Khond
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After the Khond rising of 1882 in Kālāhandi these were confiscated and bows and arrows given in lieu of them.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
In these Khond sacrifices the Meriahs are represented by our authorities as victims offered to propitiate the Earth Goddess.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
The Dravidian languages, Gondi, Kurukh and Khond, are of one family with Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Canarese, and their home is the south of India.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
The Khond priests may indulge in any occupation except war; but some exercise only their priestcraft and do nothing else.
From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn
This later view of the Meriah as a victim rather than a divinity may perhaps have received undue emphasis from the European writers who have described the Khond religion.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
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