The Rajbansis Of North Bengal- Dr. CC Sanyal 1965

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This book is written by Dr. CC Sanyal. It was published by Asiatic Society, Caltutta. 

The contents of this books are –

Foreword
Preface
List of Plates
List of Illustrations
Modified Phonetic Symbols

CHAPTER I

Distribution, Environment and Character
of Northern Rajbansis
The Ruling Dynastics of Cooch-Behar
and Jalpaiguri
Antecedents of Northern Rajbansis
(a) Historical and Ethnological Data
(b) Census Figures
(c) Inferential – Hindu Scriptures

CHAPTER II

The Material Culture of the Rajbansis
The Village, growth, naming, Typical Vill
The (lome of the Rajbansis
Building Customs, Selection of the Site,
Plan of a Hut, Hut, House Entrance
Living Conditions
Males, Women, Sleeping, Meeting place,
Cleaning of Clothing
Daily Life–Dutics of Men, Women, Childr
Elders and Songs
Parts of a House, A Ilut
Houschold Articles
Personal Decorations
Fishing, Fisbing Implements, Trips
Hunting, Traps
Foods and their preparation, Special Foods
Agriculture and Implements, Songs
Spinning and Weaving
Animal Husbandry
Transport, Parts of a Bullock Cart, Boats

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CHAPTER III

Birth Customs
Pregnancy, Labour, Delivery, Care of the Me
Care of the Child
First Look at the Child
Period of Confinement, First Unclean Period
Complications of Child Birth, Protracted Labour
Remedies, Songs
Diseases of the New Born, Midwife,
End of the Second Unclean Period
Childhood, Care of the Child, Lullaby
Name Giving
First Feeding
Puberty, Sports and Games
Jokes and Songs

CHAPTER IV

Marriage Customs, Inheritence, Types of
Marriage, Porua or Gotra
Regular forms of Marriage, Bride Price,
Marriage with other castes
Irregular forms of Marriage
Marriage Limitations, Prohibition, Divorce
Marriage Rituals
Other forms of Regular Marriage
Marriage Songs

CHAPTER V

Death and its Attendant Ceremonies
Transportation of the corpse, Burial,
Cremation, Funeral Pyre
Lighting the Pyre, Circumambulation, Return Home
Gathering of Frontal Bone, Purification of the House
Period of Mourning
Post Funeral Ritcs (Sraddha)
Disposal of the Frontal Bone
Concept of the Soul after Death

CHAPTER VI

Social Relations
Family, Village, Grouping, Acquiring or
Losing Membership
Social Structure, Family
Genealogical Tables
Terms of Relationship

CHAPTER VII

Religious Beliefs and Practices
Divine Orders
Images, Rituals of Worship
Religious Festivals and Rituals,
Some Old Shrines and Deities
Meceni Khela, Modon Kam, Kali, Dhoroin Thakur,
Jogannath, Gotsupuna, Satyanarayan, Jitna, Othai-pothi, Goroknath, Devi, Bhandani, Luxmi Dak, Monosha, Utthan-ckadasi, Dhan-Kata, Naya-Khawa, Baruni, Siva-ratri, Dham, Bisua, Chorok, Hudma, Tista-buri, Sales wari, Bhadra-Kali, Dhap-Chandi, Mahakal, Pet-kati, Religious Songs.

CHAPTER VIII

Supernatural Agencies and their Propitiation
Protective Measures
Magical Beliefs and Practices
Charmed Arrow, Exorcism
Village Medicines
Witches

CHAPTER IX

Riddles
Proverbs, Unusual Phenomena.
Common Sayings

CHAPTER X

songs
Music and Musical Instruments
Marriage songs, Love songs, Dotrar Gan,
Gulapeswarier Gan, Chor Churnir Gan, Religious
songs, Siva’s marriage song, Vote song, Girir Addas,
Gua-pañer Gan, Asiba Din.

CHAPTER XI

Quarrel between two villagers
A few texts to show the difference between
Jalpaiguri and Cooch-Behar Dialects

CHAPTER XII

Dialect of the Rajhansis and
an Outline of Grammar

CHAPTER XIII

Vocabulary
Index

List of plates
LIST of Illustrations