The Todas

Lameness, 199, 210, 251

Laments, funeral, 356, 384 et seq., 490

Land, ownership of, 6, 557, 632

Language, 602

Leaf-cup, 75

Leeches, 399

Left hand or side, 92, 145, 239, 273, 342, 355, 366, 528

Levirate, 519

Life-token, 423

Light, reverence to, 34, 213, 437

Limes, used in sorcery, 259

Liver, 281, 284, 286

Lizard, 265

Luck. See Days and Omens.

Macpherson, Lieut., 694

Magic, 249. See Sorcery

Malabar, 378, 459, 641, 688, 696, 698

Malayalam, 250, 254–5, 602, 702

Manu, 698

Marriage, 313, 321, 502
after death, 366, 392, 514, 701
communal, 531

Marshall, Col., 14, 48, 91, 159, 211, 341, 363, 427, 434, 470, 479, 483, 548, 610, 612

Measures, 588

Medicine, 209, 323, 634

Medicine-men, 271

Memorials of dead, 440

Migrations of buffaloes, 123

Milk, given to the dead, 342
restrictions on use of, 68, 102, 370, 406
sanctity of, 68, 231, 239, 429
water regarded as, 318, 327, 329

Milking, 53, 118 [753]

Money, 114, 325, 329, 360, 361, 380, 396, 405–6, 590, 659
Venetian, 590

Monsoon, 188

Months, 590

Moon, new, 132, 157, 167, 169, 170, 175, 291, 300, 315, 319, 327, 368, 389, 390, 411, 436, 590, 592
full, 411, 436, 592
figure in the, 592

Morality, 23, 476, 529

Morgan, Mr. L., 494

Mother-right, 547

Mourning, 339, 343, 355–6, 365, 374, 378, 380, 382
for buffaloes, 356

Mud-house, 313

Mundahs, 697

Murder. See Homicide

Music, 364, 382, 600, 638

Muzzy, Rev. C. F., 15, 287

Mysore, 108, 187, 193, 705

Mythology, 3, 77, 111, 116, 118, 121, 122, 182, 219, 228, 287, 400, 431, 439, 592, 595, 640, 647, 664

Naickers, 698

Nails (of fingers), 103, 268–9, 365, 406

Nairs, 331, 699 et seq., 707, 722

Nambutiris, 699, 701, 707

Name, change of, 625
giving, 332

Names of bells, 115, 117, 120, 208, 656 et seq.
bows, 320
buffaloes, 47, 69, 71, 81, 113
dairies, 43, 113, 117, 119, 649 et seq.
personal, 619
sacred, 216, 614
taboo on, 626

Nasal index, 18, 708

Nicknames, 624

Nine, 160, 415

Numbers, sacred, 412 et seq.
uneven, 154, 412
See also Three, Five, Six, Seven Nine, Sixteen, Eighteen

Numerals, 588

Offerings, 274, 292
to Hindu gods, 457

Omens, 185, 201, 273

Omentum, 283

Opium, 476, 555, 581

Ordination, 144 et seq., 168, 276, 389, 406

Orientation, of houses, 583–4
of dairies, 46, 116, 436

Origin of Todas, 693

Ornaments, 103, 155, 322, 341, 361 376, 382, 528, 563, 579, 728
man wears woman’s, 376, 381

Ouchterlony, Capt., 472, 477

Padfield, Mr. J. E., 698

Pandavas, 613, 695, 699

Panyas, 210, 264, 642

Paramours, 366, 526

Pasturage, 123

Paternity, 548.
See also Fatherhood

Paths, 26, 86, 105, 126, 224, 225

Pedigrees. See Genealogies

Personification, of dairy, 423
of bells, 426–7
of forces of nature, 447

Perumals, 710

Phallic worship, 447

Phonetics, 605

Physical characters of Todas, 18, 707

Pigments, 579

Pigs, 398

Pleiades, 593

Poetry, 600

Polyandry, 2, 464, 515, 531, 533 et seq., 538, 568, 696, 699, 705, 725, 727

Polygyny, 464, 519, 521, 549

Polynesia, 461

Pope, Rev. G. U., 435, 603–4, 610, 702

Population, 471

Porcupine, 267, 594

Possession, of men by gods, 200, 451
of buffaloes, 451

Pot broken at funeral, 383, 698, 701

Pounder, 32, 72, 135, 195, 246, 381–2, 399, 440, 585, 697

Prayer, 65, 76, 92, 94, 96, 98, 114, 126, 128, 135, 136, 137, 138, 149, 163, 168, 173, 174, 180, 182, 192, 204, 207, 211, 213, 235, 270, 278, 286, 288–9, 291, 303, 306, 307, 310, 312, 323, 334, 401, 422, 450, 453, 457, 571, 614, 621, 639, 647
relation to spell, 272

Pregnancy, ceremonies of, 313 et seq., 696

Property, 40, 70, 311, 392, 464, 541, 549, 557

Prophecy, 198 [980]

Propitiation, 274, 292, 311, 401, 449

Punishment, 298, 310, 449
vicarious, 351

Punnett, Mr. R. C., 474, 532, 691

Purgatory, 399

Purification, 92, 144 et seq., 367, 377, 389, 433, 684. See also Dairy, Dairy-vessels, Bathing

Purity, 244