Category: Archaeology & Anthropology

The Kacháris

Endle, Sidney, 1840?-1907; Anderson, J. D. (James Drummond), 1852-1920 [Author of introduction, etc.]· 2 chapters· 1,389 words

[54] Pad-jal, i.e., pad a foot, and jal water, "foot-water"; water in which a Gosain has dipped his foot, or (at least) his great toe, and which is therefore looked upon as sacred. It is otherwise known as charanámrita, i.e., charan foot, and ámrita, umtal ambrosia.

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1. Part II, by Dr. Grierson, Calcutta, 1903, pages 1-17 and ff.

2. part 7-15, where the whole subject of the agglutinative verb with its

[54] Pad-jal, i.e., pad a foot, and jal water, "foot-water"; water in which a Gosain has dipped his foot, or (at least) his great toe, and which is therefore looked upon as sacr...