of the women of India is mirrored the very image of the thoughts and feelings by which humanity is moved by the burning words which are wrung from the sharper sufferings of the weaker vessel. [...] When the Proverbs of the Caucasus of the Cossacks and of the tribes in those countries which were the first seats of the Aryan race shall be explored much light may be thrown on the past. [...] I sum up in the following words the main points of my paper :- Oriental Proverbs the people's coins are of great value in the light they throw on the social condition and feelings of Eastern races especially of the women in the clues they give to local history and customs and in their philological value in preserving the archaisms of language. [...] Their songs often meldious and glowing with the rich imagery of the East thrill through the heart of an Asiatic in the midst of his luxuriant groves and gardens whilst the music and the motions of the dances portraying as they do successively the feelings of love hope anger jealousy or despair move his more delicate and powerful emotions.
government politics public policy
Pages
70
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.120043
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
On Eastern Proverbs their Importance and the Best Mode of Making a Complete Collection Classified with the Native Interpretations
617-624 J. Long view
Hindu Widows
624-630 One of them view
The Sports and Amusements of the Natives of India
630-640 A. Nundy view
An Address to Students
640-646 Rama Varma view
The Mysore Ryot
647-655 A.C. view
The Cultivation of Science in India through Teaching in the Vernacular
656-662 U.K. Dutt view
A Literary Suggestion
662-663 W.M.W. view
The Popular Dramas of Bengal
663-669 N.K. Chattopadyaya view
Receptions at Patna
670-674 unknown view
Schools at Bangalore
674-675 unknown view
“India’s Duty to England”
676-677 Sukumar Haldar view
Indian Intelligence
678-678 unknown view