Cults, customs and superstitions of India. Rev. and enl. ed. With illus. from photographs and from drawings by William Campbell Oman (1908)
Oman, John Campbell, 1841-1911 · London T.F. Unwin · leaf 19
on, and I have not neglected the chanceswhich have come in my way of gaining an insight into themode of life and habits of thought of the humbler ranksof the community. In Part II of this volume I haverecorded, from personal knowledge, many particulars con-nected with the somewhat peculiar domestic… … I CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE vii Part I—Religious CHAPTER I YOGIS AND MAHATMAS, THE SAGES OF INDIA An encampment of Yogis on the banks of the Ravi—Description ofthe principal Yogi^Receive his benediction and certain triflinggifts—The Yogi feeds a vast number of people—Characteristicsof Yogis and other…
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