Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies

Clarendon Press, 1906 - Hinduism - 742 pages

EDITORS PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION	1

CONTENTS	3

PART I	13

Similar Divisions amongst many Ancient Nations	27

gradation is inflicted By whom inflicted Restoration to Caste	38

Antiquity and Origin of Caste	44

Name and their Original Founders Conjectures on their True	97

by which they are distinguishable	108

Mourning The Condition of Widowhood	350

The Custom which at times obliges Widows	355

Adoption Rules regarding the Partition	368

The Learning of the Brahmins Their Colleges	376

The Poetry of the Hindus	392

Brahmin Philosophy The Six Sects called	401

Chronology of the Brahmins The Epoch	415

The Funeral Ceremonies of Brahmins	482

true Guru Their Temporal and Spiritual Power The Fear	123

Purohitas or Priests who officiate at Public	134

the Brahmins and of other Castes The Samkalpa Puja	143

finement Ceremonies performed over Infants 155159	155

lowed Rights acquired by investiture with the Cord The	170

should take to avoid them His Conduct in this respect Means	178

Internal Defilements Abstinence from	186

tion Places of Purification Sins for which there is no Forgive	194

Celibacy Those who may remain unmarried Polygamy	205

Rules of Life which the Brahmin Grahastha should daily follow	235

Brahminical Fasts The Custom of Rubbing	269

mins Occult Rites The Disgusting Rite called Sakti	282

Their Indifference with regard to their own Religion Their Sub	295

The Morality of Brahmins Their Deceit	306

other Hindus Their Physical Defects Remarks on the Kakrelaks	316

other Hindus Modes of Greeting	326

ferent Marks with which they adorn their Bodies	332

The Various Ceremonies observed after Burial	489

The Third Condition of Brahmins viz Vana	500

Sacrifices of the Vanaprastha Brahmins	509

Penance as a Means of purifying the Soul	517

A Sannyasis Principal Duties Meditation	528

The Funeral Ceremonies of Brahmin Sann	538

Origin of the Trimurti and the Primitive Idolatry	542

Metempsychosis Explanation of this Religious	556

CHAPTER III	567

Hindu Temples Ceremonies performed in them	577

The Principal Gods of the Hindus Brahma	612

keys Of Bulls Of the Guruda Bird Of Snakes Of Fishes	636

Stone The Tulasi Darbha Grass The Sacred FigTree	648

The Administration of Civil and Criminal Jus	654

The Military System of the Hindus Ancient	667

APPENDIX I The Jains Differences between them and	685

Title	Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies
Author	Jean Antoine Dubois
Edition	3
Publisher	Clarendon Press, 1906
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	3 Sep 2008
Length	742 pages

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