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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part III Anthropology and Cognate Subjects 1898

1898

But what can be the reason of this ? For while a Santal honours the wife of his younger brother in the manner described quite the contrary is the custom between the younger brother and the wife of the elder brother. [...] especially the eldest one is looked upon as the representative of the father and is after the death of the father the head and governor of the family. [...] When the man (c) has been called the bahQiihar of the woman (d) the cause of this is most likely to be found in the circumstance that the wife of c legally is the ajhnar of d (vide what is written below about the ajhnar). [...] The only explanation I am at this time able to think of is that while the elder woman naturally is the &mar of the younger one the custom of not naming the names of each other has been imposed on them in order to make the distance between the husband of the elder one and the younger woman absolutely safe here where the dangers of the Janda sogoi exist between the husbands. [...] When the sacrifice is made in the house the women may eat of the flesh of the animal sacrificed to the ancestors and family gods not however the head which is cooked together with rice and eaten by the men and not of an animal sacrificed to Marav burn.
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Pages
67
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
I.—on Taboo and Customs connected therewith amongst the Santals.—By P. O. Bodding Mohulpahari Santal Parganas
1-24 unknown view
II.—On a Rain-ceremony from the District of Murshidabad Bengal.—By BĀbu Carat Candra Mitra M.A. B.L. Corresponding Member of the Anthropological Society of Bombay. Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary
25-34 unknown view
III.—On the different kinds of Salutation used by the Santals.—By P. O. Bodding Mohulpahari Santal Parganas
35-43 unknown view
IV.—On the Lizard in Indian Superstition and Folk-Medicine.—By Bābu Carat Candra Mitra M.A. B.L. Corresponding Member of the Anthropological Society of Bombay. Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary
44-52 unknown view
V.—Scraps of Hindu Folk-lore.—By Pandit Rāmgharib Choube Late Pandit to W. Crooke Esq. I.C.S. (Retired) Editor of the “North Indian Notes and Queries.” Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary
53-55 unknown view
VI.—Human Sacrifices in Ancient Assam.—By E. A. Gait I. C. S.
56-65 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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