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Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar - 1912

Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt decoration on front board. [6] 7-320 p.p. Frontis photo of a Malayan Exorcist, plus [15] photographic plates. "Presentation Copy" embossed at foot of title page. From the library of Alexander Grant, his bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Light rubbing to boards and edges. Some bruising to spine ends, with gilt slightly rubbed at head. Light offsetting to endpapers. Otherwise in very good condition. Deals with omens, animal superstitions, the evil eye, snake worship, vows, votives, and other offerings, as well as charms, magic and human life, divination and fortune telling, and ceremonies sacred to the peoples in the Native States of Travancore and Cochin.
  • Bookseller Minotavros Books CA (CA)
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  • Publisher T. Fisher Unwin
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1912
  • Keywords Superstitions, Omens, Trance, Malaysia, India, Folklore, Occult, Snake Worship, Magic, Magicians

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MP3 Audio CD. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India I OMENS In seeking for omens, Natives consult the so-called science of omens or science of the five birds, and are guided by them. Selected omens are always included in native calendars or panchangams. To the quivering and throbbing of various parts of the body as omens, repeated reference is made in the Hindu classics. Thus, in Kalidasa's Sakuntala, King Dushyanta says: "This hermitage is tranquil, and yet my arm throbs. Whence can there be any result from this in such a place? But yet the gates of destiny are everywhere." Again, Sakuntala says: "Alas! why does my right eye throb?" to which Gautami replies: "Child, the evil be averted. May the tutelary deities of your husband's family confer happy prospects!" In the Raghuvamsa, the statement occurs that "the son of Paulastya, being greatly incensed, drove an arrow deep into his right arm, which was throbbing, and which, therefore, prognosticated his union… Read More
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MP3 Audio CD. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India I OMENS In seeking for omens, Natives consult the so-called science of omens or science of the five birds, and are guided by them. Selected omens are always included in native calendars or panchangams. To the quivering and throbbing of various parts of the body as omens, repeated reference is made in the Hindu classics. Thus, in Kalidasa's Sakuntala, King Dushyanta says: "This hermitage is tranquil, and yet my arm throbs. Whence can there be any result from this in such a place? But yet the gates of destiny are everywhere." Again, Sakuntala says: "Alas! why does my right eye throb?" to which Gautami replies: "Child, the evil be averted. May the tutelary deities of your husband's family confer happy prospects!" In the Raghuvamsa, the statement occurs that "the son of Paulastya, being greatly incensed, drove an arrow deep into his right arm, which was throbbing, and which, therefore, prognosticated his union… Read More
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