Hinduism and Christianity in Orissa: Containing a Brief Description of the Country, Religion, Manners and Customs of the Hindus (Classic Reprint)

PREFATORY NOTES. 1. Tms little work is designed to o.U!lwcr the many inquiries that are often ma.de in regard to our field and rTli~sionul'Y operations in Indio.. 2. Some few works huye been consulted 119 Iluthority, principlllly Itbrshman's History of India, History of Poorce, by 11 nati vc, und the correspondence of our wis~ional'ies, &.c. 8. The :Iap has becn kindly.!Supplied from I1D cngraving pr~ paretl f01' "Sutton's Origsa, and its Evnngelization ;)) the Cuts by the i.m.erican Jlon.rtl amI Dr. X oyes. 4.. Tlu~ Music ha~ been kindly written out by H. S. Cutler, Esq. 5. An n.ttempt 1118 been made to secure a, correct pronunciation of orientalw1me:!. With the exception of the map, find a few names, the prOllullciu.tion of w1lich i~ csta.blishcu in this country, all the proper l1!lmes amI. Hindu tCt'rns em played 1n this work are l'epresen. te d as they u.re pronounced by the natives. By consulting the accompanying rules, anyone may pr01l0lUlCe these na

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CONTEKTS; P!CR; CHAI''IER 1 - lIi:)tol'ic:~l View of Iudit't, of Ori:'lsn, of D"bbf!ore, 9; CU,UTEP II - Geological ])hi ~1()DS - Soil anu Productions-·; Domestic Animab, • • • 14; CIL'I':mn III -"Wild Allim:tl~ - Reptile!':, Im,cots, Fi:;h, Hirus,20; CJlAPTn~ IY - Thc Se~ECll):S, - t'ul'JllhH'e - nres~ - }'oodl; 1e:::hanic:tll'racl€8 -Implements of IIu;:;bancll'Y, •• 2[); CUAI'TEIt V- Differcnt RIce::! - Hindlls - jI~"hi,mndt'ns - Hill; Tribes - S~ntutli, - DhulD ija8, • • • • • 37; CUAI'TElt YL - J,(IJlgll:1gC!';, - Literature - Sacreti Dooks - Po~; cHeal WOI'ki-;, - SCllOol~, • • , • • • • 44; C!U,l>TER vn - Hinau 1Iythology, - Br:t}lm;b - Bl·lhm~ -; m~nll - Sibfl - Ten Inca rn:1tioIlS of I3isnu, • -18; CIB I'TEP YITI - Kri~nu -llis Cll~),;l(',t~' and Worship -1 ag_; armHh - Origin of the Tmng('s -- Temple at J>OOl'cc - Cn~; Fes