Behar proverbs

Author(s)

• Christian, John

Bibliographic Information

Behar proverbs

John Christian

（Trübner's Oriental series, 59 . India : language and literature ; 12）

Routledge, 2000, c1891

[Reprinted ed.]

Note

English and Bihari (Bihari in Devanagari and roman)

"Behar proverbs : classified and arranged according to their subject-matter and translated into English with notes, illustrating the social custom, popular superstition, and every-day life of the people, and giving the tales and folk-lore on which they are founded, with an appendix and two indexes giving the subject of each proverb in English and the important words in Hindi / by John Christian" -- Original t.p.

"First published in 1891 by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & co. Reprinted in 2000 by Routledge" -- T.p. verso

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 2000. This title is Volume XII in the XIV-Volume set titled India: Language and Literature, part of Truber's Oriental Series. This collection present's the author's passion for language. As described in the introduction, Christian argues that Language would be tolerable without epigrammatic sayings, but if we wish to relish language, to point a moral or adorn a tale, we must flavour our speech with proverbs. This title holds six classes, dividing the proverbs into themes: human failings; worldly wisdom; peculiarities; social and moral subjects; agriculture, and animals.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Bihar Proverbs, Appendix, Hindi Verbal Index

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• NCID: BA50344060
• ISBN:
  • 0415245117
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: enginc
• Place of Publication: Loondon
• Pages/Volumes: lvii, 256 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN6519.B57
  • DC19 : 398/.9/9145
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Proverbs, Bihari
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA50322217