(c)Nature of Rites
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Skeat, Walter William
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17Zabur is the Arabic for “psalm,” especially for the Psalms of David; but the connection here is not very obvious. ↑
18 Another account derives the origin of incense from the eye gum of the Prophet Muhammad’s eyes. ↑
19Infra, Chap. VI. p. 410, infra. ↑
20 This rice is occasionally stained with other colours, e.g. red, green, black (vide pp. 416, 421, infra.) ↑
21 Sometimes it is “dabbed” on the object, sometimes “painted” on it so as to spread as evenly as possible, more rarely “sprinkled.” ↑
22 It is not unfrequently used in medicinal and other ceremonies, e.g. it is tied to each corner of the new mat on which the first-fruits of the rice-harvest are spread out to dry, and to the centre of the long wooden pestle which is used for husking them. ↑
23J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 30, p. 240. ↑
24 According to Favre and v. d. Wall, Hedychium coronarium. ↑
25J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 30, p. 158. ↑
26Vide App. xiii., xxxvi., xxxvii., cli., etc. ↑
27Vide Birth, Marriage, Funerals, Medicine. ↑
28 It was on Jugra Hill, according to tradition, that the Princess of Malacca fasted to obtain eternal youth. ↑
29 Frazer, Golden Bough, vol. i. pp. 9–12. ↑