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Distributing appointment orders to 140 Chennai Corporation employees here on Saturday, he said that around 85 per cent of the work meant for the making of a 'singara' Chennai had been completed.
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Distributing appointment orders to 140 Chennai Corporation employees here on Saturday, he said that around 85 per cent of the work meant for the making of a 'singara' Chennai had been completed.
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And thousands of flies buzzed over the stack of jilabi and singara.
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Dhimars of Chhindwara grow _singara_ or water-nut in tanks, and at their weddings a crocodile must be killed and eaten.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The caste has a large number of subdivisions of a local or occupational nature; among occupational names may be mentioned the Singaria or those who cultivate the _singara_ nut, the Nadha or those who live on the banks of streams, the Tankiwalas or sharpeners of grindstones, the
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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He has a monopoly of growing _singara_ [544] or water-nuts in tanks.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The gold ornament called _kantha_ worn on the neck has carvings of the flowers of the _singara_ or water-nut This is a holy plant, the eating of which on fast-days gives purity.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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No music is allowed at the marriage of a widow except the crooked trumpet called _singara_.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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A Mang's sign-manual is a representation of his _bhall-singara_ or castration-knife.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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(fishermen and watermen) are the Singaria, who cultivate the _singara_ or water-nut in tanks, the Tankiwalas or sharpeners of grindstones, the Jhingars or prawn-catchers, the Bansias and Saraias or anglers
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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