Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s4.t1.25

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c7.s4.t1.25

⁴ Compare Tod, I, 364-5, for an appreciation and significance of 'the festival of the bracelet'. Rakhi or Rakshabandan is one of the few occasions when a Hindu maiden bestows with the gift of the bracelet the title of adopted brother. The bracelet is sometimes returned with the gift of a corset of silk. This interchange of gifts binds the two in most delicate and intimate.

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