قراءة كتاب Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India

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Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India

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class="smcap">Three Ceremonial Mourners

54 Ceremonial Bathing 56 An Ancient Pariah 58 Vellala Widow 66 Typical Old Widow 73 Hindu Schoolmaster and Boys 87 Shanar Mother and Child 91 Cooking in a Shanar House 98 Fairly Typical Vellalar 105 Christian Widow 112 Brahman Girl 118 Three Types of Brahmanhood— Keen 132 Thoughtful 134 Dull 138 An Old Woman and Baby 143 Brahman Widow 145 Brahman Street 147 Shepherd-Caste House 151 Vellala Child 161 "Ugly Duckling" 178 Designs in Chalk 194 Handmarks on the Door 202 A "Holy Brahman" 221 Woman and Water-Vessel 262

Glossary

Agni	God of Fire.
Aiyo	Alas! "Ai" runs together almost like "eye." The word is repeated rapidly, Eye-eye Yō Eye-eye Yō!
Ammā	Mother! (vocative case). "A" is pronounced like "u" in "up." The word is also used by all women in speaking to each other, and by girls in speaking to women.
Ammāl	Lady or woman. "A" is pronounced like "u" in "up."
Anna	One penny.
Areca Nut	Nut "eaten" by the Indians with betel leaf or lime.
Betel	Leaf of a creeper.
Bandy	A bullock cart.
Brahma	The first person in the Hindu Triad, regarded as the Creator.
Brahman	The highest of the Hindu Castes.
Bramo Samâj	A sect of Hindu reformers who honour Christ as a man, but reject Him as a

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