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ZÁMHÁDI: A female spirit guarding the village gates.
ZAMPAHADI: An order of ghosts.
ZANZARKA: Name of a goddess.
ZANZIRA: A kind of magic incantation.
ZÁR: Fever.
ZARMÁN ZARVÁN: A ceremony in which a woman fetches water for the first time after delivery.
ZILAKESHWAR: A name of Mahádeva.
ZINI: Small.
ZOD: An order of ghosts.
[1] The terms given below are as they are used by the common people in popular parlance in which form they are given in the text. They will therefore not be found to be grammatically correct in all cases. Again, only such meanings of the terms are given as apply in the context. [↑]