{ "book_metadata": { "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials", "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose", "publisher": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge", "published_on": "2011" }, "chunks": [ { "chunk_index": 1, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 61 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00085-ec56858591673180a179.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "chunk_data": "55. EDICT OF THE GOA INQUISITION (1736 A.D.)", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Goa", "India" ], "event": "The Goa Inquisition issued an edict in 1736.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Law", "Colonialism" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 2, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 61 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00085-ec56858591673180a179.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Purpose of the Edict", "chunk_data": "This edict was issued by the Goa Inquisition with special reference to Indian conditions. It emphasised the abandonment of Hindu and Muslim customs, which had been retained by some of the converts. The full text may be seen in Cunha Rivara, Ensaio Historico da Lingua Cocani, pp. 370-380 (doc. 59). Cited in Priolkar, The Goa Inquisition, pp. 97-107.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Cunha Rivara", "Priolkar" ], "places": [ "Goa", "India" ], "event": "The edict emphasized that converts should abandon retained Hindu and Muslim customs.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Law", "Conversion" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 3, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 61, 62 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00085-ec56858591673180a179.webp", "raw\\pages\\00086-fd641382a984c448cdab.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Scope of the Order", "chunk_data": "By virtue of Holy Obedience and under the sanction of spiritual and temporal punishments incurred by those who disobey Apostolic Mandates, we order all persons, born natives of India as well as of any other nation, who are resident in the island of Goa and the adjoining islands of the sub-district of Salseta and Bardez, both that ecclesiastic and lay people, whatever their grade, order, status, condition dignity or pre-eminence, exempt or not exempt, they faithfully and fully comply with and conform to all that we by this edict resolve with the object of condemning and prohibiting for all time the customs referred to in the preamble, in the manner undermentioned.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Goa", "Salseta", "Bardez", "India" ], "event": "The Goa Inquisition ordered residents to obey the edict under spiritual and temporal penalties.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Law", "Inquisition" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 4, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 62 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00086-fd641382a984c448cdab.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Ban on Wedding Instruments", "chunk_data": "All the natives of India, resident in the island of Goa and other adjacent islands and in the sub-districts of Salsete and Bardez, are hereby ordered that during the celebration of their marriages before or after it or on occasions connected herewith, they should not use Gaitas, or other Hindu musical instruments, as they have been accustomed to do till now.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Goa", "Salsete", "Bardez" ], "event": "The edict prohibited Hindu musical instruments at Christian weddings.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Marriage", "Culture" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 5, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 62 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00086-fd641382a984c448cdab.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Restrictions on Wedding Guests", "chunk_data": "The said natives of India are hereby ordered that they should not invite, at the time of fixing their weddings, making payment of dowry, or giving wedding presents, relatives of the bridegroom and bride, whether male or female, who commonly are known as Daijis or Gotris, to attend such functions; and should any of them happen to be present uninvited, he should not be the one who receives in the name of the bridegroom dowry or wedding presents from the bride, but this work should be done by the parents or guardians of the bridegroom or, if desired, by any other respectable person, whether ecclesiastic or secular, who may be authorised for the purpose by the bridegroom or bride.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Daijis", "Gotris" ], "places": [ "Goa" ], "event": "The edict restricted the participation of Daijis or Gotris in wedding arrangements and dowry exchanges.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Marriage", "Law" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 6, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 62 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00086-fd641382a984c448cdab.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Ban on Wedding Offerings", "chunk_data": "The said natives of India are hereby ordered that when dowry is taken to the house of the bridegroom, wedding presents are handed, or betrothals are celebrated and in any other functions pertaining to wedding whether held on, before or after the wedding day, they should not send from the house of the bridegroom to that of the bride, or vice-versa, flowers of any kind, betel leaves, areca-nuts or any other thing which could be substituted in the absence of these prohibited objects.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Goa" ], "event": "The edict prohibited exchanging flowers, betel leaves, areca nuts, and substitutes during wedding functions.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Marriage", "Culture" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 7, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 62 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00086-fd641382a984c448cdab.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Prohibition of Vovios", "chunk_data": "The same natives of India are hereby ordered that on the occasions of their marriages and all other functions which they might order or direct to take place for solemnising marriages, either in the house of the bridegroom or the bride, songs, which it is customary to sing in the language of the land and are commonly known as vovios, should not be sung, either publicly or in private; and when they desire to hold old celebrations in demonstration of their joy, this should not be done with songs which may have a resemblance with the said vovios; and female relatives or Daijis of the bridegroom should never sing in such functions.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Daijis" ], "places": [ "Goa" ], "event": "The edict prohibited the singing of vovios and similar wedding songs.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Marriage", "Culture" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 8, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 62, 63 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00086-fd641382a984c448cdab.webp", "raw\\pages\\00087-a16459b799aca0be105c.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Control of Wedding Preparations", "chunk_data": "The said natives of India are hereby ordered that on the occasion of their marriages whether in the house of the bridegroom or bride or at any other place, they should not commence on fixed days preceding the marriage, to crush rice, grind condiments or flour, fry cakes and prepare other things necessary for wedding feasts; nor should these services be carried out in the first place by any particular relative or Daiji of the bridegroom or bride. These preparations should be started at such opportune time as may be convenient to expedite things and with the participation therein simultaneously of as many persons as may be necessary, without any order of preference, or respect for any custom so far observed.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Daijis" ], "places": [ "Goa" ], "event": "The edict regulated the timing and customary order of preparations for wedding feasts.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Marriage", "Law" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 9, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 63 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00087-a16459b799aca0be105c.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Ban on Wedding Anointing", "chunk_data": "The same natives are hereby ordered that in the functions of their marriages or other functions which may be ordered or directed to take place in connection therewith, they should not anoint the bridegroom or bride, either together or separately, with a mixture of ground saffron, milk, coconut oil, rice powder, crushed leaves of abolim or any other things, especially on the day of the betrothal, the eighth day preceding marriage, the day preceding marriage, the day of marriage, the day following marriage or the third, fifth or eighth day following marriage.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Goa" ], "event": "The edict prohibited traditional saffron, milk, oil, rice powder, and leaf anointing ceremonies for brides and bridegrooms.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Marriage", "Culture" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 10, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 63 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00087-a16459b799aca0be105c.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Birth on Raw Rice", "chunk_data": "The said natives of India are hereby ordered that when their sons and daughters are born, they should not be received at birth or placed after they are born on raw rice.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Goa" ], "event": "The edict prohibited placing newborn children on raw rice.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Family", "Culture" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 11, "chapter_name": "55. 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When they believe that special care of children is necessary against the risk which children run on that day, they should not perform any act or ceremony which would exceed the requirements of such care.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [], "places": [ "Goa" ], "event": "The edict prohibited public or private banquets and vigils on the sixth day after a child's birth.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Family", "Culture" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 12, "chapter_name": "55. 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Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 63 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00087-a16459b799aca0be105c.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Christian Regulation of Fasting", "chunk_data": "The said natives of India are hereby ordered that they should not observe fasts on the eleventh day of the new moon or full moon, nor on any other days on which the Hindus are accustomed to fast in observance of their sect, and when it happens that on such days they have the duty to fast according to the teachings of the Church, they should do so in conformity with the said teaching, but the fast should be observed in the manner of the Christians and not in the manner in which the Hindus are accustomed to fast, not eating or drinking any thing except at night and using only dry food and fruit.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Hindus" ], "places": [ "Goa" ], "event": "The edict prohibited Hindu fasting observances and prescribed Christian forms of fasting.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Fasting", "Conversion" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 14, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 64 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00088-c46b45a4aecc36978929.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Restrictions on Hindu Dress", "chunk_data": "that men should not either in public or at home wear Purvem (dhoti) as it is the custom of Hindu men to do and that women should not wear cholis, as it is the custom of Hindu women to do...", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Hindu men", "Hindu women" ], "places": [ "Goa" ], "event": "The edict prohibited Christian men from wearing the dhoti and Christian women from wearing cholis.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Clothing", "Culture" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 15, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 64 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00088-c46b45a4aecc36978929.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Prohibition of Hindu Names", "chunk_data": "The said natives of India and all residents of the said districts, even the Portuguese, are hereby ordered that they should not refer to or address any Christian person by the name or surname of a Hindu.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Portuguese" ], "places": [ "Goa", "Salsete", "Bardez" ], "event": "The edict prohibited addressing Christians by Hindu names or surnames.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Identity", "Law" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 16, "chapter_name": "55. Edict of the Goa Inquisition", "page_numbers": [ 64 ], "image_paths": [ "raw\\pages\\00088-c46b45a4aecc36978929.webp" ], "chunk_title": "Christian Festival Regulations", "chunk_data": "The said natives of India and all the residents of the said districts, even the Portuguese, are hereby ordered that in the processions, camisades or any other festivals which they may hold in praise of God or His saints, no Christian individual should go clothed in Hindu apparel, nor should Hindus be admitted in the said functions for dancing or participating in any entertainment nor should in these be used rabanas, gaithas or any other Hindu musical instruments which the Hindus are accustomed to use in the solemnities of their temples. Christians may use Hindu apparel only in dance which it is the custom to present on the day of the conversion of St. Paul, or in any other similar genuine representation.", "time": { "start_year": 1736, "start_month": null, "start_date": null, "end_year": 1736, "end_month": null, "end_date": null, "time_display": "1736 AD" }, "meta": { "people": [ "Portuguese", "St. Paul" ], "places": [ "Goa", "Salsete", "Bardez" ], "event": "The edict regulated clothing, participation, dancing, and musical instruments at Christian festivals.", "tags": [ "Religion", "Festivals", "Culture" ] } }, { "chunk_index": 17, "chapter_name": "55. 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