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Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society December 1940 & April 1941

1941

The former consist of the ceremonies and rites relating to the birth of a child the first share given to the child's head marriage and death ; and the latter to the agricultural opertions the harvest festivals the biennial or triennial guar. (literally meaning the fixing up of the stone slabs) in meliory of the deceased. [...] Of Kiruna' and Renwo the former is supposed to be the elder and progenitor of the Soras and the latter the younger and progenitor of the men of the plains. [...] The firm beli&f of the Soras is that the souls of the deceased persons leave the body remain as kulbas till the gua is over and as a result of the guar enter the.world of the ancestral spirits. [...] Whatever be the name used in the locality and whatever be the locality in which the deity is worshipped the worshippers know that it is the Sun god that is worshipped' and the details of worship are almost the same. [...] The case of murder is however a social offence and the murderer has to pay according to the decision of the elders in the village a fine to the bereaved family and sacrifice an animal to propitiate the ancestral spirits and the Sonums in general and distribute the flesh of the sacrificed animal as well as liquor among all the families of the village.
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Pages
113
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120036
Segment Pages Author Actions
The Soras
113-136 S.V. Sitapati view
Prakrit Inscriptions of the Kings of Andhradesa
137-140 Shahidulla view
A Passage in the Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta and its Significance
141-144 V. Lakshminarayana view
The Nayak King of Tanjore—Patrons of Sanskrit Literature
145-158 K. Sitaramaiya view
Revenue Administration of the Northern Circars
159-172 Lanka Sundaram view
The Pasupata and other Saiva Schools of Philosophy
173-184 Vaddadi Rao view
Jainism in Andhradesa
185-196 B.V. Rao view
The Origins of Provincial Autonomy
197-199 Bisheshwar Prasad view
The Provincial Government of the Mughals
199-200 P. Saran view
Notes of the Quarters and Proceedings of the Society
xxv-xxxix unknown view
The Andhra Historical Research Society
xl-xlvi unknown view
Our Exchanges
xlvii-xlviii unknown view

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