Bannas, and they set to work. A pit is dug in the middle room of the house, or in the yard, or the stable, or the field, as the occasion may require. Into this one of the magicians descends. He sits down in Hindu fashion, muttering mantras. Pieces of... Mysore and Coorg: Coorg - Page 265by Benjamin Lewis Rice - 1878Full view - About this book
| Herrmann Mögling - 1855 - 236 pages
...The Panika or Banna is sent for, he brings one, or two, or three of his colleagues. A kind of grave is dug in the middle room of the house, or in the...the field, as the occasion may require. Into this grave one of the magicians descends. He sits down in Hindu fashion, muttering mantras. Pieces of wood... | |
| G. Richter - 1870 - 524 pages
...another relic of human sacrifices. The Kanya sends for some of his fraternity, the Panikas or Bannas, and they set to work. A pit is dug in the middle room...of wood are laid across the pit, and covered with earth a foot or two deep. Upon this platform a fire of jack-wood is kindled, into which butter, sugar,... | |
| G. Richter - 1870 - 510 pages
...another relic of human sacrifices. The Kanya sends for some of his fraternity, the Panikas or Bannas, and they set to work. A pit is dug in the middle room...occasion may require. Into this one of the magicians des22 cends. He sits down in Hindu fashion, muttering mantras. Pieces of wood are laid across the pit,... | |
| Government Museum (Madras, India) - 1901 - 534 pages
...another relic of human sacrifices. The KANIYA sends for some of his fraternity, the PANIKAS or BANNDS, and they set to work. A pit is dug in the middle room...descends. He sits down in Hindu fashion, muttering mantraa Pieces of wood are laid across the pit, and covered with the earth a foot or two deep. Upon... | |
| Edgar Thurston - 1912 - 364 pages
...they set to work. A pit is dug in the middle room of the house or in the yard, or in the stable, or in the field, as the occasion may require. Into this!...of wood are laid across the pit, and covered with earth a foot or two deep. Upon this platform a fire of jackwood is kindled, into which butter, sugar,... | |
| Edgar Thurston - 1912 - 360 pages
...follows*: — " The Kaniya (religious mendicant) f sends for some of his fraternity, the Panikas or Bannus, and they set to work. A pit is dug in the middle room of the house or in the yard, or in the stable, or in the field, as the occasion may require. Into this'one of the magicians descends.... | |
| Henry Whitehead - 1916 - 212 pages
...another relic of human sacrifices. The Kaniya sends for some of his fraternity, the Panikas or Bannus, and they set to work. A pit is dug in the middle room...descends. He sits down in Hindu fashion muttering mantrams. Pieces of wood are 1 The Kaniyas are religious mendicants, said to be descendants of a Malayali... | |
| Edgar Thurston, C.I.E. - 1912 - 370 pages
...follows*:— " The Kaniya (religious mendicant) f sends for some of his fraternity, the Panikas or Bannus, and they set to work. A pit is dug in the middle room of the house or in the yard, or in the stable, or in the field, as the occasion may require. Into this'.one of the magicians descends.... | |
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