This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
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42991 | A Telugu proverb asks''Does the bee ever seek the arka flower?'' |
42991 | It is a common saying among Badagas, when a man tells lies,''Will you go to Sigur, and take an oath?'' |
42991 | The teacher asks,"Who are you? |
42991 | What is your name?" |
42991 | What was his mouth? |
42991 | What were called his thighs and feet? |
42991 | What were his arms? |
42991 | When they divided Purusha, into how many parts did they distribute him? |
42991 | who is in the hamlet?" |
42995 | Approaching the bridegroom, she strikes him gently, and says"Did not I give you buttermilk and curds? |
42995 | Chinnam, gold? |
42995 | Just before the tali is tied, the headman bawls out"May I look into the bride''s money and presents"? |
42995 | Seshai( snake?). |
42995 | Swami, who is thy servant to worship, and how is he to obtain moksham or admittance to the presence of the Supreme?'' |
42995 | Thus every day the Smarta asks"Are there any more?" |
42995 | While this is being done, a Brahmachari asks the bridegroom"Did you see a cow and a son?" |
42992 | In some places, the bark of athi( Ficus glomerata) and ithi( Ficus Tsiela?) |
42992 | In the Gazetteer of the Madura district, it is recorded that"Podunattu( Pudunattu?) |
42992 | The body was mutilated, and, on my asking the accused( who freely confessed their crime) why had this been done? |
42992 | The devil- driver rubs her body with Phlomis(?) |
42992 | The only great(?) |
42992 | The second translation runs thus:--"''In the quiet and happy time of our reign, we, Erawi Wanwara, imitator of( successor to?) |
42992 | To Anjuvannam and Manigramam was granted the freehold of the lands of the town( of Kollam?). |
42992 | Why, therefore, violate the ordinary laws of nature by inventing supererogatory clothing? |
20583 | At intervals in the midst of the blessing the bridegroom and bride are asked in Persian,''Have you chosen her?'' |
20583 | If God will make me a Turk by Him will I be circumcised; if a man becomes a Turk by being circumcised what shall be done with a woman? |
20583 | Taking a pot of the sacred milk in his hands he mounted the house- top and cried,''Who will drink the milk?'' |
20583 | The girl''s father, if he approves of the match, says in reply,''Why should I not catch it?'' |
20583 | They call on Devi, saying,''_ Maiji, Maiji Mata meri, kahe ko janam diya_''or''Mother, mother, why did you bring me into the world?'' |
20583 | Tylor says:"The Dayak will not speak of the smallpox by name, but will call it''The Chief,''or''Jungle leaves,''or say,''Has He left you?'' |
20583 | Whose am I the Sudra? |
20583 | Whose art thou the Brahman? |
20583 | Whose blood am I? |
20583 | Whose milk art thou? |
20583 | Women would ask,''Who is the mother of a child so beautiful that its eyes are like the lotus?'' |
20583 | [ 170] What does the Djiitgun eat?'' |
20583 | and''Have you chosen him?'' |
42996 | ( 8) Is the sepoy who massacred a thousand horse now living in disgrace with the dogs of the paracheri? |
42996 | Are you disposed to recommend and arrange the match?" |
42996 | Have you seen her house and relations? |
42996 | Hence the Tamil proverb"Is there any decoction without ginger in it?" |
42996 | Kapiri( Africa or the Cape?) |
42996 | Some conversation takes place between the headmen of the two parties, such as"Have you seen the girl? |
42996 | St. Gregory of Nazianzen( 370- 392 A.D.), in answering the reproach of his being a stranger, asks"Were not the apostles strangers? |
42996 | The Paraiyas may be mainly divided into four divisions, viz., Vellam( water or jaggery? |
42996 | The Paraiyas of Nevandrum( Trivandrum?) |
42996 | The father of the girl said''Why have you brought the liquor?'' |
42996 | We( also) gave( him the right of) festive clothing, house pillars, the income that accrues, the export trade(? |
42996 | Why then should I not marry him?'' |
42994 | How do you know? |
42994 | ''Where do you come from?'' |
42994 | ''Who are you?'' |
42994 | ''Why?'' |
42994 | ''Will you clear out at once or not?'' |
42994 | : Billoru( bowmen); Malloru( mallu= fight? |
42994 | Are you wearing cowries, O mother? |
42994 | But how else could one describe the following incident? |
42994 | Is it to send me away that you nourished me? |
42994 | Rikki, feather? |
42994 | Sindhu, sea or flag? |
42994 | The proverb"Does the dog that breaks the pots understand how difficult it is to pile them up?" |
42994 | Then the drummer, wilder and more frantic than ever, began to praise the goddess in these words:-- Are you wearing bells to your ankles, O mother? |
42994 | They first sang to us a song in their own lingo, and then broke into Telugu''Dora Babu yemi istavu''--What will the great man give us? |
42994 | They then burst into a delightful Autolycus song,''Will you give us a cloth, a jewel for the hair?'' |
42994 | When so addressed, they have sometimes replied''Whose throat have I cut?'' |
42994 | how can I live away from you, My brothers and sisters? |
42993 | A girl''s mother''s brother''s son has the right to have her to wife, and, if his right is abrogated by giving her to another, he( or his father?) 42993 As the names( of the ancestors or family?) 42993 But what as to the date of their immigration? 42993 Can not we get away? 42993 Can not we hoodwink them all? 42993 Care we for aught? 42993 Do n''t we enquire what is our offence? 42993 Do n''t we slip off uncaught? 42993 Do n''t we? 42993 Do we blurt out? 42993 Do we confess? 42993 On the acceptance by the Madiga of the betel and nuts, the Komati asksCherinda, cherinda"? |
42993 | Say, then, how can we contract such a marriage?" |
42993 | The worst insult to a Koravar woman lies in the words''Will you give asafoetida?'' |
42993 | They quote the proverb"Did he go unserviceable even for a handful of mud?" |
42993 | What blame can rest upon us, Who save our land from dearth? |
42993 | What can I do, even if you are my child? |
42993 | What do you call out for? |
42993 | What do you say? |
42993 | What has a dog to do in a blacksmith''s shop? |
42993 | What if the carpenter''s wife has become a widow? |
42993 | What reason is there that we should be obedient, and pay tribute to our equal?'' |
42993 | Where are now the grasses that adorned them, and the innocence that allowed them to go clothed only to the waist? |
42993 | Where has gone the love of colour? |
42993 | Who could suspect us? |
42993 | Why should a weaver have a monkey? |
42993 | Will the blacksmith be alarmed at the sound of a hammer? |
22010 | With what shall we cut_ gondla_ grass, and with what shall we cut rice? 22010 Again the Bhulias affect the honorific title of Meher, and another saying addresses them thus:Why do you call yourself Meher? |
22010 | And again:"If you do pluck it, can you support it? |
22010 | Another saying is,''_ To tum kya abhi tak bhar bhunjte rahe_,''or''Have you been stoking the oven all this time?'' |
22010 | Kahe barbarat hai? |
22010 | Kahe jai jai logon ka dana khat hai? |
22010 | The surly farmer has come to the field and scolds them; the little birds say,''O farmer, why do you scold us? |
22010 | To which the girl''s father replies:"The flower is delicate; it is in the midst of an ocean and very difficult to approach: how will you pluck it?" |
22010 | Tor kiamat mor niamat, Bismillah hai tuch, or"Why do you cackle? |
22010 | What is the cradle made of, and what are its tassels made of? |
22010 | When asked why he did not scare them away, he said,''Are they not as much the creatures of Rama as I am? |
22010 | Why did not I, unfortunate one, die instead of thee?'' |
22010 | Why do you crow? |
22010 | Why do you eat other people''s grain? |
22010 | how should I deprive them of food?'' |
20668 | ''Has she glass beads round her neck?'' |
20668 | ''Have they bracelets on their hands?'' |
20668 | ''Have they crowns on their heads?'' |
20668 | ''Have they rings in their ears?'' |
20668 | ''Have they shoes on their feet?'' |
20668 | ''Have they the doll in their hands?'' |
20668 | ''What can the washerman do in a village where the people live naked?'' |
20668 | ''Why, what is the worst,''he said,''that you can do to me?'' |
20668 | A cocoanut was placed on the ground, and the priest, holding the pickaxe by the point in his right hand, said,''Shall I strike?'' |
20668 | A similar state of things prevailed in classical antiquity: Who are these coming to the sacrifice? |
20668 | And did he not die within three months?" |
20668 | And did he not the very day after their execution begin to spit blood? |
20668 | Do you take me for an Arain?'' |
20668 | From Ratanpur they all journeyed to Chura( Chhuri? |
20668 | My husband will beat me and who will pay him the compensation? |
20668 | On coming to the house they kick down the matting which covers the doorway; the man inside says,''Who are you?'' |
20668 | So he asked the Banjaras,"What have you done with the five travellers, my good friends? |
20668 | The priest is on the roof of the house, and before the wedding he cries out:''Are the king and queen here?'' |
20668 | To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead''st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest? |
20668 | When Mudhaji Sindhia caused seventy Thugs to be executed at Mathura was he not warned in a dream by Devi that he should release them? |
20668 | Who cares for sisters and cousins in these days of civilisation?'' |
20668 | how may he cross the border of another country? |
20668 | how may he eat another''s_ banwat_? |
20668 | how may he go to another country? |
20668 | how may he touch another''s bower? |
20668 | how shall he bathe with strange water? |
20668 | how shall he marry another woman? |
20668 | said the king, observing him;''the monthly bill, is it?'' |
42997 | Shall I,answers the girl''s father,"accept it?" |
42997 | Shall these be accepted? |
42997 | You who come like Siddars( attendants in the abode of Siva) at midnight, muttering Siva''s name, why do you come near Sivapadam? 42997 ''Yes, yes,''said an old man, wagging his head sagely,''but how many buffaloes is he bringing?'' |
42997 | Among the Vadaseris, the friends come one by one, and are asked by the chief mourner,"Will you embrace, or will you strike your forehead?" |
42997 | Bandari, treasurer? |
42997 | Do you think we could kill it ourselves? |
42997 | Have you taken charge of the house?" |
42997 | Have you, or have you not taken charge of the house?" |
42997 | He replied''I will go to him, but who is to bear witness to the truth of your assertion?'' |
42997 | He replies evasively"Have the carpenters and workmen received all their wages? |
42997 | He worshipped Varuna, the ocean god, and recovered from the sea a hundred and sixty kathams of land, consisting of Kolanad(? |
42997 | Others say that the Reddi( or Manchi?) |
42997 | She replied,''If I consent to your proposal, and bear you a son, will you make him your successor in the kingdom?'' |
42997 | The Perumal asked him"Were you not washing the cloths before? |
42997 | The Tandan repeats the formula, which has already been given, and asks"May the conjee be drunk"? |
42997 | The woman seats herself in front of the lamp, and, on the return of the man, asks thrice"Whose bow is it?" |
42997 | The word Vellalan is derived from vellanmai[ vellam, water, anmai, management?] |
42997 | Thus, a Malabar Tiyan, travelling to the celebrated temple at Gokarnam in South Canara, is at once asked"What is your illam and kiriyam?" |
42997 | Two of the verses say:-- What of the hair of a man? |
42997 | What is to become of me? |
42997 | What of the days of a woman? |
42997 | What of the life of a man? |
42997 | What of the tresses of a woman? |
42997 | What shall I do? |
42997 | What, for instance, is the meaning of muperium? |
42997 | Which finger? |
42997 | Who washed them to- day?" |
42997 | Who will run, and catch the buffalo first? |
42997 | Why are not more people here? |
42997 | [ 51]"Puzhutkina-- Shall I throw earth?" |
42997 | meaning to whom, or to which mand does the child belong? |
42997 | or"What is it?" |
42997 | sons, who are you that keep on saying Hara, Hara? |
41424 | ''The Jat stood on his corn heap and said to the king''s elephant- drivers, Will you sell those little donkeys?'' |
41424 | Another form of this question is to say''What dudh, or milk, are you?'' |
41424 | Are the Jats and Rajputs distinct? |
41424 | Are the Jats and Rajputs distinct? |
41424 | He came to the saint''s house upon a mountain and said to him,''Why did you carry off my son''s wife?'' |
41424 | He said,''Oh brother, you are going to the forest, to whom do you give the kingdom of Oudh?'' |
41424 | His paternal uncle then says to him,''Why are you going away?'' |
41424 | How did the Gonds conduct themselves? |
41424 | If I were a cuckoo in the garden and you the gardener''s son, would you not trap me with your liming- stick? |
41424 | If I were a deer in the forest and you a famous warrior, would you not shoot me with your gun? |
41424 | If I were a fish in the water and you the son of a fisherman, would you not catch me with your drag- net? |
41424 | If the Baigas and Gonds were settled here together before the arrival of any Hindus, how is it that the Baigas do not speak Gondi instead of Hindi? |
41424 | In that garden what attendants shall there be? |
41424 | In that garden what flowers shall I set? |
41424 | In that garden what music shall there be? |
41424 | Kaushilya[ 460] stood up and said,''Now, whom shall I call my diamond and my ruby?'' |
41424 | O brethren, what sort of a person is this giant? |
41424 | See from her eyes will she come or not? |
41424 | The old man said: Whence has a creature come here to- day to sing like the maina bird? |
41424 | The saint said to him,''What can you do?'' |
41424 | The three- eyed one(?). |
41424 | Then what happened? |
41424 | Thence he returned to his field, and came near the fire and sat, and said, What nonsense is this? |
41424 | They asked their father: When will you give us in marriage? |
41424 | They said, We have never seen the place, where shall we go? |
41424 | They want to play, but who can make them play? |
41424 | Who has killed the quail and partridge, who has killed the peacock? |
41424 | Who is aiming through the harra and bahera trees, who is aiming on the plain? |
41424 | Who is he that has taken the small gun, who has taken the big bow? |
41424 | Who that has drunk milk in the city Yugandhara can hope to enter Svarga? |
41424 | Why speak you not to your slave? |
41424 | Wolff asked him,''How can one obtain the knowledge of God?'' |
41424 | Ye have never seen where this fire is? |
41424 | [ 461] The next is a love- song by a woman: How has your countenance changed, my lord? |
41424 | d. Rawan[ 92] is coming disguised as a Bairagi; by what road will Rawan come? |
41424 | wherefore ask me? |
13746 | What,continues the speaker,"keeps the Brahmin at the top and the Pariah at the bottom?" |
13746 | What,gravely asks another,"has prevented the peoples of India uniting into one grand nation, and destroyed all hopes of political fusion?" |
13746 | 6d., what is more likely than that the Government may persevere with this disastrous policy whenever it again finds itself in financial straits? |
13746 | And how, then, can it be for one moment asserted that the tendency of caste is to check the progress of the people? |
13746 | And what are the results of caste feeling with them? |
13746 | But how is it that no response comes from these country populations amongst whom I have lived? |
13746 | But how long was it before the people, like the Israelites of old, fell away from the grand central doctrine of Mahomedanism-- the unity of God? |
13746 | But is it not evident that a heavy crop followed by a small crop and much superfluous growth must be extremely bad? |
13746 | But what is their condition now? |
13746 | But what, after all, is the amount of danger? |
13746 | But who can say that now? |
13746 | How far advantageously or the reverse in segregating them socially from the conquerors who have overrun their country? |
13746 | How far has caste acted as a moral restraint amongst the Indians themselves? |
13746 | How have the dogmas of Christianity fared there? |
13746 | How is it that these shrewd- headed people[37] are so insensible to the evils of caste, and that you never hear one word about it? |
13746 | How is it then that such an infinitesimal number of the cases reported on occur within the cognizance of Europeans? |
13746 | How long was it before the adoration of idols was followed by the adoration of saints? |
13746 | How many of these has our boasted civilization improved off the face of the earth? |
13746 | How many years''purchase is a coffee property worth? |
13746 | How much has that tide of civilization which the first conquerors invariably bring with them effected? |
13746 | How was such a change-- one quite unique in the history of India-- received by the inhabitants of the country? |
13746 | I once said to a native shopkeeper in Bangalore,"What religion are you of?" |
13746 | I put my rifle to my shoulder, and said to him"Where?" |
13746 | I said,"that thing looking like a stone?" |
13746 | Is not the intelligent preservation of game one of the most prominent signs of advancing civilization? |
13746 | Regarding it, then, in all its consequences, whether physical or mental( and how many madmen and idiots are there not bred by drinking? |
13746 | Shall I attack, or shall I do nothing? |
13746 | That question is-- How far has caste acted beneficially, or the reverse, in helping to retard our interpretation of Christianity? |
13746 | The natives looked at this bed into which the tigress had disappeared with considerable doubt, and one of them said,"How is anyone to go in here?" |
13746 | This sum would by no means be lost to the State, for does not the milk that is left in the cow go to the calf? |
13746 | What is the meaning of that? |
13746 | What is the meaning of this? |
13746 | What is to be done with daughters? |
13746 | When we turn, thirdly, to Abyssinia, what do we find? |
13746 | When, if ever, is it probable that this Assembly will demand for itself some direct power of controlling, or directing the Government? |
13746 | Why wo n''t the natives do this, and why wo n''t they do that? |
13746 | Why, let me ask in turn, is a cow''s tail long, and a fox''s tail bushy? |
13746 | [ 70] What if it did? |