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Abbu the potter, story of, in the Koți and Bigara = Hissar District ......
...... 49 Channayya Legend .......... ............. 151 baithak, ceremony of, explained .................176f. Acha Machamma, mother of a "duck" child. 118 Bal Mik Rishi, = Valmiki ........................ 220 Achhal, mother of Arjun and Sarjun, 52; B&lmikji, father of Lal Bêg, 177; is a recol. sister of Rani Bâchhal, 50; supplants
lection of VÅlmiki .............. Båchhal .............................................. 50f. Balu the washerman, story of, in the Köţi and Aditya Rama, an inscription of, edited ......279f. Channayya Legend ................................ 151 Age of the Rigveda, Prof. Weber on a cer- B&ļu Senva, a hero of Beideruļi Legend ...... 115
tain passage proposed as a "key-stone" for Bannaya of Palli, a hero of the Köti and determining the ........
Channayya Legend .......... Aghanasini River, an origin of the ............ 234 Basinga, a god ........... agrahayana, the term discussed ............... 367f. bathing, ceremonial of Hindus, is for scaring Alphabet, principles to be ohserved in mak.
evil spirits ......................................... 29 ing researches into the origin of an, Beideruli, a Bhůta...................................... 115 289:- Bactrian, Bactro-Pali, Indo-Bac- bell-ringing object is to scare spirits ......... 121ff. trian are synonyms for Kharósh thi, 286:
bells, us spirit-scarers, 121ff.; Dhammachêti's, Kasmiri, 339f.:- Kharoshtht ......285.4., 311ff. at Rangoon.......................................... 332 Ammavaru, goddess of small-pox ............... 244 belts being circles are spirit-scarers ............ 130 Amar Sinh, Raja, his connection with Goga, Bhagwân (=God) has to be interceded in
52; refuses his consent to Gaga's marriage order to give a miraculous son ............... 51
with his daughter ............. ............... 53 Bhattaraka Tiruvadi, a temple manager, anthropomorphism in folk-tales.................. 298f. the title discussed .................
256 Anuradhapura, a list of shrines at, in 15th Bilva Tirtha, story of the ........................240f.
century A. D. ....................................... 331 Birmana Baidya, a hero of Koţi and ChanApastamba, his Dharmasútra, edition of, nayya Legend, 119f.; grants the field at
noticed, 359: his language discussed......... 360 Hanidotti Bail to Deyi Baidyati's children, Aramaic Alphabet, the origin of the Kharôsh
120; death of Deyi Baidyati at his house... 142 thi, 288 : letters used by the Persian, blood is a spirit-scarer because it is a tonic
287; use of, by Hindus, origin of ............ 287 and a cure for certain diseases, 124f. ; is arches, as half circles, scare spirits ........... 132 "life" and hence a spirit-scarer, 125 : (red). Arjun, first cousin to Gagå .....................
mark on the forehead of unwidowed women Arringal, its situation discussed, 282; Rants
and other Hindus is a spirit-scarer ......... 125 of, the term discussed ........ ................2814. black, is a spirit-scarer, 156; as a spiritAryadharmaprakásiká, the, of Mandikal scarer ................................................159f.
Ramasastrin, noted .......... ............... 724. Bower Manuscript, notice of the ............... 370 ashes, as "spirit-drivers"........................... 63 Brahms of Kemmulaje, a Bhata, story of ...2138. Asöka Inscription, condition of, notes on the. 137 | Brahma Alpbabet, the paramount Alphabet of astronomy, Hindu capacity for accurate, dis
India, 247; notes on Dr. Bühler on the, cussed
246f.; origin discussed, 247f.; derived Asuras play with Kumarkye ....................1177. directly from the Phoenician Alphabet, Attavar Daiongula, a Bhůta, 113ff.; story of, 113ff. 246 :- its relation to the Kharðshthf ...... 286 aureole, the martyr's, is a guardian spirit ... 348 Brahma Bhata, the, of the Billavar country, avarice, punishment of, in folk-tales ............ 301 113: list of heroes of the legend of the......114f. Avasyaka, Prof. Leumann on the Jaina ...... 138 Brahma Lipi = the Brahma Alphabet ........ 246 ayanas, Tilak's views on the two, criticised... 366 Brahma Tirtha at Mañjpuri...............
......... 241 bread is a spirit-scarer ..
.......... 126 Bachhal, Räni, mother of Goga, 49; was the breath of the guardian spirit scares evil spirits 127
daughter of Kanwar Pal of Bijnor, 49; Brihaspati, Code of, Strehly's translation of,
gives miraculous birth to Gågå ............... 50f. noted.......................... ............... 69 Bachhfå, Gaga's horse .............................. 51 brooms have special power of spirits, 127; Bactrian Alphabet = Kharðshthi ............... 286 origin of witches riding on ..................... 127 Bactro-Pali Alphabet Kharoshthi............ 286 brotherhood, a form of swearing
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