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[Hind] An association of thieves and murderers, which has long existed in India, but has been extirpated in all British territories. The special object of their worship was the goddess Bhowani, the Vedic Bhuvani, a name from the same root as the Gr. Phusis, nature.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.