The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume I Part 67

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume I Part 67

Nanakpanthi and Sikh sects, distinction between--Sikh R. 5


Narayandeo, worship of--Koshti 5, Panwar Rajput 9


Nudity of women--Garpagari 4


Numbers, superst.i.tions about--Joshi 12


Oaths--Mahar 12


Oil-pressing--Teli 15


Omens, beliefs about--Ahir 16, Badhak 12, Baiga 6, Gond 21, 47, Kawar 10, Koli 3, Korku 8, Mang-Garori, Mina 3, Pardhi 4, Parja 7, Sansia 6, Thug 22, 23, 24


Opium--Kalar 10, 11, Rajput 9


Ordeals--Bharia 6, Kaikari 4, Kolhati 5, Pardhi 6, Sansia 7


Ornaments--Ahir 18, Gond 61, Kunbi 22, Sunar 6, 8, 9


Outram, Sir James--Bhil 4


Paida ceremony--Jat 10


Palanquin or Doli--Kahar 2


Parasurama, legend of--Panwar Rajput 2


Pa.s.sover, the--Kasai 18


Pavilion or the marriage-shed--Kurmi 6


Pearls--Sunar 9


Physical type. See _Appearance_


Pickaxe, the Sacred--Thug 15


Pigs, breeding for sacrifice and estimation of--k.u.mhar 6, 8


Pipal tree, beliefs about--Kunbi 12


Pledge, or covenant, between married couple--Bhatra 5; with the G.o.ds--Bhat 14. See also _Dharna_


Pola festival--Kunbi 17


Polyandry, survivals of fraternal--Bhuiya 10, Khond 4, Korku 5, Oraon 7. See also Gowari 3


Polygamy--Agharia 3, Andh, Bania 12, Barai 3, Dangri, Dhuri 2, Gond 26, Kaikari 2, Kohli 2, Korwa 4, Kunbi 8, Kurmi 11, Mali 7, Muhammadan R. 6


Prannath--Dhami S.


Pregnancy, rites during--Chitari 3, Gond 28, Halba 15, Kasbi 6, Kunbi 10, Kurmi 13, Muhammadan R. 8


Priests, tribal--Koshti 5


Prost.i.tution--Beria 3, Kasbi 2, 7


Proverbs--Arora, Bahna 5, Bharbhunja 3, Dhobi 7, Jogi 14, Julaha


p.u.b.erty rites--Gurao 3, Kaikari 3, Lodhi 7


Rajput and Jat, relations of--Jat 3


Rakshabandhan festival--Patwa


Ramazan, fast of--Muhammadan R. 17


Ram Das, Guru--Sikh R. 2


Ram Mohan Roy--Brahmo Samaj R. 1, 2


Red a lucky colour--Lakhera 5


Red dye on the feet--Lakhera 7


Red threads, custom of wearing--Lakhera 8


Relatives, taboos between--Kanjar 8, Kharia 6. See also Marriages between Relatives, and Naming Relatives


Religious beliefs--_Pa.s.sim_. See especially collection of articles on Religions and Sects, and caste articles on Bishnoi, Manbhao, Bairagi and Gosain. Also articles Baiga 6, Banjara 10, Brahman 15, 16, Chamar 9, Gond 40-56, Khond 11, Korku 6, Koshti 5, Kunbi 16, Kurmi 30, Mahar 9, Oraon 15, 16, Thug 12; Hinduism, Intro. 90, 95, 96


Sacred thread, the--Brahman 17, Gurao 5, Kunbi 16, Lodhi 11; of the Jains--Jain R. 9; the sacred cord of the Parsis--Parsi R. 15


Sacrifices, beliefs about and method of--Kasai 22, 23


Sacrificial meal, the--Kasai 8, Kurmi 7, Lakhera 5, 6


Sacrificial method of slaughter--Kasai 22


Sacrificial slaughter for food--Kasai 20


Sahajanand Swami--Swami-Narayan S. 1


Sal flower festival--Oraon 20


_San_-hemp--Lorha


Sankrants--Joshi 6