Note: Please note that though this index has been extracted from the original INDEX in the original book, the page numbers have been removed. Moreover, all contextual words and hints have been removed.

1. Abkari (liquor) license

2. Adultery

3. Agricultural ceremonies

4. Ahtonia scholaris

5. Aiyanar

6. Aiyanar shrines

7. Alagarswami

8. Alangium Laviarckii

9. Albino crow

10. Amman

11. Amman

12. Amputation of finger

13. Ancestor

14. Animal sacrifice

15. Animals

16. Ant

17. Antelope (black-buck)

18. Ant-hill

19. Araikasu Nachiyar

20. Aranai (lizard)

21. Aravan or Kuttandar

22. Areca Catechu

23. Areca nut

24. Arjuna

25. Arka (Calotropis gigantea)

26. Arrack

27. Ashes

28. Astrologer

29. Avaram (Cassia auriculata)

30. Ayilyam festival

31. Ayudha puja

32. Babul (Acacia arabica)

33. Badaga

34. Bael or bilva

35. Bairagi-

36. Bakuda

37. Balanites Roxbiirghii

38. Balija

39. Bamboo

40. Bangle insect

41. Banyan (Ficus bengalensis)

42. Barike

43. Basavi-

44. Bathing

45. Bats

46. Bauhinia variegata

47. Bauri or Bawariya

48. Bead necklets

49. Bear

50. Bedar

51. Bejjo sorcerer

52. Beju sorceress

53. Bells tied on trees

54. Bepari

55. Bestha

56. Betel

57. Bhadrakali

58. Bhagavati

59. Bhairava

60. Bhuthas

61. Bilimagga

62. Billaikavus (cat-eaters)

63. Bird excrement

64. Birds

65. Birth

66. Bison

67. Black buffalo

68. Blood

69. Blood-sucker (lizard)

70. Boar

71. Boddu-rayi (navel-stone)

72. body

73. Bones burnt in lying-in chamber

74. Bottling evil spirits

75. Boundary ceremony

76. Bow and arrow in magic

77. Boyaso

78. Brahman

79. Brahmani bull

80. Branding of body

81. Brinjal (Solatium tnelongcna)

82. Broom

83. Budubudukala

84. Buffalo

85. Bug

86. Bull

87. Burial jars

88. Buteafrondosa

89. Butter

90. Cakes at village festival

91. Camphor

92. Canthium parviflorum

93. Cassia Fistula

94. Castor-oil

95. Cat

96. Cattle

97. Caves as shrines

98. Chameleon

99. Charcoal

100. Charm cylinder

101. Charms used by servants of Europeans

102. Chaudeswari

103. Chauri (yak-tail fan)

104. Chedipe sorceress

105. Chenchu

106. Chenchu Devudu

107. Cheruman

108. Childbirth

109. Chillies

110. Cholam (Sorghum)

111. Cholera

112. Chunam

113. Clay bangles offered to deity

114. Cobra

115. Cochlospermum Gossypium (silkcotton)

116. Cock-fighting

117. Cocoanuti

118. Coffer-fish (Oslracion)

119. Coins

120. Coloured water (arati)

121. Comet

122. Conch

123. Concubines kept by demons

124. Constellations as omens

125. Coorg

126. Coral charm

127. Corpse in sorcery

128. Corpse used in sorcery

129. Cotton seed

130. Cow

131. Cow’s horns

132. Cow-dung

133. Cowry shells in divination and fortunetelling

134. Crab

135. Cremation ground

136. Crocodile

137. Cromlech

138. Cross-roads

139. Crow

140. Crow-pheasant

141. Curds

142. Curls as omens

143. Cutch making

144. Cynodon DaetyIon

145. Dacoity and housebreaking

146. Dakni

147. Dandasi

148. Dasara festival

149. Dasari

150. Date-palm

151. Datura

152. Days

153. Death

154. Debts settled by goddess

155. Deer

156. Deva-dasi (dancing-girl)

157. Devanga

158. Devil dance

159. Devil-dancer-

160. Dharba grass

161. Dipavali festival

162. Dirgayus

163. Dog

164. Dog-god

165. Dolichos Lablab

166. Domb

167. Dommara

168. Donga Dasari

169. Donkey

170. Dreams

171. Drowned persons

172. Dugong

173. Dung beetle

174. Durga puja

175. Ears and tail of dog cut off

176. Earth

177. Earth

178. Earth-eating snake

179. Eclipse

180. Effigy

181. Eggs

182. Ejjugadu sorcerer

183. Elephant

184. Erytkrina indica

185. European casts out devils

186. Evil eye

187. Excommunication

188. Fasting

189. Female

190. Festival

191. Ficus hispida

192. Finger

193. Fire by friction

194. Fire-walking

195. First-born child

196. Fish

197. Fishermen's gods

198. Fishes

199. Fishing-net and trap to catch spirit

200. Flowers

201. Foetus extracted

202. Forefinger unlucky

203. Fortune-teller

204. Four-legged objects

205. Fowl

206. Fox

207. Frenzy during divination or possession

208. Frog

209. Gadaba

210. Gamalla

211. Ganesa

212. Ganga

213. Gangajatra festival

214. Ganja (Indian hemp)

215. Gaping

216. Gavara

217. Gazelle (chinkara)

218. Geometric patterns to cure disease

219. Ghi

220. Gingelly (Sesarium)

221. Givotia rottlerifonnis

222. Goat sacrifice

223. Go-cart on wheels as vehicle of god

224. god

225. Gourd (Lagenaria) used in sorcery

226. Grain

227. Grama devata (village deities)

228. Grandha

229. Grindstone in rain ceremony

230. Gudigara

231. Guest

232. Gul bel (Tinospora cordifolio)

233. Gun fired off to accelerate childbirth

234. Guttalamma

235. Haddi

236. Hair

237. Hair-balls vomited by cows

238. Hamstringing of murderer s corpse

239. Hand

240. Hanged person

241. Hanuman

242. Hare

243. Holeya

244. Holy water

245. Homicide

246. Homicide

247. Hoofs burnt in lying-in chamber

248. Hook-swinging

249. Horn burnt during eclipse

250. Horoscope

251. Horse-

252. House occupation

253. House-building

254. Huligavva

255. Human (meriah) sacrifice

256. human body

257. Human sacrifice

258. Husband's name

259. Hyaena

260. Idaiyan

261. Incense

262. Indra

263. Infanticide

264. Insect in death ceremony

265. Insects as omens

266. Iron against evil eye

267. Irula

268. Ivory beads worn as charm

269. Jackal

270. Jagganatha temple

271. Jaggery

272. Jaggery

273. Jak (Artocarpus integrifolia)

274. Janappan

275. Jasmine

276. Jogis

277. Jokumara rain-making ceremony

278. Journey

279. Jupiter

280. Kadir

281. Kaikolan

282. Kakkalan

283. Kali or Durga

284. Kalian

285. Kalla Alagar

286. Kamma

287. Kammalan

288. Kaniyan-

289. Kannimar

290. Kappiliyan

291. Kapu-

292. Karamadai festival

293. Kavadi

294. Kevuto

295. Khatri

296. Kodalamma ; Kolapuriamma

297. Kodumpavi

298. Kolaramma

299. Koliyan

300. Konda Dora

301. Kondhin

302. Konga Vellala

303. Koraga

304. Korama

305. Korava or Yerukala

306. Kota

307. Koyi

308. Kudubi

309. Kudumi (caste)

310. Kumbara

311. Kunkumam (red powder)

312. Kuruba

313. Kurumba

314. Kuruvikkaran

315. Kusavan potter

316. Kuttichattan

317. Lakshmi or Lutchmi

318. Lambadi or Brinjari

319. Lamp and wick

320. Leaf garments

321. Leaf-cup

322. Leather

323. Leaves

324. Leopard

325. Leprosy

326. Lime fruit

327. Lingadar bottles evil spirits

328. Lingam.

329. Lingayat

330. Lizard

331. Looking-glass (mirror)

332. Loris

333. Love philtre

334. Madiga

335. Magicians pretend to cure disease

336. Magnesite

337. Mahseer

338. Mala

339. Malai Vellala

340. Malaiali

341. Malayan

342. Mammals

343. Mandula

344. Mango

345. Mannarsala

346. Mantram

347. Mantrasara

348. Mappillaiii

349. Maravan

350. Mariamma

351. Markandeya

352. Marks

353. Marriage of bachelor after death

354. Marriage pots

355. Matangi

356. Meals

357. Melkote temple

358. Menstruation

359. Mercury cups

360. Meriah sacrifice

361. Metal bowls

362. Metal votive

363. Milk

364. Milk-hedge (Euphorbia Tirucalli)

365. Mimusops hexandra

366. Minige (Argyreia) in Badaga ceremony

367. miracles

368. Mohwa or ippa (Bassia)

369. Mondi mendicant

370. Monkey

371. Monster

372. Months

373. Moon

374. Moon-shaped amulets

375. Morning

376. Mosque at Manarghat

377. Mosquito

378. Mouse

379. Mouth-lock

380. Muduvar

381. Muhammadan

382. Mungoose

383. Muni or Munisvara

384. Munro

385. Murrel (Ophiocephalus)

386. Museum

387. Musk in agricultural ceremony

388. Mustard in evil eye ceremony

389. Nagarapanchami

390. Nail-cuttings burnt against evil eye

391. Nalke devil-dancer

392. Nambiathy priest at snake shrine

393. Names

394. Nandi (sacred bull)

395. Nattukottai Chetti

396. Nayadi

397. NayarIII

398. Netra mangalya

399. Nim or margosa (Melia Azadirachta)

400. Nobili

401. Nudity

402. Nukalamma

403. Numbers

404. Odde

405. Odi cult

406. Odina Wodier

407. Odiyan

408. Offspring

409. Oil

410. Oleander (Nerium)

411. Omens

412. Ordeal

413. Ordure

414. Owl

415. painted

416. Palivan

417. Pallan

418. Palli

419. Palm - leaf book

420. Palmyra palm

421. Palni shrine

422. Pampanmekkat (snake guardian)

423. Panan

424. Panchagavyam

425. Panchamritham

426. Pandanus fascicularis

427. Pandavas

428. Pandu kuli supposed to contain

429. Paniyan

430. Pano

431. Paraiyan

432. Paraiyan (Pariah) Malayalam

433. Parasurama

434. Parava devil-dancer

435. Parivaram

436. Partridge

437. Pavai (sorcery effigy)

438. Peacock

439. Pepper in magic ceremony

440. Periyapalayam

441. Phaseolus Alungo

442. Pig

443. Pigeon

444. Pipal (Ficus religiosa)

445. Placenta

446. Plague-

447. Plantain

448. Plunibago zeylanica

449. Pollution and purification

450. Pompada devil-dancer

451. Pongal festival

452. Porcupine

453. Portuguese

454. Possession of men by gods

455. Pot broken at boundary

456. Prayogasara

457. Pregnancy

458. Pregnant corpses exposed in jungle

459. Prehistoric stone cells offered at shrines

460. Priapi to ward off evil eye

461. Prophecy

462. Puberty

463. Pulaya

464. Pulluvan

465. Pumpkin

466. Puri

467. Quail

468. Quivering of animals

469. Ragi (Eleusine Coracana)

470. Rags tied to bushes and trees

471. Rahu

472. Rain caused by monsters in the air

473. Rama

474. Rama tanka

475. Ramanuja

476. Rat-snake (Zamenis)

477. Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus)

478. Reptiles

479. Rice

480. Rice at agricultural ceremonies

481. Right and left hand factions

482. Rings worn as amulets

483. Roller or blue jay-

484. Russell's viper

485. Sacrifice

486. Sahavasi

487. Sakti

488. Sakuna Pakshi

489. Salagrama stone

490. Saliva

491. Salt

492. Sandal (Santalum)

493. Sandals offered to deity

494. Sand-snake (Eryx Johnii)

495. Sanyasi

496. Sarasvati

497. Savara

498. Scorpion

499. season

500. Sedan

501. Sembadavan

502. Servile classes

503. Setaria italica (tenai)

504. Seven

505. Shadow of European thrown on a feast

506. Shanan

507. Shark-charmer

508. Sheep sacrifice

509. Shoe-leather

510. Shoes in lying-in chamber

511. Sickle

512. Sin

513. Siva

514. Skewer through cheeks and tongue

515. Skull human used in sorcery

516. Sleep

517. Slippers

518. Smallpox

519. Smasanakollai festival

520. Snake

521. Snake charmers

522. Snake wood tree

523. Snake-bite

524. Snakes

525. Sneezing

526. Sonaga

527. Sparrow-

528. Spider

529. Spitting

530. Square

531. Squirrel

532. Sradh (anniversary ceremony for dead)

533. Sravana Belgola

534. Srinivasa fish

535. Sterility

536. Stone

537. Stones piled up as vow

538. Strangers

539. Stryichnos Nux-vomica

540. Sugar

541. Sukra

542. Sun

543. Superstitions

544. Suttee

545. Sword balanced on pot

546. Syphilis

547. Tali

548. Tamarind

549. Teeth

550. Telli

551. Temple car-festival

552. Terminalia tomentosa

553. Teyyambadi

554. Thanda Pulayan

555. Thelyphonus (whip-scorpion)

556. Thorns fixed to door

557. Thread

558. Thulabharam ceremony

559. Thunder

560. Tiger

561. Tipu Sultan

562. Tirupati (Tirumala)

563. Tiyan-

564. Toad

565. Tobacco

566. Toda

567. Toddy

568. Torch

569. Tortoise

570. Tottiyan

571. Treading on charm

572. Treasure

573. Tree of testimony as charm

574. Tree-snake

575. Trisula (Siva's trident)

576. Tud (Meliosma pungens) in Badaga

577. Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum)

578. Turban

579. Turmeric

580. Twins

581. Umbilical cord-

582. Umbrella

583. Uncle

584. Urali

585. Urine of animals as omen

586. Vada

587. Valaiyan

588. Valluvan magician

589. Valmiki

590. Varuna

591. Varuna japam

592. Velama

593. Velichchapad

594. Vellalan

595. vendors

596. Venus

597. Vettiyan grave-digger

598. Vettuvan

599. Vigna Catiajig seeds as omens

600. Viramushti

601. Virgin and Child

602. Vishnupad (feet of Vishnu)

603. Vishu festival

604. Vontigadu ceremony

605. Vow of silence

606. Vulture

607. Washing of feet

608. Water poured on footsteps

609. Water-snake

610. Wave offering

611. White-ant

612. Whooping-cough caused by Bhairava

613. Widow

614. Winnowing basket

615. Wolf

616. Wooden figures carved at Tirupati

617. Woodpecker

618. Wool of black sheep

619. Words

620. Yanadi

621. Yantram-

622. Yantrasara

623. Yerakamma

624. Yerukala

625. Yerukala.

626. Yetah fish (Bagaritts)

627. Yogi