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Updated: May 2, 2025
"It's the janeo, or sacred cord worn by the three highest of the original Hindu castes as a symbol of their second or spiritual birth and to mark the distinction between their noble twice-born selves and the lower caste once-born Súdras. "Oh, I see. But where did you get it?" asked the engineer. "Off the body of the second man that I shot, together with the pistol and pocket-book.
Now, Bhuttias do not wear the janeo, not being Hindus. But high-caste Hindus do and a Brahmin would never be without it." "Oh, no. So you mean that the man wasn't a Bhuttia?" "This is the last exhibit, as they say in the Law Courts," said Dermot, producing a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles. "You don't find Bhuttias wearing these." "By Jove, no," said Granger, taking them up and trying them.
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