1 The following couplet mentions all of them:
अश्वत्थामा बलिर्व्यासो हनूमांश्च बिभीषणः ।
कृपः परशुरामश्च सप्तैते चिरजीविनः ॥
2 K. D. Desai, from the answers of various Schoolmasters. ↑
3 A group of gods supposed to be inferior manifestations of Shiva, who is said to be the head of the group. ↑
4 The Schoolmaster of Vasavad. ↑
5 The Schoolmaster of Rajpara. ↑
6 Kundalan is the circle formed round the utār by a bhuvā, after he has placed the utār in a cemetery or over a crossway.—The Schoolmaster of Dadvi. ↑
7 The Schoolmaster of Dadvi. ↑
8 This is the day to learn such arts as that of muth, chot, māran, etc., i.e., the art of doing bodily injuries by means of magic even to persons who are at a distant place. The process is gone through in a cemetery at the dead of night.—The Schoolmaster of Rajpara. ↑
9 The Schoolmaster of Limbdi Taluka. ↑
10 A poisonous plant, the leaves of which are used in fomenting in cases of palpitation and of stomach troubles.—The Deputy Educational Inspector, Prānt Hālār. ↑
11 The Deputy Educational Inspector, Prānt Hālār. ↑
12 The Schoolmaster of Lilapur. ↑
13 The Schoolmaster of Songadh. ↑
14 The Schoolmaster of Ganod. ↑
15 The panoti cannot affect anybody who has an elder male relative living, i.e., it influences only the eldest male member of a family.—K. D. Desai. ↑
16 The Schoolmaster of Jodia. ↑
17 The Schoolmaster of Sanka. ↑
18 The Schoolmaster of Dadvi. ↑
20 A sweet preparation of wheat flour fried in ghi. ↑
21 Sweet balls of wheat flour fried and afterwards soaked in ghi. ↑
22 Small biscuit-sized cakes of pulse flour treated with spices and fried in oil—K. D. Desai. ↑
23 The Schoolmaster of Rajpara. ↑
24 A ghāni is that quantity of oil seeds which is put in at one time to be crushed in an oil mill. ↑
26 The Schoolmaster of Aman. ↑
27 The Shastri of Jetpur Pāthashālā. ↑
28 A mixture of milk, honey, curds, sugar and ghi. ↑
29 The Schoolmaster of Rajpara. ↑
30 The Schoolmaster of Kolki. ↑
31 The Schoolmaster of Ganod. ↑
32 The Vasus are a class of deities, eight in number, and are often collectively called Ashtāvasus. ↑
34 The Shastri of Jetpur Pāthāshālā. ↑
35 The Schoolmaster of Rajpara. ↑
36 The Schoolmaster of Charadwa. ↑
37 The Schoolmaster of Dhhank. ↑
38 Vide Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. VIII, page 414. ↑
39 Māyā, in philosophy, means the illusion, by virtue of which one considers the unreal universe as existent and distinct from the supreme spirit. Here it means the effect of māyā, the unreal splendour of the world, in fact phenomena opposed to the noumenon. ↑
40 The Schoolmaster of Dhhank. ↑
41 The Schoolmaster of Ganod. ↑
42 Kori may mean either a new garment or an unused earthen jar. ↑
43 The Schoolmaster of Ganod. ↑
45 The Schoolmaster of Dadvi. ↑
46 The Schoolmaster of Kolki. ↑
47 The Schoolmaster of Chok. ↑
48 The Schoolmaster of Mota Devalia. ↑
49 An offering of all sorts of dainties and vegetables. ↑
50 The Schoolmaster of Chhatrasa. ↑
51 Milk and rice boiled together and sweetened with sugar. ↑
52 I. e. persons who have taken the vow of celibacy. ↑
53 The Schoolmaster of Mojidad. ↑
54 The Shastri of Jetpur Pāthashālā. ↑
55 The Schoolmaster of Patanvav. ↑
56 The Schoolmaster of Sultanpur. ↑
57 The Schoolmaster of Luvaria. ↑
58 The Schoolmaster of Aman. ↑
59 The Schoolmaster of Charadwa. ↑
60 The Schoolmaster of Charadwa. ↑
61 The Schoolmaster of Limbdi Taluka. ↑
62 Nehado is the residence of Bharvāds or shepherds. ↑
63 The Schoolmaster of Zinzuwada. ↑
64 The Schoolmaster of Zinzuwada. ↑
65 The Schoolmaster of Jodia. ↑
66 The Schoolmaster of Goda. ↑
67 The Schoolmaster of Lilapur. ↑
68 The Schoolmaster of Jasdan. ↑
69 The Schoolmaster of Jasdan. ↑
70 The Schoolmaster of Upleta. ↑
71 The Schoolmaster of Gondal Taluka and the Head Mistress of girls’ school, Gondal. ↑
72 The Schoolmaster of Movaiya. ↑
73 The Schoolmaster of Sayala. ↑
75 The Schoolmaster of Khirasara. ↑
76 The Schoolmaster of Chhatrasa. ↑
77 The Schoolmasters of Jodia and Khirasara. ↑
78 The celebrated serpent of one thousand heads who supports all the worlds. ↑
79 The Schoolmaster of Rajpara. ↑
80 The Schoolmasters of Chhatrasa and Rajpara. ↑
82 The Shastri of Jetpur Pāthashālā. ↑
83 The Schoolmasters of Khirasara, Jetpur and Rajpara. ↑
84 The Schoolmasters of Chhatrasa and Jetpur. ↑
85 The Schoolmaster of Jodia. ↑
88 The Schoolmaster of Chhatrasa. ↑
89 The time taken by the sun to move through the constellations Ashleshā and Maghā, which is approximately the month of August. ↑
90 The Shastri of Jetpur Pāthashālā. ↑
91 The Schoolmaster of Kotda-Sangani. ↑
92 The Schoolmaster or Dadvi. ↑
93 Generally the same ideas prevail regarding diseases of cattle as in the case of human ailments. Dorās or magical threads and slips of paper are often used in cases of fever. In epidemics like cholera pollution is believed to be at the root of the evil. Bhangis are engaged to prepare images of corn to keep off the disease, and they forfeit their homesteads and property if the epidemic is not checked thereby.—The Schoolmaster of Barton Female Training College, Rajkot. (These images represent evil spirits presiding over particular diseases. Certain oblations are offered to these evil spirits, and after the recital of certain incantations they are either burnt or buried.) ↑
94 The Schoolmaster of Dadvi. ↑
95 The Schoolmaster of Mota-Devalia. ↑
96 Small round cakes of wheat flour sweetened with molasses and fried in ghi. ↑
97 The Schoolmaster of Dhhank. ↑
98 A preparation of fine gram flour treated with spices, which after being made into a thick paste, is passed through a sieve into boiling oil. ↑
99 The Schoolmaster of Kolki. ↑
100 The Schoolmaster of Dhhank. ↑
101 Shrisakhā, Gājidhanā and Pitabhavā are most probably corruptions of Shrishasakhā, Gāndivadhanvā and Prithābhava respectively; Lalanlārkhā perhaps of Lalāma narākhya. ↑
102 The Schoolmaster of Ganod. ↑
103 The Schoolmaster of Kolki. ↑
104 A disease which causes severe pain in the stomach of the affected animal. ↑
105 A disease which stiffens the limbs of animals and renders them incapable of any movement. ↑
106 The word chela in ordinary language means a pancake (pudalo) of wheat or gram, sweet or salt, and it is a favourite oblation to Mātā. So the word chelan may have come to be used for any oblation to Mātā and the expression swallowing the chelans may mean partaking of the oblation or offering of the Mātā. ↑
107 The Schoolmaster of Kolki. ↑
108 The Schoolmaster of Kolki. ↑
109 The Shastri of Jetpur Pāthashālā. ↑
110 The Schoolmaster of Ganod. ↑
111 The Schoolmaster of Ganod. ↑
112 The Schoolmaster of Moti Murad. ↑
113 The Schoolmaster of Chhatrasa. ↑
114 The Schoolmaster of Jodia and Dodiala. ↑
115 Milk and rice boiled together and sweetened with sugar. ↑
117 The Schoolmaster of Aman. ↑
118 The Schoolmaster of Patanvav. ↑
119 The Shastri of Jetpur Pāthashālā. ↑
120 The Schoolmaster of Dhhank. ↑
121 The Schoolmaster of Barton Female Training College, Rajkot. ↑
122 The Schoolmaster of Kolki. ↑
123 The Schoolmaster of Dhhank. ↑
124 The Schoolmaster of Dhhank. ↑
125 The Schoolmaster of Jasdan. ↑
126 The Schoolmaster of Aman. ↑
127 The Schoolmaster of Dhhank. ↑
128 The Schoolmaster of Aman. ↑
129 The Schoolmaster of Zinzuwada. ↑
130 The Schoolmaster of Ganod. ↑
131 The Schoolmaster of Sanka. ↑
132 The Schoolmaster of Sanka. ↑
133 Also known as surāsaṇis. ↑
134 The Schoolmaster of Anandpur. ↑
136 The Schoolmaster of Jodia. ↑
137 The Schoolmaster of Kolki. ↑