The Hindoos as They Are / A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal

by Sivachandra Vasu

THE HINDOOS AS THEY ARE

A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS
AND
INNER LIFE OF HINDOO SOCIETY
IN BENGAL.
BY

SHIB CHUNDER BOSE.

WITH A PREFATORY NOTE BY
The Rev. W. HASTIE, B. D.,
PRINCIPAL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INSTITUTION, CALCUTTA.
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London:
EDWARD STANFORD, 55, CHARING CROSS.
Calcutta:
W. NEWMAN & Co., 3, DALHOUSIE SQUARE.
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1881.
PRINTED BY W. NEWMAN AND CO.,
AT THE CAXTON PRESS, 1, MISSION ROW, CALCUTTA.
[The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved.]

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CONTENTS.

	Page.
Prefatory Note.	[i]
Introduction.	[iii]
I. The Hindoo Household	[1]
II. The Birth of a Hindoo	[22]
III. The Hindoo School-boy	[30]
IV. Vows of Hindoo Girls	[35]
V. Marriage Ceremonies	[41]
VI. The Brother Festival	[90]
VII. The Son-in-law Festival	[92]
VIII. The Doorga Poojah Festival	[93]
IX. The Kali Poojah Festival	[136]
X. The Saraswati Poojah	[151]
XI. The Festival of Cakes	[155]
XII. The Holi Festival	[159]
XIII. Caste	[165]
XIV. A Brahmin	[180]
XV. The Bengalee Baboo	[191]
XVI. The Kobiraj, or Native Physician	[209]
XVII. Hindoo Females	[216]
XVIII. Polygamy	[227]
XIX. Hindoo Widows	[237]
XX. Sickness, Death, and Shrad or Funeral Ceremonies	[246]
XXI. Suttee, or the Immolation of Hindoo Widows	[272]
XXII. The Admired Story of Sabitri Brata, or the
Wonderful Triumph of Exalted Chastity	[280]
Appendix	[293]

ERRATA.
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Page 49, line 4, for "Butterfly," read, "Prajápati—the (Lord.)"

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