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The Hidden Treasure

1925

In the last part the shadows of life and the mode to be followed to catch the flickering light of the bright siA—the silver lining of the cloud are clearly dicussed.4 f:ncy youth manhood maturity old age 44 decrepitude and death are the successive parts of every body's life. [...] Moreover the girl the meaning of whose name points to a star or to a river or to a tree or to a mountain or to a bird or to a snake or to one genrally following the occupation to a domestic servant or to something the very utterance of which is:maclated to inspire terror into the heart Of a man should be strictly avoided. [...] He therefore feels more for the body than for the soul and gives to the likes of the outer man the thrilling name of rights and to his dislikes the sensational name of grievances. [...] The ancent marriage ceremony of the Aryans was very simple and based on hi\h: moral and religious principles.30 THE HIDDEN TREASURE An account of it is given below from the Rig Veda hymns:— When the daughter of a man attained marriageable age a messenger with the proposal of marriage sed to be deputed by. the father or the' guardian of the daughter to the parents of the bridgroom who had [...] and foot-thumbs 'do not touch the round at the time of her wnlkinci44 THE HIDDEN TREASURE (11) That girl is very auspicious the soles of whose feet are very soft and tender and do not perplie whose feet are broad the lower parts of whose legs do not bear any hair and whose thighs are plump and fat like the trunk of an elephant: (12) She certainly becomes the wife of a king whose toes are s
humanities general
Pages
201
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143705
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-iv B.P. Patra view
Foreword
i-xvi B.P. Patra view
Section I. Marriage and its Importance
1-9 B.P. Patra view
Section II. Marriage Systems in Vogue Amongst the Aryans
10-29 B.P. Patra view
Section III. The Marriage Ceremony
29-35 B.P. Patra view
Section IV. The Natural Signs of an Auspicious Girl
36-40 B.P. Patra view
Section V. Marks on the Feet and the Peculiar Gait of an Auspicious Girl
41-46 B.P. Patra view
Section VI. Signs on Legs Thighs Belly Waist Etc. of an Auspicious Girl
47-50 B.P. Patra view
Section VII. Marks on the Sides the Back and the Breasts Etc
51-55 B.P. Patra view
Section VIII. Marks on Head Face Eyes Hair Etc. of a Girl
56-61 B.P. Patra view
Section IX. Significance of the Lines and Marks of the Forehead Cheeks Chest. Etc. According to Metoposcopy
62-75 B.P. Patra view
Part II
76-170 B.P. Patra view
A Few Extracts
1-10 B.P. Patra view

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