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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1851

1852

For adjudication in disputes brought before the head of the instittion for assessing the amount of fine to be levied from an outcast for re-admission to caste and for other matters requiring consideration the Adhikitri is assisted by a council which usually consists of two or more members of the family of the " Paithak" (reader of a commentary of the Bhagavat) and of the reader of the Bhagav [...] Rhaprava is from the Sanskrit and Hindi Rya-prara the grand canal of of which there are two one to the east and the other to the west of the alrbi ; and where they spring from the parent stream above the bay there was the harbour and village of Argenus thus called; because it was on the western side of the river in the district of HaurCtinein or Hater Cala ; and which probably from that ci [...] 6. A pollonius after leaving the island of Dytlus comes to the district of Pegada in the country of the Orihr ; where the stones and the sand are copper and it is called the golden country from the immense return in gold from the sale of their copper. [...] :Dora was placed or the lord of the stones of the size and in the shape of the fruit of the Bilva tree. [...] To the west of the Indus and in the lower part of its course and consquently close to the sea Pliny mentions the tribe of the iimatee so called because they lived in the country of Ainuitii the mother of mankind ; who rules over all that region ; which is called in the Puriu ths for that reason Stri-ra:jyam or the country of the woman ; and this legend is much more ancient than the time
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Pages
85
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Notes on the “ Mahápurushyas ” a Sect of Vaishnavas in Asám.—By Capt. E. T. Dalton Political Assistant Commissioner Asam in Charge of Kámrup
455-469 The Secretary view
A Comparative Essay on the Ancient Geography of India
470-486 The Secretary view
Translation of the Vichitra Nátak or Beautiful Epitome;—a Fragment of the Sikh Granth Entitled “ the Book of the Tenth Pontiff.”—By Captain George Siddons 1st Cavalry
487-502 The Secretary view
Report on the Túran Mall Hill Addressed to R. N. C. Hamilton Esquire Resident at Indore. By Captain Hay Asst. to the Resident
502-517 The Secretary view
Notice of a Collection of Mammalia Birds and Reptiles Procured at or near the Station of Chérra Punji in the Khásia Hills North of Sylhet.—By E. Blyth Esq.
517-524 The Secretary view
A Letter from Edward Thomas Esq. C. S. on Sassanian Coins
525-527 The Secretary view
Meteorological Register
528-536 The Secretary view
Backmatter
i-i The Secretary view

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