| Charles Coleman - Asia - 1832 - 514 pages
...frequently vowed from infancy, and given up by some beautiful virgin in compliance with her parent's oath. A man who is lame presents a silver leg ; if blind, a gold or silver eye. In fact, there would be no end, were I to enumerate the various ways in which Hindu superstition develops... | |
| James Peggs - Ethics - 1832 - 550 pages
...rupees ; copper money ; spices ; assafoetida ; the hair cut off the head, frequently saved from infancy. A man who is lame presents a silver leg ; if blind, a silver or gold eye, &c. The birth of a son ; reconciliation with enemies ; success against the foe... | |
| Pharoah and Co - Burma - 1855 - 764 pages
...frequently vowed from infancy, and yielded by some beautiful maiden in compliance with her parent's oath. A man who is lame presents a silver leg ; if blind, a gold or silver eye ; in fact, there are innumerable ways in which Hindoo superstition develops itself upon this occasion.... | |
| John Garrett - Hinduism - 1871 - 978 pages
...compliance with a vow made by her parent in infancy, and taken as an offering to the idol. Col eman says that a man who is lame presents a silver leg;...who was destroyed by Siva : There is a drama of the Dima class, termed the Tripuradaha, the subject of which is the destruction of the demon Tripura, and... | |
| India - 1872 - 436 pages
...frequently vowed from infancy, and given up by some beautiful virgin in compliance with her parent's oath. A man who is lame presents a silver leg ; if blind, a silver or gold eye. The jewels which a woman has worn with pride from infancy, are voluntarily left... | |
| John Garrett - Hinduism - 1873 - 174 pages
...a third Trinavindu who was amongst the brahmans and ascetics who followed the Pandavas into exile. He was originally a king but became a Rishi. Tripati...who was destroyed by Siva : There is a drama of the Dima class, termed the Tripuradaha, the subject of which is the destruction of the demon Tripura, and... | |
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