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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 1936 (Letters)

1936

According to the Arabic lexiconl Tadlis means ' to conceal a fault or defect in an article of merchandise from the purchaser ' and according to thtraditionists ' to conceal the defects of the Hadith either in the text in the chain of narrators or in the source ' i.e. [...] The image was the object of veneration of the cowherd boys of the locality and was reported to have been found as a result of a chance digging in one of the two adjacent mounds. [...] The miniature is of fine workmanship and may be dated in the 1 lth century A. D. It is remarkable for the peaceful aspect of the eyes and face which indicates the image as that of a Yogin a theory also substantiated by the jatamukuta (crown of matted hair). [...] The goddess has the usual ornaments but the grace of form and the elegance of pose are not overshadowed by the exuberance of decorative dtails on the background—the characteristic feature of the art of the 12th century A. D. to which period the image may be assigned from stylistic indications. [...] The extensive elevated tracts as hard as rammed concrete from accumulation of brickbats on the surface the finds of numerous bricks on a little digging fragments and images lying scattered around the village abundance of north-and-south tanks (Sarai dighi the big tank just by the side of the Gajol road is however east to west) and last the peculiar name of the village (cf.
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Pages
59
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
i-iii unknown view
Islāmic Apocrypha (Tadlis)
1-8 M. Hosain view
Notes on a Fourth Tour in the District of Dinajpur
9-iii Sarasi Saraswati view
Two Inscriptions from Barakar
21-iii S. N. Chakravarti view
The Daflas and their Oaths
27-40 N. L. Bor view
Ekānamśā and Subhadrā
41-i Jogendra Ghosh view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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