Hindu manners, customs, and ceremonies: the classic first hand account of India in the early nineteenth century / by J.A. Dubois ; edited and translated by Henry K. Beauchamp.
Material type: TextPublication details: Mineola, NY : Dover Publications, [2002]Description: xxxiv, 741 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 0486421155 (pbk.)Subject(s): Hinduism -- Customs and practices | India -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 954Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 954 DUB/H (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P14944 |
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Originally published: Oxford : 3rd ed. Clarendon Press, 1897.
Includes index.
Part-I : General view of society in India, and general remarks on the caste system
Part-II: The four states of Brahmical life
Part-III: Religions
Appendix I- The Jains - Differences between them and the Brahmins
Appendix II- The Eka-Dasi, or Eleventh day of the Moon
Appendix III- Siva - Ratri, or Siva's night
Appendix IV- Rules of conduct for women during their periodical uncleanness
Appendix V- Remarks on the origin of the famous temple of Jagannath
Appendix VI- Trial by Ordeal - its different forms
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