INDEX 



TO 



JOURNAL, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 

 Vol. LXII, Part III, for 1893. 



Acharya, an inferior class of Brahmans, 



_ 2. 



Adisura, introduces priests to reform 



and educate Hindus, 1. 

 Africa, Tshi-speaking people of, worship 



Prah, 101. 

 African Bushmen, classification of, 98. 

 Agradana, an inferior class of Brahmans, 



2. 

 Ainos, nature-worship by, 100. 

 , throw images into rivers when 



crossing dangerous places, 105. 

 Al Asmai, a famous lexicologist, 49. 

 Ancient marriage customs of Tibet, 8. 

 Animism, origin of, 100. 

 Anthropicsi, 98. 

 Anthropology, notes on, by H. H. Eisley, 



95. 

 Ants eaten accidentally secures against 



drowning, belief in Bengal, 104. 

 Antya-jn, or inferior, epithet applied to 



certain castes in Bengal, 6. 

 Antyavasayin, or dwellers outside the 



town, term applied to certain castes in 



Bengal, 6. 

 Apes and men, differences between, 95. 

 Asmai, a celebrated philologer, 49. 

 Asmaidt, poems, styled by Arabs, 49. 

 Astrologer?, application to, during mar- 

 riage ceremonies in IT, Tsang and 



Sikkim, 11,22, 27. 

 Australioid, a group of mankind, 98. 

 AvalokItesvara, invocation of, daring 



marriages in Sikkim, 12. 



Jjaaai, a pure Hindu caste according to 



Ballal Sen, 5. 

 Badar, Badar, cry of Bengali boatmen 



when in danger of capsizing, 105. 

 Badawiyah, Bedouin poems, 49. 

 Ballal Sen, belonged to the Vaidya 



caste, 4. 



. . , Hindu Monarch, 1. 



_ , introduces reform, 1. 



Baoti, a Hindu caste intermediate be- 

 tween Sudra and Nicha, 6. 



Baqqal, a Hindu caste intermediate be- 

 tween Sudra and Nicha, 6. 



Bedouins of the Hauran, Betrothal among 

 the, 78. 



, Captivity among 



the, 88. 



the, 86, 



among the, 84. 



the, 87. 



90. 



the, 80, 94. 



-, Death among 

 -, Hospitality 

 -, Hostility among 

 -, Law among the, 

 -, Marriage among 

 -, Modern Customs 



among the, edited and translated by 

 H. S. Jarrett, 47, 78. 



, Mourningamong 



the, 86, 94. 



the, 93. 



•, Oaths among 



, Theft among 



the, 85. 

 Bengal, helief in, a single female among 



male passengers in a boat brings grief, 



103. 

 ■ , , ants eaten accidentally 



secures against drowning, 104. 



convolutions of hair, 



denote death by drowning, 104. 



-, tanks haunted by 



Yakhs, 110. 



, , water- spirit in the form 



of an old hag, 102. 



-, ceremony of appointing a Takh 



to guard hidden treasure in, 109. 



, river-goddesses worship in, 100, 



104. 



Berua, a Hindu caste intermediate be- 

 tween Sudra and Nicha, 6. 



Betrothal among the Bedouins of the 

 Hauran, 78. 



