Indian Antiquary Vol 46

SR No.: 032538
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 508
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 20 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUIRY
dhrit, i Girasia named Halaji fell into the If the birth time of a child happens to fall clutches of a Chudel who was driven from within the ecliptic period, that is the period his person by the enchantment of a Jati on of nine hours before an eclipse takes place, as condition that he should not go into the eastern well as in the duration of the eclipse, the father part of the vilinge,
does not see the child before performing cerIt is believed that it woman can be relieved tain rites, as to do so is supposed to bring from the ghostly order of a Chudel by the misfortune. perforinunce of a slràddha at Siddhapur. If a man has a child in his twentieth yene
There is no b:lief that the father has to he does not see the child before he complets take special preenutions at the birth of his it. child except that care is taken to uote the If a child is born at a wrong juncture or exact time of the child's birth for the purpose
conjunction of the stars, the father does not of casting its horoscope correctly. An inkstand
see it for twenty-seven days. and pen are also placed in tlie lying-in-rooin,
Achild born on the fourth, fourteenth or ris it is believed that the crentor writes the
tifteenth day of a month is supposed to become <lestiny of a child is soon as it makes its
a burden to its father.9 appearance into the world. All children born in Jyeshta Vakshatra.
It is a common belief that a woman in child Mula-rakshatra, or Yamaglianta are snid to
bed should not see the free of her husband cause the death of their male parent. Such
nor he of her. 10 children were left to starve uncared for in
Women who do not obey the commands of forests in olden times; but nowadays they
v tluir husbands, who partake of their meals airc kept alive, ils certain performances are
sceretly before their liusbands, or violate any believed to hvert the evil. One such perfor
of their duties towards their hasbands, are mance is only to see the child after clarified
believed to enter the order of bats or owls butter has been given in donation. Anotlier after their death. 11 is to see its fnce after it has been bnthed with
1 According to another beliet, men who liave the water collected from eighteen wells in been incontinent become owls after death: pot with a thousand holes. In third the while such women become bats. 12
nts of the child hold in their hands! The owls and bats are blind during the day, goblets filled witli clarified butter, and see but they can see corpses and the spirits of the their faces reflected in them before tlie child deceased and converse with them in their own is presented to the sight of the father.
tongue. 1: Such children are named Mulubhài, Mul- The spirits of the deceased are supposed to chand, Muli or Mulo.
renain in their worldly tenement for twelve child born in the month of Jyestha days, and owls and bats are supposed to b prognosi cates poverty.5
able to see them at night and talk to them.
The School Master of Lilipun
• The School Masters of Dhank and Vanod, * Mr. K. D. Desai.
+ The School Master of Vanod. 5 The School Mistress, Female Training College, Rajkot. - The School Master of Todia.
- The School Master of Lilapur * The School Master of Gondal.
9 The School Master of Kolki. 10 The School Master of Devalia.
* This is a point of conjugal etiquette in India. Hinda, and in Gujarat and the Deccan, Musalman women, would much rather starve than dine before their husbands. 11 The School Master of Dhank.
The School Master of Vanod. 1: The School Master of Kotda Sangani.
16 The School Master of Chhatrasa.