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Report to the Government of Baroda on the Marine Zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar

1916

The distribution of the obtusa variety includes the littoral waters of the eastern coast line of the Madras Presidency from Pamban Pass in Palk Bay to the delta of the Godaveri River in the north ; the chief fishing grounds are situated in Palk Bay and off the Tanjore coast where this variety furnishes annually about 200 000 shells to the Calcutta market. [...] As the religious leaders of the country Sanscrit terms in constant use in their prayers and services would soon become dominant and be absorbed into the language of the country in the way that Norman culinary terms readily found acceptance in the English language because of the superiority of the Normans to the Saxons in this particular art. [...] Worship of the chank as one of the three essential articles used in domestic worship among Brahmans should occupy an important part in the daily liturgy of this priestly caste and in the Brahma Karma the work which sets forth in minute detail the order and phrasing of the sacred rites of the Brahmans the prayer to the sacred chank may be translated as follows :- Taking the chank in his hand the [...] Locally this chank is considered superior to all other chanks in the world and the origin of the periodic miracle is narrated as follows :- When the sage Mfirkkandqa was visiting the sacred places with his disciple the latter forgot to bring the Siva puja-box containing the chank required for the libation necessary in the ritual of worship. [...] The former is used in the menial duty of summoning the god's attention announcing the commencement of the principal rites as well as in calling the devout to worship ; such are among the general explanations given for its employment but some ethnologists hold that the innate and primitive significance of the use of the blowing chank in temple worship is to scare away hostile and evil-working spi
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Pages
191
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.147162
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i James Hornell view
Frontmatter
ii-xiii James Hornell view
The Indian Conch (Turbinella Pyrum Linn.) and its Relation to Hindu Life and Religion
1-vii James Hornell view
Report on the Calcareous Sponges Collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6
79-i Arthur Dendy view
Report on the Non-Calcareous Sponges Collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6
93-iv Arthur Dendy view
Report on the Hydroida Collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6
147-150 Laura Thornely view
Notes on Some Jelly-Fishes from Okhamandal in Kattiawar Collected by Mr. James Hornell in 1904-5
151-156 Edward Browne view
Report on the Polyzoa Collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6
157-165 Laura Thornely view
Backmatter
i-i James Hornell view

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