THE HINDOOS AS THEY ARE

A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS
AND
INNER LIFE OF HINDOO SOCIETY
IN BENGAL.


BY

WITH A PREFATORY NOTE BY

The Rev. W. HASTIE, B. D.,

PRINCIPAL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INSTITUTION, CALCUTTA.



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London:

EDWARD STANFORD, 55, CHARING CROSS.


Calcutta:

W. NEWMAN & Co., 3, DALHOUSIE SQUARE.

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1881.



PRINTED BY W. NEWMAN AND CO.,

AT THE CAXTON PRESS, 1, MISSION ROW, CALCUTTA.



[The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved.]

	Page.
Prefatory Note.	i
Introduction.	iii
I. The Hindoo Household	1
II. The Birth of a Hindoo	22
III. The Hindoo School-boy	30
IV. Vows of Hindoo Girls	35
V. Marriage Ceremonies	41
VI. The Brother Festival	90
VII. The Son-in-law Festival	92
VIII. The Doorga Poojah Festival	93
IX. The Kali Poojah Festival	136
X. The Saraswati Poojah	151
XI. The Festival of Cakes	155
XII. The Holi Festival	159
XIII. Caste	165
XIV. A Brahmin	180
XV. The Bengalee Baboo	191
XVI. The Kobiraj, or Native Physician	209
XVII. Hindoo Females	216
XVIII. Polygamy	227
XIX. Hindoo Widows	237
XX. Sickness, Death, and Shrad or Funeral Ceremonies	246
XXI. Suttee, or the Immolation of Hindoo Widows	272
XXII. The Admired Story of Sabitri Brata, or the
Wonderful Triumph of Exalted Chastity	280
Appendix	293

ERRATA.
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Page 49, line 4, for "Butterfly," read, "Prajápati—the (Lord.)"