Hindu Manners, Customs and CeremoniesFrench cleric and scholar of Sanskrit J. A. DUBOIS (1770-1848) journeyed to and around India as a missionary in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and turned his decades of observation into what was, for many years, the definitive Western work on Indian culture. This revised English-language edition, published in 1905, includes Dubois's notes and thoughts on. . the caste system, its antiquity and origins . etiquette and customs among the Brahmin . dress and ornamentation . the roles and positions of women . Hindu tales and fables . religious feast, temples, and ceremonies . and much more. |
Contents
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The Poverty of the Hindus 8097 | 80 |
The General Contempt for Widows Remarriages forbidden 350355 | 350 |
The Custom which at times obliges Widows | 355 |
Adoption Rules regarding the Partition | 368 |
Astronomy Astrology Magic | 377 |
Shan Mata The Doctrine of the Buddhists | 401 |
the Flood | 415 |
The Various Ceremonies observed after Burial | 489 |
The Third Condition of Brahmins viz Vana | 500 |
The Mythical Origin of the Brahmins Their | 97 |
Different Kinds of Brahmins Outward Signs | 108 |
true Guru Their Temporal and Spiritual Power The Fear | 123 |
Private Ceremonies The Hindu Almanac as published by | 134 |
the Brahmins and of other Castes The Samkalpa Puja | 143 |
Confinement 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 |
Defilements of the Soul and the Means of Purifica | 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 282288 | 282 |
Their Indifference with regard to their own Religion Their Sub | 295 |
Dissimulation Their Want of Filial Devotion Their Inconti | 306 |
other Hindus Their Physical Defects Remarks on the Kakrelaks | 316 |
Rules of Etiquette amongst Brahmins | 326 |
ferent Marks with which they adorn their Bodies 332335 | 332 |
Sacrifices of the Vanaprastha Brahmins | 509 |
Penance as a Means of purifying the Soul | 517 |
tees practise it General Remarks Comparisons between | 528 |
The Funeral Ceremonies of Brahmin Sann | 538 |
Origin of the Trimurti and the Primitive Idolatry | 542 |
Doctrine Penalties for Different Sins The Hindus as Authors | 556 |
Hindu Feasts The NewYear Feast The | 567 |
Temples built on Mountains Pyramids The Architecture | 577 |
The Principal Gods of the Hindus Brahma | 612 |
The Worship of Animals The Worship of Mon | 636 |
Inanimate Objects of Worship The Salagrama | 648 |
The Administration of Civil and Criminal Jus | 654 |
and Modern Methods of Warfare The Material formerly com | 667 |
Brahmins 685700 | 685 |
The EkaDasi or Eleventh Day of the Moon 701706 | 701 |
Rules of Conduct for Women during their | 708 |
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ablutions akshatas allowed amongst ancient animals appear belong betel body Brahma Brahmins called caste cause ceremony cloth colour considered customs darbha grass defilement deity drink earth earthen Europeans evil eyes father favour feast feet fire forehead gayatri give Glory gods greater number gurus hand head Hindus homam honour husband India inhabitants kind Kshatriyas latter lingam Lingayats live look Mahomedans manner mantrams marriage married means Mysore natives never obliged observed occasion offer origin ornaments pandal Pariahs peculiar penitent perform person possess prayer present princes provinces puja punishment purify purohita religion religious respect rice round rule sacred sacrifice sam-kalpa sandalwood sandhya sannyasi Sanskrit sect sins Siva Sudras tion unclean upanayana Vaisyas Vanaprasthas Vedas vessel village Vishnavites Vishnu wear whole widow wife woman women word worship yagnam
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Page 27 - Perhaps the sole cause of the contest is the right to wear slippers or to ride through the streetsv in a palanquin or on horseback during marriage festivals. Sometimes it is the privilege of being escorted on certain occasions by armed retainers, sometimes that of having a trumpet sounded in front of a procession, or of being accompanied by native musicians at public ceremonies.
Page 25 - It appears to be but a recent invention, as it is not mentioned in any of the ancient books of the country...
Page 45 - ... find the greatest diversity of statement. The most common story is that the castes issued from the mouth, arms, thighs, and feet of Purusha, or Brahma. The oldest extant passage in which this idea occurs, and from which all the later myths of a similar tenor have no doubt...