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The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society. New Series. October 1951

1952

The grandmother and the mother of the child pressed themselves close to the priestess one from each side and both were earnestly requesting her to pray more and more for the well-being of the child to the predeceased ancestors of the family. [...] The thorny branch of the Ranbil tree were also removed from above the heap of paddy mentioned before and were stuck at the lower ridge of the roof of the mud-hut. [...] During the performance of the ceremony the father of the child or any other male member of the family was not present in the house. [...] In the rest of the cases only the priestesses conducted the rites without any co-operation whatever of the male members of the community. [...] In the Brihadärrtyaka Upanisad occurs the passage ; just as a ripe mango parts company with the stalk and drops down even so the Purtqa leaves the body when the latter dies.' A form of liquor (Saliakarasura) is made from the juice of the mango and of these there were many kinds depending upon the proportion of the fruit juice or of the spices (Arth.
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Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
i-iii unknown view
A Sora (Savara) Name Giving Ceremony
47-51 Asutosh Bhattacharyya view
The Antiquity of Some Field & Forest Flora of India
52-72 A. K. Aiyer view
Nyāya Bhāskara Of Anantārya
73-76 M. B. Lyengar view
Reviews
77-83 unknown view
Backmatter
i-v unknown view

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