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CENDUR: Red lead.
CHÁDA: Rent.
CHAITANNADYA: An order of ghosts.
CHAITRA: The first month of the Deccani Hindu and the sixth month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year.
CHAKLI: A sparrow.
CHÁK PADANE: Appearance of red pustules on the face supposed to be caused by the influence of an evil eye.
CHAKORA: A bird, Bartavelle Partridge.
CHÁLA: Name of a deity.
CHÁLEGHAT: An order of ghosts.
CHAMÁR: A caste of tanners.
CHAMPA: Michelia champaca.
CHAMPÁ-SHASHTI: The sixth day of the bright half of Márgashirsha.
CHAMPÁVATI: Name of a goddess.
CHANA: Gram.
CHANDA: Name of a kind of wind.
CHAND CHANI: An order of ghosts.
CHANDAN: Sandal wood.
CHANDIKA: Name of a goddess.
CHANDI KAVACH: A hymn in honour of the goddess Chandi or Durga.
CHANDIPÁTH: Recitation of a hymn in honour of the goddess Chandi or Durga.
CHANDRA: The moon.
CHANDRAMANDAL: The disk of the moon; the lunar sphere.
CHÁNDRÁYAN VRAT: Name of a vow.
CHARAK: Excreta.
CHÁRAN: A caste of genealogists and bards.
CHARANÁMRIT: Water in which the feet of a spiritual guide have been washed.
CHARMARIA: Name of a snake deity.
CHARONTHI: A kind of flour.
CHASHA: The Blue jay.
CHAT: An image of darbha grass at Shráddha when the required Bráhman is not present.
CHATA SHRÁDDHA: A shráddha in which a chat represents a Bráhman.
CHÁTURMÁS: The period of four months commencing from the tenth day of the bright half of Ashádh and ending with the tenth day of the bright half of Kártik.
CHATURTHI: The fourth day of the bright or dark half of a month.
CHAURÁR: An order of ghosts.
CHEDA: Ghost of a person of the Kunbi or Shudra caste or an unmarried Mahár.
CHEDOBA: Name of a spirit deity.
CHELA: A disciple.
CHELAN: An oblation to a Máta or goddess.
CHETAK: A kind of black art.
CHETAKIN: A witch.
CHETUK: A spirit servant.
CHHAMACHHARI: Death anniversary.
CHHIPA: A caste of calico-printers.
CHHOGALA: Celebrated. Great.
CHHOGALO: With a tail.
CHILBIL: Notes of the Pingala bird.
CHILUM: A clay pipe.
CHINDHARO: Ragged.
CHIRANJIVA: Immortal.
CHITHI: A piece of paper on which mystic signs are drawn; an amulet.
CHITHARIA: Ragged.
CHITI: See Chithi.
CHITPÁVAN: A caste of Bráhmans also known as Konkanasth.
CHITRA: Name of a constellation.
CHOK: A square.
CHOLA: Dolichos Sinensio.
CHOLI: A bodice.
CHONGE: A kind of sweet.
CHORÁSI KÁNTINI: An order of ghosts.
CHORÁSI VIRU: An order of ghosts.
CHORAWA: A ceremony performed at the time of reaping.
CHOTH: The fourth day of the bright or dark half of a month.
CHUDBUDE JOSHI: A caste of fortune-tellers.
CHUDEL: An order of female ghosts.
CHUDELA: See Chudel.
CHUDI: A torch.
CHUDI PAURNIMA: The full-moon day of the month of Mágh.
CHUNADI: A kind of cloth worn by females.
CHUNTHO: Ragged.
CHUNVÁLIA KOLI: A tribe of Kolis.
CHURAMA: Sweet balls of wheat flour fried and soaked in ghi.
CHUTAKI: Snapping the thumb and finger.