Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.136
Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s2.t1.136
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⁴ Compare the account of Barbosa, I, 217 for the typical Brahman who starts on a six days journey with the prospect of ‘a good belley-full’. Compare Macauliffe, VI, III for a saint who prays to God for *dal* (pulses), flour, *ghi* (clarified butter), shoes, good clothes, the seven sorts of corn, milch cows, buffaloes, a good wife—even a Turkistani mare.