The Tribes and Castes of Bengal: Ethnographic Glossary, Volume 2Printed at the Bengal secretariat Press, 1892 - Bengal (India) |
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... she is under no positive obligation to do so . A faithless wife can be divorced by establishing her guilt before a panchayat . If , however , the offence a has been committed with a member of the caste , LAB . LAHERI .
... she is under no positive obligation to do so . A faithless wife can be divorced by establishing her guilt before a panchayat . If , however , the offence a has been committed with a member of the caste , LAB . LAHERI .
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... divorce his wife without paying compensation to her parents , and to take away her ornaments . Physical chastisement is never inflicted , nor is the right of divorce invariably exercised . Divorced wives may marry again by the same ...
... divorce his wife without paying compensation to her parents , and to take away her ornaments . Physical chastisement is never inflicted , nor is the right of divorce invariably exercised . Divorced wives may marry again by the same ...
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... divorce , some diversity of practice seems to prevail . Kanaujiás profess to prohibit it altogether , while other sub - castes admit it only with the permission of the pancháyat , and regard the remarriage of divorced wives with ...
... divorce , some diversity of practice seems to prevail . Kanaujiás profess to prohibit it altogether , while other sub - castes admit it only with the permission of the pancháyat , and regard the remarriage of divorced wives with ...
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... divorce . Although not mentioned by name in the various couplets defining the Nava - Sákha , the Madhu- nápit are generally admitted to belong to that group , and Brahmans will take water from their hands . Considering that the Napit ...
... divorce . Although not mentioned by name in the various couplets defining the Nava - Sákha , the Madhu- nápit are generally admitted to belong to that group , and Brahmans will take water from their hands . Considering that the Napit ...
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... Divorce is permitted , with the sanction of the tribal pancháyat , on the ground of adultery or inability to live happily together . A written agreement is usually drawn up , and sometimes , when the authority of the panchayat is deemed ...
... Divorce is permitted , with the sanction of the tribal pancháyat , on the ground of adultery or inability to live happily together . A written agreement is usually drawn up , and sometimes , when the authority of the panchayat is deemed ...
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ancestors Baboo Bankura Bhotias Bhumij bird Brah Brahmans in Behar Brahmans in Bengal bride bridegroom caste ceremony Chamárs Chittagong Chota Nagpur cultivation Dacca DISTRICT divorce Dravidian endogamous exogamous fish gáin Goálás in Behar gotra gotra of Bárendra Halwáis Hazaribagh Hill Tracts Hindu husband hypergamous Kaibarttas Kalwárs in Behar Kanaujiá Kásyapa Kayasths Khambus Koiris Kuch Behar Kumhárs Kurmis Lepchas Limbus in Darjiling Lohardaga Lohárs Mahilis Maithil Brahmans Mál Málé Manbhum Mánjhi marriage marry Midnapur mul or section Mundas in Chota Murshedabad Nág Nápits Nepal Nepáli Brahmans number and distribution occupation Oraons origin Orissa Páns priests Rájputs Rajputs in Behar religion rice Sándil Sándilya Santál Parganás section of Goálás section of Maithil sept of Mundas Singbhum sub-caste sub-caste of Goálás sub-sept sub-tribe of Limbus Sudra Sunris synonym Tántis Telis thar or sept Thárus Tipperah totemistic sept Tracts of Chittagong tribe Vaishnavas village Western Bengal widow wife worship