পলিনেশিয়া ও ভারতবর্ষ DD DDD BBDD DBDS SgS BDBD BBYB BiS DBB DBBDS S DBDDBB SDDDDDD SS BD DLLgDDB S D BDBDD পাদ্রী ; বহুকালাবধি পলিনেশিয়ার লোক-সাহিত্য আলোচনা করিতেছেন। ইহঁর বিশ্বাস, প্ৰাচীন হিন্দু-ধৰ্ম্মমতের সঙ্গে পলিনেশিয়ার ধৰ্ম্ম(53 (5 at( "Legends of Mani-a Demigod of Polynesia” অর্থাৎ "মনি-দেবের কাহিনী” নামক গ্রন্থের ভূমিকায় &८छ्छेद्मtङाँ, दक्tिङtछ्न :- 鸭 Several hints of Hindoo-connection are found in the Mani legends. The Polynesians not only ascribed human-attributes to all animal-life with which they were acquainted, but also carried the idea of an alligator or dragon with them, wherever they went. The Polynesians also had the idea of a double-soul inhabiting the body. This is carried out in the ghostlegends more fully than in Mani stories, and yet "the spirit separate from the spirit which never forsakes man, according to Polynesian ideas, was a part of the Mani birth-legends. This spirit, which can be separated or charmed away from the body by incantations, was called the “hau.” an 36 How much these things aid in proving a Hindoo or rather Indian origin for the Polynesians is uncertain, but at least they are of interest along the lines of race-origin."
