Oplismenus
Oplismenus, A Genus Of Plants Of The Order Panicacem O. Burmanni, Rom. And Sch., Grows In Bengal, As Also Does O. Colonus, Kth., Called In Bengali, Shama; Cattle Are Very Fond Of It. Enor Mous Islets Of Living Water-grasses, As Oplismenus Stagninus And Other Plants, Float On The Megna River. ...
Opuntia
Opuntia, A Genus Of Plants Of The Order Cactacese, Several Species Of Which Have Been Intro Duced Into British India, From The West Indies, Peru, And Brazil. O. Braziliensis, D.c., From Brazil, With Large Greenish Yellow Flowers. O. Cochinellifera, Haw., Syn. Of Cactus Cochinellifer Of S. America, With The Petals ...
Orang
Orang, A Malay Word Meaning A People, A Race. Orang Baju, Or Baju Laut, Seafaring People. Orang Binua, The People Of The Country, The Aborigines. The Malay Of The Peninsula Often Designate, By The Term Orang Binua, The Udai, Jakun, Mintira, Sakai, And Besisi, The Five Tribes Occupying The Lands ...
Orange
Orange, Citrus Aurantium. This Is A Native Of India, Being Found In The Forests On The Borders Of Sylhet, And Also On The Neilgherries And In Orissa, Perhaps Also In China. The Asiatic Names For The Orange And Lemon Also Indicate The South And East Of Asia As Their Native ...
Oraon
Oraon, A Tribe In The Northern And Western Parts Of Chutia Nagpur Proper, In The Eastern Parts Of Sirguja And Jashpur, And Scattered In Singbhum, Zangpur, Bonai, And Hazaribagh, All In The Chutia Nagpur Province, Also In Sumbulpore Of The Central Provinces. In The Lohardagga District, Which Includes The Whole ...
Orchiaceie
Orchiaceie, The Orchidacem Of Limn., The Orchis Tribe Of Plants, Comprising 7 Genera And About 2000 Species. Of These, There Are About 1700 Species In British India In The Several Divi Sions, Viz. : Arethusien, Genera Anthogonium, Pogonia, And Vanilla ; 218 Species. Cypripeden, Genus Cypripedium • 23 Species. Emdendreaa, ...
Ordeal
Ordeal. Divya, Sansk. The Earliest Men Tion Of The Trial By Ordeal Is Contained In The 5th Chapter Of The Book Of Numbers, From The Eleventh Verse, Iu Which The Priest Gave Holy Water To A Woman To Drink, Imprecating Her With A Curse, That If Guilty, Her Thigh Should ...
Order V
Order V. Lophobranchii. Fam. 1. Solenostomidm. 3 Species Of Solenostoma. Fara. 2. Syngnathidm, Pipe Fishes. First Group. Syngnathina. 2 Siphonostoma, 3 Ichthyocampus, 1 Urocampus, 1 Leptoichthys, 2 Stigmatophora, 1 Protocarnpus, 53 Syn Gnathus, 1 Nannocampus, 23 Doryichthys, 3 Ccelonotus 9 Neroplus. Second Group. Hippocampina, Sea-horses. 1 Gastrotokeus, 3 Phyllopteryx, 25 ...
Oriental
Oriental, A Term In Use, In Philology, To Indicate A Class Of Languages ; In Geography, It Is Applied Broadly To Asiatic Countries East Of Europe, But In A More Restricted Sense To The East Indies Or The Countries Now Known As British India. In Mineralogy, It Is Applied To ...
Orissa
Orissa, A Province Of British India, Which Was Occupied In September And October 1803, With Behar, Chutia Nagpur, Bengal Proper, And Chittagong, And Is Under The Administration Of The Lieutenant-governor Of Bengal. It Is At The Head Of The Bay Of Bengal, At Its Western Side, And Lies Between Lat. ...
Ormuz
Ormuz, Orinaz, Or Hormuz, In Lat. 27° 5' 55" N., And Long. 56° 29' 5"e., A Barren, Rocky, Volcanic •island In The Persian Gulf, About 12 Miles Off The Coast Of Kirman, 15 Miles N.e. Of Kishm. It Is The Eastern Extremity Of The Chain Of Volcanic Mountains Which Runs ...
Oryza Sativa L
Oryza Sativa. L. In Husk Or Growing. Ltuz , Arab. Gabah, In Husk, . Malay. Dim, . . Beng , Hind. Paiera, . . . Maleal. Sa-ha, Burn. Nellu, Arisi, . . Tam. Tau, Chin. Ilium, Uri, . . . Tel. Vice Plant, . . . Eng. Nivan Dhanyamu, „ ...
Osiris
Osiris, A God Of The Ancient Egyptians. He Was Worshipped As The Lord, The God And Father Of Each Individual Soul, The Judge Of Men, Wild Passes Sentence Strictly According To Right And Wrong, Rewarding Goodness And Punishing Crime. The Worship Of Animals Was Not Intro Duced Into The Established ...
Ostrich
Ostrich, Struthio Camelus, L. Thar-ud-jamal, . Arab. Shutr-murgb, . . Pers. Strudsfugl, . . . Dan. Abestruz, . . . Pour. Struisvogel, . . . Dut. Strouss, . . . . Rue. Autruche, . . . . Fs. Avestruz, . . . . Sp. Strauss, . . . . Gee. ...
Otidid2e
Otidid2e, The Bustard Family Of Birds, Com Prise The Genus Otis And Three Sub-genera, Also Species Of Houbara, Eupodotis, And Sypheotides. Eupodotis Edwardsii, Gray, Indian Bustard. Otis Nigriceps, Vigors. I O. Lucionensis, Vicillot. Tokdar Sohun, . . Hind.i Burrs. Chirath, . . Hind. Guganbher, . . „ Batt-meka, . . ...
Otter
Otter, A Name For Two Distinct Animals, The Land-otter (lucre Vulgaris, L. Nair, L. Lop Tonyx, And L. Canadensis) And The Sea-otter (enhydra Marina). Both Are Caught For Their Fur; Of The Former, Great Britain Receives About 20,000 Skins A Year. The Latter, More Like The Seal In Its Habits, ...
Overland Route
Overland Route. This Line Of Communi Cation Between Europe And The E. Indies Entered Into The Far-seeing Projects Of The First Emperor Napoleon, Had Been Kept In Contemplation By Many A British Statesman, And Has Been Effected By A Few Men Of Spirit And Enterprise. Lord Wellesley, Before The Close ...
Ovis
Ovis. Mr. Blyth Considers That There Are Fourteen Species Of This Genus Of Mammals. M. Gervais Reckons Only Six Species. Of Asiatic Species, Jerdon Describes O. Cycloceros, Nahura, Polii, And Vignei, Giving O. Burhel As A Syn. Of O. Nahura. Blyth Mentions O. Gmelini Of Armenia, O. Cylindricornis Of The ...
Owund Kari Maim
Owund Kari. Maim. A Person Cultivating And In A Village, But Residing In Another Village. The Ox Is One Of The Bovinse, A Sub - Family Of The Family Bovidre, Of The Order Ruminantia. The Order Ruminantia May Be Shown As Under :— Bovidaa. ! I Iermitragus. Cery Us. Antilopinte. ...
Oxus
Oxus, The Jihun Of The Arabs, And .amu, Ab I-ma, Of The Persians. North-east Of Bokhara Is A Lofty •range Of Mountains Which Runs East Wards To The Borders Of The Khanate Of Rho Kand, Where It Converges At Right Angles To The Bolor Or Belur Tagh. This Is Called ...
Oyster
Oyster. The Oyster Is A Well-known And Diffused Mollusc, Occurring In Many Parts Of The Eastern Seas. At Kottiar, Near Trincomalee, The Edible Oysters Are Of Prodigious Size. The Shell Of One Of These Measured A Little More Than 11 Inches In Length By Half As Many Broad, Thus Unexpectedly ...
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean Extends Between Asia And America, And Is Upwards Of 10,000 Miles In Breadth, Studded With Islands. When Magellan Entered This Ocean, Through The Strait That Bears His Name, He Sailed Three Months And Twenty Days In A Uniform Direction To The North-west Without Discovering Land, Enjoying Such Uninterrupted ...
Padam
Padam Is The Term By Which The Races Desig Nate Themselves, Whom The Assamese Name Bor And Bor-abor. The Bor Occupy The Mountains To The North Of The Brahmaputra River, In About Lat. 27° 12' N., And Long. 94° To 97° E., On The West Or Right Bank Of The ...
Pag Oda
Pag Oda. Hun, Hind. I Varaha, Varagan, Same. Pagoda, A Gold Coin That Was Current In Madras Until Towards The Middle Of The 19th Century. The Derivation Of Its Name, Pagoda, Though It Is Of Modern Origin, Is Very Obscure. Prinscp Derived The Term From The Pyramidal Temple Depicted On ...
Pagan
Pagan, A Ruined Burmese Town, In Lat. 21° 10' N., Long. 94° 34' E. Captain Yule Found The Details Of Its Architecture Of Hindu Origin ; And It Is Known That Anoratha Saumen, When He Established Buddhism In Pagan, Built All Its Pa And Temples After The Exact Models Of ...
Paggi Hind
Paggi. Hind., From Fag, A Foot. A Village Servant In Gujerat And The N.w. Of India, Who Traces Thieves By Their Footprints. Mr. Elphinstone (p. 192) Relates That One Was Employed To Pursue A Man Who Had Carried Off The Plate Belonging To A Regimental Mess At Kaira. He Tracked ...
Pagoda
Pagoda. Toe-dee, Po-ya, . Bum. I Dewal, . . . Urdu. Bhoo-ra, Po-rah,. „ I But-kadah, . . . „ Koil, Tem. But-khana, Murat, „ This Is A Term By Which Europeans Designate The Religious Temples Of The Hindus And Buddhists Of India, Further India, China, And Japan. The Pagodas ...
Paguride
Paguride, The Pagurians Or Hermit Crabs, A Tribe Of The Crustacea, Composed Of A Consider Able Number Of Species, The Greater Part Of Which Are Remarkable For The More Or Less Complete Soft Ness Of The Abdomen, The Want Of Symmetry In The Appendages Of This Part Of The Body, ...
Paharia
Paharia, Of The Santal Pargana, Number About 41,000. They Are Arranged Into Two Tribes, Those Who Live In The Rajmahal Hills, And The Naiga Paharia On The Plains To The West. The Former Live By Grain Crops Reared On The Slopes Of The Hills, And By Bartering In The Plains ...
Paiilav Or
Paiilav Or Pahlava Is A Term Supposed By Olshausen To Have Arisen Out Of The Name Of The Parthava Or Parthians. They Were Not The 1'cl-sinus, Who Are Called Parasika, But The A Rsacidan Parthians. The Term Pahlav, As Applied To A People, Early Fell Into Disuse In Persia, And ...
Paintings
Paintings, Pictures, Or Representations Are Forbidden In The Second Of The Ten Commandments, Which Jews And Christians Recognise. All The Doctors Of El-islam Differ On This Head, Some Absolutely Forbidding Any Delineation Of What Has Life, Under Pain Of Being Cast Into Hell ; Others Permitting Pictures Of The Bodies, ...
Palestine
Palestine Is On The S.w. Part Of Syria. It Gets Its Name From Philistine, A Race Who In Habited A Tract Bordering On The Mediterranean Sea. Palestine Was Originally Inhabited By A Number Of Tribes,—keuite, Kenizzite, Kadmonite, Hittite Jerezzite, Jebusite, Amorite, Canaanite, Girgashite, Hivite, Phoenician, And Philistine. The Desert Coast ...
Pali
Pali, An Ancient Language In India, Which Has Long Ceased To Be Spoken, But Is Still Used In The Buddhist Scriptures Of Ceylon, Burma, And Siam. The Pali Tongue In Singhalese Is Called Magadha And Mungata, And In Burmese, Magada-basa. Pali Was The Mother-tongue Of And Used By Buddha. The ...
Palibothra
Palibothra, The Ancient Greek Name Of Pataliputra City, Near The Confluence Of The Sone River With The Ganges. Few Old Places In India Recall To Mind So Many Associations As The Patali Putra Of The Hindus, The Palibothra Of The Greeks, And The Po-to-li-tse Of The Chinese, All Referring To ...
Palitana
Palitana, A Native State Within The British Political Agency Of Kattyawar, In The Bombay Presidency, Lying Between Lat. 21° 23' 30" And 21° 42' 30" N., And Long. 71° 31' And 72° 0' 30" E. ; Area, 99 Square Miles. Satrunjaya Bill, Which Rises Above The Town Of Palitana, Is ...
Palliwal
Palliwal. Next To The Rajputs Of Aral Mir, Equalling Them In Numbers And Far Surpans Ing Them In Wealth, Are The L'alliwal. They Arc Brahmans, And Denominated Palliwal From Having Been Temporal Proprietors Of Palli, And All Its Lauds, Long Before The Rahtor Colonized Marwar. Tradition Is Silent As To ...
Pallonarua
Pallonarua. In Ceylon, Anaradhapura Is A Deserted City. It Seems To Have Become The Capital Of Ceylon About B.c. 400. About B.c. 250 It Became One Of The Principal Capitals Of Buddh Ism In The East, Which It Continued To Be Till About A.a. 750, When The Repeated Invasions Of ...
Palm Tree Woods
Palm-tree Woods Is A Commercial Name In Britain Given To The Stems Or Trunks Of Palms Froni The East And West Indies, And' Imported To Nail Extent For Fancy Use. The Palate Furnish K, Brown, Prickly Brown, And Speckled Woods, Ncipally From The Areca Eatechu, Bet Etissue L Belliformis, Species ...
Palmine
Palmine May Be Prepared From The Castor Oil, And Possibly From Other Oils Also, By Treating Them With Nitric Or Nitrous Acids. A Process Is Given In Brande's Manual Of Chemistry, Xi. P. 1257, And Is Supposed To Be The Substance Which Was, About A.d. 1857, Patented For The Use ...
Palms
Palms. Nakhlah, . . . Arab. Palmier, . . . . . Fa. Palme, . . Dan., Ger. Tar, Narel, Send, . Hind. Palm, . . . . Diu., Sw. Palma, It.,porl,rus., Sr. The Palm Trees Or Palm Tribe Of Plants Belong To The Order Cocoacem Or Palmm, The Palmacem ...
Palmyra
Palmyra, Also Called Tadmor, A Ruined City In The Desert, To The S.e. Of Jerusalem, Three Days' Journey From The Euphrates. We Read In 1 Kings Ix. 18, And 2 Chronicles Viii. 4, That Solomon Built Tadmor In The Wilderness ; ' And Josephus As Sures Us That The City, ...
Palmyra Tree
Palmyra Tree, Borassus Flabelliformis. This Tree Is Very Abundant, Especially In All The Sandy Tracts Near The Sea. It Is To Be Seen In Almost All Parts Of India, And Occasionally As Far Is Lat. 30° N. It Is, Next To Caryota Urens, The Largest Palm In The Peninsula, And ...
Palong
Palong. The Pa-long, Po-loa, *pa-on, Or Za-baing Tribe Are Partially Subject To, And Located To The East Of, The Mo-meit (hung Myit, Moung M-ri) Beyond The Ka-ren-ni, And Along The Chinese Frontier, As Far As The Latitude Of Bamo (mang Mo). They Are Civilised And Remarkably In Dustrious, Being Good ...
Pamir
Pamir, The Upa Meru Of The Vedic Aryans, Which Europeans Have Changed To Bam-i-danya, Or The Roof Of The World. Lieutenant Wood, Of The Indian Navy, Early In The 19th Century Encamped On Its Summit, And Traced The Oxus To Its Source. The Ascent From Yarkand And Kashgar, Westward To ...
Panax
Panax, A Genus Of The Ivy Tribe Of Plants, Of The Natural Order Ifederacete, Viz.— Aculesta, China. Fruticosum, L., Java. Arborcum, N. Zealand. Longinsomum, N. Zealand. Cochleata, D.c., Java. Palrnatum, R.,chittagong. Digitatum, R., Sylhet. Qttinquefoliurn, China.. Fragrans, R., Khassya. The Species Of Panax Are Herbs, Shrubs, And Trees, Having The ...
Pancha Tantra
Pancha-tantra, Literally Five Books ; A Famous Collection Of Tales By Vishnu-sarman, A Brahman, About The End Of The 5th Century Of The Christian Era, For The Edification Of King Dabislilim's Sons. They Were Translated Into Pehlavi, In The 6th Century, In The Time Of Nnshirwan ; From That Into ...
Panchanga
Panchanga, A Hindu Almanac. The Hindu Almanacs Are All So Complicated, And So Few Persons Are Able To Understand Them, That In Ever Indian Town Astrological Professors, Called Josh!, Jotisi, Or Jotisaru, Earn A Livelihood By Going In The Early Morning From House To House To Mention The Circumstances By ...
Pandanace2e
Pandanace2e. Lind/. An Order Of Plants Comprising 2 Genera, 16 Species, Viz. 12 Pandanus, 4 Freycinetia. The Pandanacem Or Screw-pines Abound In The Mauritius, Bourbon, India, The Straits, And Burma. The Following Species Of The Pandanus Genus Are Known In S.e. Asia :— P. Amaryllifolius, Roxb., Amboyna. P. Andamanensium, Kurz, ...
Pandanus Odoratissimus
Pandanus Odoratissimus. Linn. This Grows Along The Coasts And In Moist Parts Of All The Peninsula Of India, And Its Leaves Are Naively Manufactured Into Mats, Baskets, And The Fibre Of The Leaf Is White, Soft, Glossy, 1 For Cordage, But It Has Been Found Well Kl For The Preparation ...
Pandion Halixtus L
Pandion Halixtus. L. The Osprey. The Osprey Or Fish -hawk Is Spread Over All Europe, Asia, And Africa. It Is Common Along All The Large Rivers Of India, And At Most Of The Large Lakes And Tanks Even Far Inland. It Plunges From A Great Height Into The Water, And ...
Pandu
Pandu, From Whom The Pandava Princes Of Hastinapur Were Named, Was A Descendant Through Bharata From Puru, The Great Ancestor Of One Branch Of The Chandravansa Or Lunar Race. A Descendant Of Bharata Was King Santana, Who Married A Widow Named Satyavati, And Two Sons, Chitrangada And Vichitra-virya, Were Born. ...
Pandya
Pandya, A Kingdom In The South Of The Peninsula Of India, Supposed To Have Been Founded Five Or Six Centuries Before The Christian Era. Their First Capitals Seem To Have Been Kukht Near Ramnad, The Kolkhi Of The Periplus, And Kal Yana Near Cape Comorin. Up To The Rise Of ...
Pangolin
Pangolin, Ant-eater ; Mania. Badjar-kita, . Beng. Tarang-giling,. . Malay. Ling-b, . . . . Chin. Pang-giling, . Tanggilin, . . . Malay. Arialer, Tel. The Pangolin Of India, Belonging To The Order Edentata, Gets Its Indian Name From Its Malay Designation. The Genus Is Common To Africa And S.e. ...
Or Laos
Laos, Or. Vrika, . . . . Salim Zeeb, . . . . Heb. Lobo, Loba, Lupin, . Sp. The Wolf Roams Over British India, Never Singly, But Always In Large Or Small Packs. If A Single One Appear, It May Be Assumed That Others Of The Pack Are Near. ...
Or Pak Pattan
Pak-pattan, Or Ajudhan, An Ancient City Its Montgomery District, Panjab, On The High Bank Of The Old Sutlej, 28 Miles From The Present Course Of The River. Its Foundation Is Assigned To A Hindu Saint Or Raja Of The Same Name, Of Whom Nothing Else Is Recorded. This Part Of ...
Or Palm Wine
Palm Wine, Or Toddy, Is The Fermented Sap Of Several Palms Of The E. Indics,—arenga Saccharifera, Borassus Flabelliformis, Caryota Urens, Cocos Nucifera, Phoenix Dactylifcra, P. Sylvestris, And Species Of Caryota. Palmyra Wine. Dom ? Tafi, . . Araii. Pannang-kalloo, . Tax. Tali, Trh, Beng., Hind. Pattoo-toadi, . „ Lontar, . ...
Or Pavonine
Pavonin.e, Or Pea-fowl, A Sub-family Of The Pliasianidm, Includes— Pave Cristatus, L. P. Bicaloaratum, L. P. Japonensis,. Bennett. P. Napoleonis, Massena. P. Muticus, Linn. P. Chalcurus, Temm. Near These Are— Argusanus Giganteus, Polyplectron Tibetanum, Temm. • Tema. Pavo Cristatus, Linn., Peafowl. Taon, Taos, . Arab., Gr. Pavon, Pavone, . Ir., ...
Or Plague
Plague, Or Levantine Plague, Also Bubonic Plague, Are Terms By Which The Nations Of Europe Designate A Contagious Disease Of A Severe Form Which From Time To Time Has Appeared As Epidemic In Egpyt, In S. Arabia, Syria, Turkish Arabia, Southern Persia, Extending To Turkey In Europe, Malta, Gibraltar. It ...
Or Reg Rawan
Reg-rawan, Or Moving Sand, Is A Small Hill In The Kohistan, Forty Miles North Of Kabul, Remarkable For A Bed Of Sand On Its Southern Face. This Is Subject To Sliding Movements, Which Occasion Sonorous Sounds. It Is Styled The Khwaja Reg-rawan. A Whitish Streak Is Observed, Ex Tending From ...
Or Sakuntal A
Sakuntal A, Or The Lost Ring, An Ancient I Sanskrit Drama By Kalidasa ; Translated By Sir William Jones And By Professor H. H. Lyilson, 1827. In The Drama Sakuntala Is Described. As The Daughter Of The Rishi Visvamitm By The Apsam Menaka, Who Was Sent From Heaven By Indm ...
Or San Pu
San-pu, Or Ya-ru-tsang-po-chu, Is The Great River Of Southern Tibet, And Is Supposed To Be The Brahmaputra River, And To Take Its Rise On The North Face Of The Himalaya, In Lat. 30° 25' N., And Long. 82° 5' E. 1vinding Its Way Through Tibet. And Washing The Borders Of ...
Or Satritnjaya
Satritnjaya, Or Palitana, A Sacred Mountain Of The Jains In Kattyawar, About 30 Miles From Gogo. Its Name Means Victorious Over The Foe. From The Earliest Period Of The Jain Religion, Spreading In Kattyawar, Satrunjaya Has Been One Of The Places Held Most Holy By The Followers Of The Tirthankara. ...
Or Sea Weeds
Sea-weeds, Or Algre, Are Cellular Flowerless Plants Belonging To The Class Thallogens Of Botanists. Alga: Are Found Both In Salt And Fresh Water, Have A Wide Geographical Range, And In The Domestic Economy And Manufactures Of Man They Are Of No Little Importance. Chondrus Erispus, The Carmgeen Moss, Supplies A ...
Or Simiad2e
Simiad2e, Or Monkeys, A Family Of The Main Inalia Of The Order Primates, Viz.: Order. Primates. Fain. Simiadm, Monkeys. Quadrumana. I Catarrhinte, Geoffrey. Licopitheci, Van Haten. Sub-fain. Siminm Apes. Troglodytes Niger, Chimpanzee, 'africa. Tr. Gorilla, Gorilla, Africa. Simia Satyrus, Orang-utanm Of Borneo. S. Morio, Orang-utang Of Gurnatra. Simanga Syndactyla, Raffles, ...
Or Sse Tchouen
Sse-tchouen, Or The Four Valleys, Also Written Sze-chuen, Is The Largest Province In China, And Perhaps Also The Finest. Its Tempera Ture Is Moderate, Both In Winter And Summer. The Yang-tze-kiang Traverses The Province From S,1v. To N.e. Its Fertility Is Such That It Is Said The Produce Of A ...
Or Surya Vansa
Surya-vansa, Or Solar Race, Or Race Of The Sun, Was A Race Of Kshatriyas, Descended In Three Lines From Ikshwaku. The Surya-vansa, As Col Lated From The Lists Of Sir William Jones, Professor Wilson, Colonel Tod, And Hamilton, Conunenced With Marielli. , Kasyapa, A Muni, Married Aditi, Who Was Daksha's ...
Or Tenasserim
Tenasserim, Or Tha-neng-tha-ri, A Tract Of Inountainous Country Between Lat. 11° And 17° N., Lying Along The E. Coast Of The Bay Of Bengal, And Between It And A High Chain Of Hilla About 40 Miles Inland. It Is British Territory, A Division Of The Province Of British Burma, Comprising ...
Or Vellala
Vell.a.la , Or Vellazhar, Vellaler Or Vellan. Amongst The Tamil Races Who Have Adopted Brahmanism, The Vellala, Alike In Numbers And In Social Rank, Take The Chief Place. They Are Very Largely Agricultural, And In The Northern Part Of The Tamil Country Take The Honorific Appellation Of Mudali Or First ...
Or White Ants
White Ants, Or Termites, Literally Build A Cell Round The Great Progenitrix Of The Community, And Feed Her Through Apertures. Whenever Build. Ings Are Infested With The Destructive White Ants, Their Nests Containing The Queen Ant Will Always Be Found In The Immediate Neighbourhood ; And As The Destruction Of ...
Or Yug Saddan
Yug-saddan, Or Yug-bmsht, Or Yug-byasa, In Hindu Belief Are Person.s Who, By Extraordinary Pious Pains, Obtain Miraculous Longevity, Pro Longing Their Lives To Some Hundreds Of Years. As Far As Can Be Gathered, It Is Regarded By Them As The Faculty Of Drawing, By Degrees, All The Breath (or Perhapst ...