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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal February 1835

1835

The only difference between the garb of the Mahant and that of the priests consists in the quality of the cloth which is made of cotton of Singi. [...] let down at night to exclude the air and here the priests take their repose; the pavement of the hall is elevated above the outer terrace and is the only part of the structure laid with mats and dry grass is spread upon the terrace in the winter the only time of year such a luxury is permitted to serve as a cushion to the laity and visiera who are not admitted inside. [...] One of them denominated Kowal acts as steward of the grain and medicines deposited in the temple and distributes adiiily allowance of food to the inmates; nothing can be taken from the store without the Mahant's order ; it is also the duty of the Kotwal to summon the priests to midnight prayer. [...] the hottest period of the year the mahant stations a brahman* with water-carriers at a distance of two miles from Shifpure on the different roods leading to the city to minister to the wants of the thirsty traveller. [...] and the whole conveyed in baskets to the limekilns constructed on the banks of the Saayre-kyong creek which at full tide has sufficient depth of water to admit of the approach of large boats.--- The whole of the lime used in Rumbree Island either for architectural purposes or for the preparation of the edible chunam is obtained from this rock.
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Pages
65
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
I.— Some Account of a Sect of Hindu Schismatics in Western India Calling themselves Ramsanehis or Friends of God. By Capt. G. E. Westmacott Asst. to the Gov. Gen’s Agent N. E. Frontier
65-82 James Prinsep view
II.—Journal of a Tour Through the Island of Rambree with a Geological Sketch of the Country and Brief Account of the Customs &c. of its Inhabitants. By Lieut. Wm. Foley. with a Map Plate IV
82-95 James Prinsep view
III.—Memorandum of an Excursion to the Tea Hills which Produce the Description of Tea Known in Commerce under the Designation of Ankoy Tea. By G. J. Gordon. Esq.
95-106 James Prinsep view
IV.—Observations on an Article in Loudon’s Magazine of Natural History on the Subject of the Albatross. By Lieut. Thomas Hutton 37th Regt. N. I.
106-110 James Prinsep view
V.—Roof of the New Iron Foundery at Kasipur near Calcutta
111-116 James Prinsep view
VI.—Miscellaneous
116-119 James Prinsep view
Meteorological Register Kept at the Assay Office Calcutta for the Month of February 1835
120-120 James Prinsep view
Backmatter
i-i James Prinsep view

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