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Example sentences for "jogi"

Lexicographically close words:
jogging; joggle; joggled; joggles; joggling; jography; jogs; joi; joie; joies
  1. Fazil had not recognized the Fakeer of the King's Durbar, nor the Jogi of the temple; but there was a vague impression on his mind that he had seen the face under other circumstances.

  2. The silence was becoming oppressive, though only of a few moments' duration, when Fazil observed the Jogi twitch the sleeve of the Lalla's garment as a sign to begin.

  3. The old Jogi is some one, I think, in disguise, but it is well done.

  4. Hast thou forgotten the Jogi of the temple?

  5. Was this the old Jogi of the temple of Beejapoor?

  6. The Kudumi often belongs to the Irula or Jogi caste.

  7. Are women clad themselves in black or red garments, whereas Jogi women are said to wear white cloths.

  8. Both the Are and Jogi sections speak Marathi, and the latter are considered inferior to the former, who will not eat in their houses.

  9. The sahib turned his face towards the temple, and, as he did so, the jogi threw the thing he swung at him.

  10. After the jogi had tied the money in his loin-cloth he touched the mark on the sahib's forehead with his finger, and, lo!

  11. So there was peace between the Gods and Clements Sahib until the jogi had received three payments.

  12. Tulsi Ram,' said he to me one day, 'tell the old jogi of the temple of Gannesha that I desire speech with him.

  13. Ah,' he exclaimed, 'that was what the old jogi put on me.

  14. The conclusion of hostilities and ratification of peace after a Bhil fight was marked by the solemn administration of opium to all present by the Jogi or Gammaiti priests.

  15. After this the Jogi lets all his hair grow until he comes to some great shrine, when he shaves it off clean and gives it as an offering to the god.

  16. A person belonging to any such caste can also be admitted into the Jogi community.

  17. Even as a full Jogi he still retains the scalp-lock, and this is not finally shaved off until he turns into a Sanniasi or forest recluse.

  18. Taking advantage of this, and having obtained all the information he could pick up among the neighbours, the Jogi would suddenly appear in the character of the returned wanderer, and was often successful in keeping up the imposture for years.

  19. When a Jogi is initiated the Guru gives him a single bead of rudraksha wood which he wears on a string round his neck.

  20. The attendant of the shrine says that this was milk in the olden days, but a greedy Jogi boiled his rice in it and since then the supply has ceased.

  21. In Muzaffarnagar, when hail begins they pray at once to two noted demons, Ismail Jogi and Nona Chamarin, and ring a bell in a Saiva temple to scare the demon.

  22. In the same way two great witches, Lona Chamarin and Ismail the Jogi are often invoked.

  23. Having come to recognize the vanity of earthly things, this king one day left his throne and went as a jogi {ascetic} afar into the desert.

  24. Then for a long space did Vikramaditya diligently fulfill that command; but by and by, growing aweary of feeding the Vetala Agni, he sought counsel of the jogi Trilokanatha, who had his dwelling on the mount of Kanahakrita.

  25. But still the jogi sat with his face turned away, and the more the king pressed him the more silent and mysterious he became.

  26. But of course the jogi was prepared for this, and had his answer ready.

  27. The pupils set off at once, wondering at the strangeness of their errand, and still more at the holiness of the jogi to whom such secrets were revealed.

  28. To this the jogi consented; and thus he lived for some time upon the king's bounty, whilst the fame of his godliness grew day by day.

  29. And so solemn he appeared, and so unshaken in his confidence, that the king's wisdom was blinded, and he declared that he would do whatever the jogi advised, and believe whatever he said.

  30. The jogi tried to follow, but he was no match for her; so, beside himself with rage at finding that he could not overtake her, he flung at her a lance, which wounded her in the leg.

  31. So the jogi directed him to send him secretly two carpenters; and when they arrived he set them to make a great chest, so cunningly jointed and put together that neither air nor water could penetrate it.

  32. But the jogi refused to tread the halls of a king, saying that his dwelling was the open air, and that if his Majesty wished to see him he must come himself and bring his wife to the place.

  33. When the king heard this he was very angry and ordered the jogi to be executed.

  34. There is present at the slaughter of these beasts a JOGI (priest) who has charge of the temple, and as soon as they cut off the head of the sheep or goat this JOGI blows a horn as a sign that the idol receives that sacrifice.

  35. The Jogi disappeared, the tramp of a procession became audible, and soon torches glared feebly through the damp, cheerless dawn.

  36. His hair had already become as matted and his nails as long as the Jogi could have desired, when he received a visit from another royal messenger.

  37. But once more the Jogi raised his arm and all was still: nature lay breathless, as if awaiting the effect of his tremendous spells.

  38. That Jogi it was, you now know, who sent you to fetch me back to him on your back.

  39. The Jogi also went to rest in one part of the house, but did not allow sleep to close his eyes.

  40. The jogi briefly replied, "Come sit down, both of ye.

  41. The jogi replied, "O king, since you have come, just perform one piece of business.

  42. As the Jogi Madhusadan proceeded with his incantation, a white vapour arose from the ground, and, gradually condensing, assumed a perispiritual form—the fluid envelope of the soul.

  43. The jogi briefly replied, ‘Come sit down, both of ye.

  44. The jogi replied, ‘O king, since you have come, just perform one piece of business.

  45. These five articles are necessaries, but as an extra precaution the amulet contained some crude gold, a whorled shell, an ancient copper coin, some ashes from the fire of a Jogi ascetic, and the five ingredients of the sacred incense.

  46. In one of the Santal tales, [298] the bamboo grows from the grave of the murdered girl, and remonstrates when the Jogi goes to cut it, but out of a piece he finally makes a flute of wondrous sweetness.

  47. A sect of the Bairagi, Gosain and Jogi orders of mendicants.

  48. The jogi brought your mother this way, go on and you will overtake them.

  49. When the Jogi came back the next year the poor man paid him the twenty rupees.

  50. The Raja wanted to keep the younger one, but the Jogi insisted and the younger boy whispered to his mother not to mind as he would soon come back by himself; so they let him go.

  51. Then the Jogi said "I will not take elephants or horses or money, but you shall give me the child which is born first and any born afterwards shall be yours, do you agree?

  52. The brothers were fond of the girl, but in their despair at seeing their labour wasted they agreed to give the advice of the Jogi a trial.

  53. The Jogi was called Sitari Jogi and he was a Raja in his own country.

  54. When the bamboos had grown very big, a Jogi came by that way and cut them down, making from them two flutes.

  55. They followed as hard as they could and caught up the Jogi on the banks of a river; then they tried to shoot him, but their arrows were powerless against him, and he by magic turned the seven brothers into stones.


  56. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jogi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.