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[ An incarnation of the third person of the Hindu Triad, or Triumvirate, Shiva the God of Destruction, the Indian Bacchus. The image has five faces, and each face has three eyes. In Bengal it is found in many villages, and the women warn their children not to touch it on pain of being killed.]
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[ A village Brahman on stated occasions receives fees from all the villagers.]
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[ The land of Greece.]
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[ Savans, professors. So in the old saying, “Hanta, Pandit Sansara “—Alas! the world is learned! This a little antedates the well-known schoolmaster.]
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[ Children are commonly sent to school at the age of five. Girls are not taught to read, under the common idea that they will become widows if they do.]