The Kacháris
by Sidney Endle
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About This Book
The Kacha ris This book, "The Kacha ris," by Sidney Endle, is a replication of a book originally published before 1911. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
Chapters (83)(click to expand)
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- THE KACHÁRIS SECTION I Characteristics, Physical and Moral; Origin, Distribution and Historic Summary, etc.
- SECTION II Social and Domestic Life
- Furniture, Implements and Utensils
- SECTION III Laws and Customs
- Marriage, Endogamy, Exogamy
- Polygamy
- Adoption
- Female Chastity
- Divorce
- Inheritance of Property
- SECTION IV Religion
- A. Household Deities.
- 1. Bátháu (Siju, i.e., Euphorbia splendens).
- 2. Maináo (Ceres).
- B. Village Deities.
- Priesthood
- 1. Ceremonies Attending Birth.
- Naming.
- 3. Marriage.
- 4. Death.
- II
- SECTION V Folk-Lore, Traditions and Superstitions
- I
- Dùima dùisá ni khoráng.
- How the rivers were made.
- II
- Sásè olsiá gåthå ni khoráng.
- The Story of the Lazy Boy.
- III
- Bámun áru bini sákor ni Khoráng.
- The Bráhmin and his Servant.
- IV Kachári Theory of Thunder and Lightning8
- SECTION VI. Outline Grammar, Etc.
- I. Nouns.
- 1. Gender.
- 2. Number.
- 3. Case.
- II. Adjectives.
- 3. Comparison.
- 4. Numeral Adjectives.
- III. Pronouns.
- IV. Verbs.
- 2. Conjugation.
- V. Indeclinable words (avyāya).
- VI. Syntax.
- APPENDIX I
- I.—Tribes closely allied to Kacháris.
- APPENDIX II1
- (I) Ābrā-nī khorāng.
- FREE TRANSLATION. The story of the simpleton.
- II. Mŭkhrā ārŭ sessā-nī khorāng.
- FREE TRANSLATION. The Monkey and the Hare.
- III.—Sā-se phālāngī gotho-nī khorāng.
- FREE TRANSLATION. The story of the merchant lad.
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z
- Colophon
- Corrections
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