 | 1792 - 530 pages
...near Be, pares, it is the pvaftice for the perfon who is to be tried by this kind of ordeal to ftand in water up to his navel, and then, holding the foot of a Brahman, to dive ur.der it as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently : if, before the man has walked thus far,... | |
 | English literature - 1790 - 688 pages
...the practice for the perfon who is to be tried by this kind of Orde.il, to Hand in water up to hie navel, and then, holding the foot of a Brahman, to dive under it as long as a man can walk fitly paces very gently : if, before ihe man has walked thus far, the accufed rife above the water,... | |
 | James P. Gilchrist - Dueling - 1821 - 406 pages
...this kind of ordeal, to stand in w^ter up to his navel; and, then, holding the foot of a Brachman, to dive under it as long as a man can walk fifty paces...gently. If, before the man has walked thus far, the accused rise above the water, he is condemned : if not, acquitted. A very peculiar species of "Water... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 856 pages
...practice for the person who is to be tried by this kind pf ordeal, to stand in water up to his navel, anil then, holding the foot of a brahman, to dive under...gently ; if before the man has walked thus far, the accused, rise above the water, he is condemned ; if not, acquitted. A very peculiar species of water... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1862 - 578 pages
...nothing Bardesanes' Lake of Probation, the accused is made to stand in water, either flowing or stagnant, up to his navel, and then holding the foot of a Brahman, to dive and remain under as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently, or till two men have fetched back... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction VOL.XXXII - 1838 - 474 pages
...near Benares, it is the practice for the person, who is to be tried by this kind of ordeal, to stand in water up to his navel, and then, holding the foot...Brahman, to dive under it as long as a man can walk titty paces very gently : if, before the man has walked thus far, the accused rise above the water,... | |
 | 1838 - 472 pages
...near Benares, it is the practice for the person, who is to be tried by this kind of ordeal, to stand in water up to his navel, and then, holding the foot of a lirahman, to dive under it as long as a man can walk fifty paces veiy gently : if, before the man has... | |
 | Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx - India - 1873 - 298 pages
...Bardesanes' Lake of Probation — the accused is made, to stand in water either flowing or stagnant up to his navel, and then holding the foot of a Brahman to dive and remain under as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently, or till two men have fetched back... | |
 | Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx - India - 1873 - 280 pages
...Bardesanes' Lake of Probation — the accused is made, to stand in water either flowing or stagnant up to his navel, and then holding the foot of a Brahman to dive and remain under as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently, or till two men have fetched back... | |
 | D. C. Sircar - History - 1996 - 326 pages
...near Benares, it is the practice for the person, who is to be tried by this kind of ordeal, to stand in water up to his navel, and then holding the foot of a Brähmana, to dive under it as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently. If, before the man has... | |
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In the villages near Banares, it is the practice for the person, who is to be tried by this kind of ordeal, to stand in water up to his navel, and then, holding the foot of a Brahman, to dive under it as long as a man can walk fifty paces very gently... 
