Subject Index
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
This Index contains references to general ethnological and other subjects referred to in the articles, either those on main castes and tribes in Part II., or those on religions and sects in Part I. These latter are usually distinguished by the letters R. for religion or S. for sect. Very occasionally a reference is made to one of the minor articles in the Glossary. The reference numbers are to the paragraphs of the articles. In the few cases where no reference number is given the subject is either treated generally in the article referred to, or the article itself is so short that further indication is unnecessary.
Abhīras, the—Ahīr, 2
Aboriginal tribes, position of, in Hindu society—Bhuiya, 3
Acrobatic performances—Nat, 4, 5
Address, methods of—Bairāgi 11, Brāhman, 18, Gond, 72, Gosain, 5, Lodhi, 10, Muhammadan R., 32
Admission of outsiders—Arya Samāj R., 3, Bhaina, 6, Bhāmta, 3, Bhīl, 11, Dahāit, 3, Dhanwār, 11, Gond, 70, Injhwār, 4, Jhādi Telenga, 3, Kaikāri, 4, Kanjar, 8, Khond, 9, Mahli, 2, Mehtar, 5, Panka, 5, Turi, 6, Vellāla,
Adoption—Bhāmta, 3
Agricultural rites—Gond’ 48, Kohli, 4, Kurmi, 32, Oraon, 21, 22
Agricultural superstitions—Kurmi, 33
Akāli sect, the—Sikh R., 6
Akti or Akshit tritiya festival—Chitāri, 6, Chitrakathi
Alcohol, prohibition of—Kalār 6
Ambagarhia Deo, worship of—Koshti, 3
Amulets—Bhil, 9, Sunar, 12
Ancestors, reincarnation of—Chamār, 7, Dhākar, 2, Gond, 37, 39, Khond, 5. Oraon, 10
Ancestors, worship of—Badhak, 9, Gond, 38, 42, Gowāri, 5, Koshti, 4, Oraon, 14, Sānsia, 3, Sundi, Thug, 17, Turi, 4
Angad Guru—Sikh R., 2
Animal hospitals—Jain R., 14
Animal sacrifices, in Greece—Kasai, 17 sacrifice of buffalo—Mahār, 2
Animals, kindness to—Bishnoi, 3, Dohor
Animals, veneration for—Bhil, 8, Gowari, 5, Jain R., 14, Kasai, Oraon, 20
Animism—Kasai, 4
Anniversaries of the dead—Kurmi, 28
Appearance and mode of life—Baiga, 7, 8, Beria, 1, Bhil, 12, Bhishti, Bhuiya, 14, Chamār, 1, Khatri, 1, Kirār, 4, Kohli, 5, Kol, 16, Korku, 10, Korwa, 2, Oraon, 23, Panwār Rājpūt, 13, Velāma, 1
Arjun Guru—Sikh R., 2
Arts, origin of the—Mochi, 3
Arya Samāj R., prospects of—Arya Samāj R., 6
Assassination, methods of—Thug, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Astronomical beliefs and stories—Bhatra, 4, Dhuri, 3, Dumāl, 4, Jādua Brāhman, Joshi, 1–16, Mahar, 11, Turi, 4
Baigas, a branch of the Bhuiyas—Bhuiya, 6
Bālak Das—Satnāmi S., 4
Banda, worship of—Kharia, 8
Banjāri Devi, worship of—Banjāra, 10
Bankrupt, going (or Diwala Nikalna)—Bhat, 16
Barber. See article Nai
Barber-surgeon—Nai, 6
Bathing—Gond, 64, Kurmi, 39
Beard, the—Nai, 11
Beggars or religious mendicants. See articles Bairāgi, Fakīr, Gosain, etc.
Begging, mode of—Aghori, 1, Basdewa, Gopāl, Jogi, 11, Waghya