The Hindu at Home: Being Sketches of Hindu Daily Life

adorned Advaita alms amongst Awake Badagas bangles bathe bier blessing body Brahma Brahmins bride bridegroom called caste cere ceremony classes cloth coloured rice cooked cord crow custom darbha grass dásari dead death deceased defiled evil father feast festival fire flowers forehead friends funeral ghee girl give gods hair hand head heaven Hindu Hinduism hómam household husband India jewels karta kind Krishna Kshatriya lingam Málas mangalasútram mantrams Manu marriage married meal mendicant moon Nárayana nitya karma omen ornament performed person prayer present préta proceed purohita Ráma religion religious repeating rites round rule sacred marks sacred thread sect shaving shraddhas sikha Siva Smartha sometimes spirit Sudra supposed taken Telugu Telugu language temple thee things thou tribe upanayanam usually Vaishnavas Vaisyas various Vedas vessel village Vishnu wear wearer whilst widow wife woman women worn worship