B. Subjects.
Abscess caused to burst by false tidings of a calamity—I. [102].
Áditya, name of a class of deities—I. [449];
contains Aryaman and Púshan—I. [456] note.
Adoption of the yet unborn son of a woman by a dying thief—II. [329].
Aindra, grammar, superseded by that of Páṇini—I. [17].
Air, stories of transportation through—I. 575;
power of travelling in, bestowed at will—II. [23].
Aitareya Bráhmaṇa, held by Dr. Rajendralál Mitra to refer to an actual human sacrifice—I. [445] note.
All’s Well that ends Well, its original source—II. [618].
Alms, a wife demands her husband’s life as—II. [63], [603].
Aloes-wood turned into charcoal—II. [44].
Ambassador, the person of, inviolable—I. [442]; II. [395].
Anger, renunciation of, illustrated by a tale—I. [293].
Animal transformation—I. [37], [341], [342]; II. [135], [136], [157], [168].
Animals, charmed with the tale of Guṇáḍhya—I. [48];
those unlucky to meet—I. 578.
Antichrist, birth of announced—II. 629.
Ape that brings up money—II. [8];
kills the bird that admonishes him—II. [39].
Apsaras, name of certain female divinities who reside in the sky and are the wives of the Gandharvas—I. [52], [115], [238], [239], [250], [267], [286], [287], [292], [304], [310], [407], [430], [481], [528]; II. [576], [577].
Apsaras obliged to leave her mortal husband as soon as she has borne a child—I. [250].
Argo, the freeing of—II. 629.
Arghya—II. [548].
Arm, of a Rákshasa, cut off by a hero (as in the Russian story of the Witch Girl)—I. [138].
Armies, forms in which they are drawn up—I. [418], [452], [472]; II. [467].
Arrows drawn to the ear—I. [475].
Ascetic falsely accused of eating children—I. [203];
description of—II. [367];
disguise of assumed—II. [239];
female, when struck with a ball by a prince, sends him in search of a wife—II. [113];
European parallels—ibid note;
grove, description of—II. [484].
Asceticism, part of the merit obtained by, given away—I. [251];
practised to propitiate a divinity—II. [171], [516], [545];
to obtain magic power—II. [445];
to obtain magical weapons—II. [515];
to obtain a husband—I. [155]; II. [538];
to secure victory for a husband—II. [524].
Ashes, life restored by sprinkling them on a dead body—II. [612].
Ass in the panther’s skin—II. [65], and note.
Assassins, employed against a hostile army—I. [149].
Assessors—II. [497].
Astrologers, secret arrangement made with by a king’s minister, in order to keep him from an imprudent marriage—I. [280].
Astrology, knowledge of, possessed by a Bráhman—I. [272].
Asura, generic name of certain demons in perpetual hostility with the gods—I. [2], [69], [70], [71], [116], [155], [157], [257], [260], [268], [276], [283], [299], [309], [337], [406], [407], [414], [415], [416], [417], [425], [428], [429], [430], [431], [435], [445], [447], [453], [456], [474], [475], [477], [478], [481], [558], [559]; II. [255], [270], [271], [381], [486], [487], [514], [515], [516], [517], [522], [524], [526], [527], [530], [539], [540], [541], [542], [543], [547], [549], [551], [552].
Aśvamedha sacrifice—I. [411], [415].
Austerities, wonderful power of—II. [538].
Automata, of wood—I. [390].
Avadána, the Bodhisattva, story of Brahmadatta found in—II. [506] note;
the Mahávastu, story of the monkey and the porpoise found in—II. [84] note;
contains story of a girl cured of leprosy—II. 632.
Avadánas, Indian fables found in—II. [44] note, [45] note, [46] note, [47] note, [55] note, [60] note, [61] note, [62] note, [67] note, [69] note, [75] note, [76] note, [77] note, [87] note, [88] note.
Back, the ungrateful wife carries a maimed man on her—II. [102].
Backward repetition of a charm—II. [221].
Bagpipe, story of the fox and the—II. [30] note.
Bálakhilyas, divine personages of the size of a thumb—I. [79], [572].
Baldness, cure of—II. [55].
Bamboo, serpent carried inside a—II. [140].
Bandit of the Bráhman caste—II. [202].
Bandits attack and plunder a caravan—I. [262];
attack a king—II. [595].
Banshi—II. [253] note.
Barbarian, see Bhilla, Kiráta, Mátanga, Mlechchha, Pulinda, Śavara.
Barber engaged in a palace intrigue—I. [288].
Barlaam and Josaphat, Liebrecht’s essay on the sources of—I. [218] note.
Basilisk, superstition that it can kill with a look—I. [294].
Basilisks placed as guards—II. [464], and note.
Basket, a maiden set afloat in—I. [103];
a fierce monkey substituted for the maiden—ibid.
Bathing-place, a holy—II. [196].
Bath of blood—I. [53], [572]; II. 628, 636.
Beasts and birds, power of understanding the language of—I. [499].
Beating of a wife transformed into a mare, regularly practised before every meal—II. [136].
Beauty, illuminating power of—I. [121].
Bees, form of assumed by magic—I. [120];
charm against—II. [201].
Bewildering and counteracting, science of—I. [439].
Bhilla or Bheel, name of a wild mountain race notorious for its depredations, often synonymous with Śavara and Pulinda—I. [84], [491], [550]; II. [20], [53], [54], [154], [155], [381], [382], [390], [595], [597].
Bhúta, a goblin—II. [233], [234].
Binding enemies’ limbs, art of—I. [460].
Bird, gigantic—I. [54], [77], [572]; II. 630;
carries Śaktideva to the golden city—I. [221].
Bird used for riding through the air—II. [532].
Birds, the king of the—II. [65], and note;
gardeners in the form of—II. [533];
language of understood by men—II. [368];
language of understood by Melampus—II. 638.
Birth, effect of thoughts in a former—I. [242];
recollection of previous, of ominous import—I. [239].
Bitch, meat smeared with pepper given to—I. [89], [90];
in her former life a woman—I. [89].
Black antelope, the skin of, worn by an ascetic—I. [198].
Blackhead, how cured—I. 573.
Blood, turned into sap—I. [31];
bath of, I. [53], [572]; II. 628, 636.
Bluebeard chamber—I. [224], 576; II. [268], [451].
Boar, story of the pious boar who gave his flesh to be devoured by a lion—II. [177].
Bodhisattva, one who has one birth before he attains the state of a supreme Buddha—I. [376]; II. [101], [103], [105], [106], [107], [108], [175], [176], [178], [182], [186], [189], [190], [308], [314], [316], 628.
Bodhisattva Avadána, story of Brahmadatta found in—II. [506] note.
Body of a man who had been a Dánava in a previous birth, preserved embalmed—I. [416];
he re-enters it—I. 420.
Boon granted by the hermit Durvásas—I. [111].
Boy of the Bráhmanic caste sacrifices himself to save a king—II. [341];
parallels to the story—II. 342.
Bráhman, bestowing goods on a, a means of acquiring merit—I. [199];
four stages of the life of a—I. [200] note;
hospitality to, costs a couple their lives—I. [240];
guilt of killing—II. [204].
Bráhman-Rákshasa, or Bráhman demon—I. [282]; II. [338], [511], [573].
Brahmany ducks, separation of during the night—I. [117]; II. [559].
Braid of hair worn by a woman as a sign of mourning for an absent husband—II. [436].
Bride, private property of—II. [405].
Bridegrooms, hundreds of killed by a demon (who resembles Asmodeus in the story of the “seven times wedded maid”)—I. [138], [140], [141].
Brigands, belonging to wild mountain tribes—I. [84] and note;
make a descent upon a royal grant to Bráhmans—I. [171].
(See also Bandits.)
Brothers, story of the two (a common folk-lore tale)—I. [208], [387] note; II. 633.
Buddhism, a king converted to, by a mendicant—II. [175].
Buddhist, red robe of a, compared to the hue of sunset—II. [189].
Bug-bears employed to terrify men searching for treasure—I. [307]; II. 631.
Bull of Śiva—II. [111], [139], [522], [576].
Buried treasure stolen—I. [298].
Burning of a house in order to produce a false impression of a princess’s death—I. [61], [107].
Burning-places, delight of Śiva in—I. [6].
Cake, of flour mixed with molasses resembling those offered by the Jews to the queen of heaven—I. [8], and note.
Camel the, treacherously killed by the lion, the panther, the jackal and the crow—II. [36];
a man undertakes to teach one to read—II. 636.
Camphor-maiden—I. [380].
Camphor, lumps of, given as a marriage present by the father of the Camphor-maiden—I. [400];
bestowed in a marriage ceremony by king Janamejaya—I. [411].
Candle of human fat—I. [306].
(See also Addendum to Fasciculus IV; immediately following page [384].)
Cannibalism—II. [616].
Caravan, plundered by a Śavara chief—I. [176];
by bandits—I. [262].
Cat, form of, assumed by Indra out of fear—I. [123];
liberated by a mouse that gnaws its bonds asunder—I. [297];
description of—II. [110];
the hypocritical—II. [67], 636.
Cave leading into the infernal regions—I. [416]; II. [197].
Centipedes extracted from the inside of a king’s head—I. [264].
Chakravákas, separated at night—I. [117]; II. [559].
Chaṇḍála, the generic name for a man of the lowest and most degraded of the mixed tribes—I. [227], [241], [242]; II. [56], [490], [491], [496], [509], [511], [512].
Chanting of the Sáma Veda—I. [35].
Chariot that flies through the air—I. [259], [278], [325], [392], [400], [440]; II. [146], [553], [556], [624].
Chariyá Piṭaka, story of Tárávaloka found in the—II. 639.
Charm for destroying Rákshasas—II. [70];
life-prolonging—II. [136];
for producing dreams—II. [175];
for producing invisibility—II. [221];
for restoring a dead person to life—II. [243] and note.
Chastity, gives power to raise up an elephant—I. [329];
to lull to sleep an elephant—330 note;
vow of perpetual—I. [257]; II. [145];
perfection of, illustrated—II. [182].
Cháṭaka, its delight in rain—II. [559].
Child abandoned by heavenly beings—I. [304];
birth of, produced by a magic potion—I. [355].
Children, Harasvámin accused of eating—I. [203];
French gentlemen accused of eating—II. 630;
death of, not to be regretted, as other ones may be got afterwards—I. [397].
Childlessness, sorrow of—I. [320], [321].
Churning of the sea—I. [277]; II. [229], [568] note.
Circle, magical—I. [154], [349], 575; II. [571], 629.
Circumambulation, see Desiul.
Cloudless sky, thunder from—II. [446], and note.
Confiscation of goods a more severe punishment than death—II. [383].
Conflict, magical—I. [343] and note.
Consumption, disease of—II. [205].
Cook, Nala disguises himself as a—I. [567];
Bhíma disguises himself as a—II. 634.
Coronation, ceremony of—II. [408], [473].
Corpse of another entered by magical power—I. [21]; II. [353];
a man enters the corpse of his former self—I. [420].
Couple that died of separation, the—I. [105]; II. [480].
Courage tested by cutting off the noses of impaled corpses—I. [132];
demons much impressed by—II. [207], [357], [361].
Court of the Vidyádharas—II. [439].
Cow, eating the flesh of, a great sin—I. [227];
the flesh of, eaten by seven Bráhmans in time of famine—I. [241].
Crabs devour their own parents—I. [249].
Crane devoured by the makara—II. [32].
Criminal, a lady falls in love with a—II. [297], [493], 639.
Crow and the palm, the fable of—I. [271];
on the left hand an unfavourable omen—I. [465];
feigns to have been wounded by his own friends in order to beguile the owls—II. [69];
dissuades the birds from making the owl king,—II. [65], 636.
Crows and owls, enmity between—II. [64], and note;
dogs turned into crows—II. [512].
Crowns of snakes—II. 633.
Crown-prince, appointment of—I. [484].
Curse inflicted by a divine being—I. [4], [52], [116]; II. [193], [509],
end of appointed—ibid.
Curse of a parent—I. [497], [502]; II. [291];
terrible power of a parent’s—I. [555] note;
of a hermit—I. [506]; II. [130], [598];
of a hermit’s pupil—II. [536];
inflicted by a female of the Gandharva race—II. [537];
laid on a Vidyádhara by hermits—II. [438];
termination of—I. [334], [514]; II. [123];
termination of appointed—II. [105];
appointed end of arrives—I. [389].
Curse imposed on a Vidyádharí terminates—I. [225], [232];
a company dispersed by a—II. [150].
Daitya, a demon opposed to the gods, often synonymous with Asura—I. [58], [59], [71], [228], [257], [420], [422], [423], [425], [428], [432], [436], [453], [476]; II. [196], [197], [199], [200], [269], [270], [442], [487], [488], [514], [515], [516], [517], [522], [526], [527], [542], [543], [544], [547], [549].
Dánavas, a class of demons often identified with the Daityas. Both classes are identified with the Asuras—I. [71], [116], [417], [420], [422], [423], [425], [428], [429], [432], [436], [444], [448], [453], [472], [476], [481]; II. [216], [255], [466], [542], [543], [544], [557], [583].
Dancing considered unbecoming—I. [459];
compulsory, caused by magical music—I. 577.
Dasyus, a class of demons, have no power when the sun rises—I. [550].
Daughter of king Chaṇḍamahásena carried off by Udayana king of Vatsa—I. [83];
birth of better than that of a son—I. [249];
birth of why considered an evil—I. [261].
Dead body of another man entered by magic power—I. [21], [22]; II. [353];
stupid giant persuaded that he is dead—I. [364];
power of resuscitating the—I. [499].
Death, nature of the fear of, taught to a merchant’s son—I. [237];
grove impervious to—II. [187].
Deer, punishment inflicted for killing a—I. [166], 575.
Deformity produced by magical spells, for the sake of disguise—I. [74];
produced by magic—I. [572];
of Yakshas—II. [204].
Deity that presides over a chariot—II. [524];
over an omen—II. [617].
Deities, early Indo-Germanic looked upon as of both sexes—II. 638.
Demon, female (Yakshiṇí) gained in marriage by a mortal—II. [193];
the twenty-five tales of commence—II. [232];
other forms of ibid note;
(see Asura, Dasyn, Rákshasa, and Yaksha.)
Desiul, the practice of walking round an object of reverence with the right hand towards it—I. [98] note; [108], [400], 573; II. [83], [365], [435], [447], 629.
Dharna, custom of sitting in—I. [73] note.
Dice—I. [562]; II. [221];
animated used by the god Śiva—II. [472];
a gambler forces the Mothers to play at—II. [575];
challenges the god Śiva to play at—II. [576].
Disease relieved by false tidings of calamity—I. [117].
Disputation, princess skilled in—II. [173].
Disputatiousness, the evils of—II. [116].
Distraction produced by the sight of a beautiful woman—I. [104], [294]; II. [320].
Distribution of presents on the occasion of a marriage—I. [97].
Doctor Allwissend, story of, traced in India and other countries—I. [274] note.
Dog running from left to right an unfavourable omen—I. [465];
story of Lewellyn’s dog Gelert found in India—II. [90] note.
Dogs, men turned into—II. [512].
Dolls constructed by magic—I. [258].
Ḍomba hanged while showing a maid how to hang herself—I. [87], [88].
Donkey, story of the boys that milked the—II. [89].
Doom, day of—II. [467].
Double-headed serpent—II. [88] and note.
Dream, inauspicious—I. [331];
seen at the end of the night quickly fulfilled—I. [441];
about a Vetála (Vampire), and import of—I. [543];
a hero falls in love with a lady seen in a—I. 576; II. [588].
Dream, indicative of recovery from a disease—I. [265].
Dream, a prince informed of his future fortunes in a—II. [365].
Dreams, charm for producing—II. [175].
Dreams immediately before morning true—II. [482] and note.
Drum, beaten while condemned criminals are being led to execution—I. [64]; II. [299], [495];
story of the jackal and the—II. [30].
Dvápara, Yuga—I. [561], ibid note, [562], [563], [568]; II. [275].
Dungeon, of Śakatála, (resembling that of Ugolino)—I. [23].
Ear-ornament, a man concealed in—II. [577].
Earth, goddess of—I. [521]; II. [253].
Eastern region, conquest of, why attempted before that of other parts—I. [128].
Eggs, restored by the sea—II. [38].
Elephant, possessing the power of flying in the air—I. [328]; II. [540];
artificial imitation of, filled with concealed warriors—I. [73];
any man that it took up made king—II. [102];
raced against horses—II. [125];
one the support of a kingdom—II. [139], [500];
a man metamorphosed into an—II. [215];
tamed by a maiden—II. [489].
Elephants’ cries understood by their keeper—I. [83], [84].
Elephants, wild, tamed by music—I. [67];
wild, a party separated by the change of—II. [607].
Eleven-slayer—II. 637.
Emperor, distinguishing marks of—I. [398], [423]; II. [499].
Empty vessels inauspicious—I. [190] note.
Entering the body of another man—I. [21]. [22]; II. [353].
Epomata plays tricks on some young men—II. 628.
Eye torn out by a young prince, because it was admired—I. [247];
European parallels to this story—I. [248]; II. 630.
Eye, consuming power of a hermit’s—I. [556];
conception of the sun as the eye of the world—II. [20], and note;
throbbing of the right, a good omen—II. [128] and note.
Eyes, long, considered as a beauty—I. [125] note.
Eye-brows meeting, a sign that a man is a were-wolf or a vampire—I. [157] note, 575; II. 630.
Evil spirits, how averted—II. [198] and note.
Exposure of a child at a king’s door with a sum of gold—II. [331];
parallel tales,—ibid note.
Fables of Pilpay, origin of—II. [43] note.
Faithful John, Indian form of the story—I. [253].
Faithless wife punished by cutting off her nose and ears—II. [54].
Fasting employed to propitiate a deity—I. [145], [324].
Fastidious men, story of the three—II. [271]–274;
parallels to the story—274.
Fat, the result of contentment—II. [76].
Feet touched in taking an oath—II. [551].
Female demon that eats human flesh—I. [60], [212].
Female votary, description of a—II. [444].
Females, the wickedness of illustrated—II. [247]—250;
parallels to the story, [250].
Festival, lovers meet at a—II. [262], [301], [416], [421].
Fever, produced by a magic rite—I. [30];
power of removing by touch—II. [160], [164].
Fever-demon, method of exorcising—II. [165].
Fidelity to a husband confers supernatural power—I. [505].
Five fires, the—I. [332]; II. [380].
Fire bursts forth of itself—I. [437];
power of kindling at will—I. [567] and note, II. 634;
mixed with water—II. [44];
of digestion,—II. [194];
maidens preparing to enter the—II. [459].
Fire-bleached garments—I. [565]; II. 634.
Fire-fly mistaken for real fire—II. [39].
Fire-god evoked by a charm—I. [120];
sword of, [130], [132], [135], [139];
propitiated in order to obtain a heroic son—I. [244];
propitiated by valour—I. [322];
boon granted by—II. [434];
his son by a Bráhman lady—II. [491];
parallel to the story, ibid note.
Fire-god prayed to—II. [548].
Fish that laughed aloud when dead—I. [24], [25];
story of the three—II. [37];
swallows a man, I. [207]; II. [224];
swallows a boat, II. [599];
swallows a woman—II. [605].
Fisher-boy falls in love with a princess—II. [491].
Flame-linga—I. [3]; II. [520].
Flea, story of the—II. [34].
Flesh, a man cuts off his own to feed a demon—II. [361];
of a hero’s own body given to a crow—II. 639.
Flight and pursuit, magical—I. [361], [362], [367], [368].
Flowers, rain of—I. [455], [561].
Flying through the air, power of acquired by magic—I. [157];
characteristic of heavenly females—I. [256].
Food miraculously supplied—I. [393]; II. 633;
given to produce a son—II. [216];
snake-poison dropped into—II. [296] and note.
Fortune, persistent enmity of, illustrated—I. [516]–518;
of wealth, and fortune of enjoyment, difference between—I. [533]–535.
Fountain that tests chastity—I. [487], and note.
Four accomplished suitors, story of—I. [499]; II. [275]–277;
parallels to the story—II. [277].
Four animal friends—II. [51], 636.
Four brothers who resuscitated a tiger, story of the—II. [348]–350;
parallels to—II. 351.
Four means of success—I. [313].
Four meditations (see Burnouf, Lotus de la Bonne Loi, p. [431])—II. [99].
Four young merchants baffled and branded by a faithful wife—I. [88], [89], [90].
Frankeleyne’s Tale, the, found in India—II. [281].
Fridolin, story of, found in India—I. [162] note; II. 630.
Friendship between animals—II. [51], 636;
story of real—II. [57].
Fruit, consequences of eating in the lower regions—II. [198] and note;
given to produce pregnancy—I. [172], [382];
birth of a maiden from a—II. [142];
that ensures perpetual youth—II. [596].
Fruits, men transformed into—II. [363].
Fulgentins, story of, see Fridolin.
Gambler, reckless profanity of a—II. [575].
Gambler, who obtained the rank of Indra—II. [581].
Gamblers, reckless courage of—II. [205].
Gambling—I. [146], [229]; II. [195], [202], [247], [323], [572].
Gambling-hall, description of—II. [221].
Gaṇa, a class of demi-gods, attendant on Śiva—I. [2], [4], [5], [46], [47], [49], [51], [80], [193], [430], [475], [478], [479], [480], [545]; II. [209], [210], [211], [332], [346], [347], [466] note, [506] note, [508], [509], [512], [513], [539], [540], [546], [564], [565].
Gandharva, a class of demi-gods that live in the sky, often feared as evil beings—I. [2], [116], [117], [328], [333], [334], [351], [430], [452]; II. [218], [230], [231], [430], [431], [432], [444], [446], [460], [518], [520], [521], [525], [526], [528], [560], [597].
Gándharva form of marriage, see Marriage.
Garden, made by magic power—I. [36], [310]; II. [477], 628;
produced by virtue—II. [179].
Gardeners in the form of birds—II. [533].
Garland that remains fresh as long as chastity is preserved—II. [601].
Garlands, power of making unfading—I. [112], [114].
Garments purified by flames—I. [565]; II. 634.
Geese “stop their pipes full of gravel when they fly over mount Tanrus”—II. 635.
Generosity of king Vinítamati—II. [178];
shewn by Prabala who hewed to pieces his body made of jewels to benefit the gods, his enemies—I. [432].
Genoveva, parallels to the story of—II. 633.
Giants, two destroyed by fighting for a nymph of heaven—I. [108]; II. [583], 629.
Glory represented as white in Hindu poetry—II. [463];
hand of—II. 631.
Goat affirmed to be a dog by three rogues—II. [68].
Goat-mime, dance of—II. [578].
Goblins, see Dasyu, Piśácha, Rákshasa, Yaksha.
Goblins, walk only in the night, do not attack the chaste, or vegetarians—I. [43], [338], [550]; II. 628;
a similar belief found in Prudentius—I. [47] note;
pertinacity of—I. 576.
God, a man passes himself off as one—I. [80], 573.
Gods recognised by their not throwing shadows and not winking—I. [561];
a similar belief found in Heliodorus—ibid note;
engage in combat with heroes, as in Homer—I. [473];
defeated by the Daitya Vidyuddhvaja—II. [518].
“God bless you” said when a person sneezes—I. [254] note; II. 631.
Gold, five colossal figures made of—I. [351];
pieces found under the pillow of a child when he awakes—I. [12], 571; II. 627;
mountain of—I. [316];
made out of copper by means of a magic powder—I. [323];
island of—II. [286];
birds, beasts and trees of—II. [520];
city entirely built of—I. [421].
Gold-child root, Mr. Baring Gould’s—I. [355].
Golden City, the princess Kanakarekhá will only marry a man who has seen the—I. [195];
found—I. [222];
of the Vidyádharas on the Himálayas—I. [327].
Golden deer possessing life—II. [569].
Golden goose—II. [507] note.
Golden lotus—I. [215], [216], [217], [488], [525].
Golden lotuses produced by a skeleton—I. [375].
Golden rose—II. 630.
Golden swans—I. [12], [13]; II. [507].
Golden-crested bird—II. [105].
Gold-spitting—II. [453] and note.
Goose, that laid golden eggs—II. [8] note.
Grain thrown in the marriage ceremony—I. [316], [478], [492].
Grammar, supersession of Aindra—I. [17];
knowledge of possessed by a princess—I. [38];
time required to learn—I. [39];
Kátantra or Kálápaka grammar—I. [41].
Grateful animals, story of—II. [103], and note, 637.
Gratitude of ants—I. 577.
Grecian heaven, flight of its inhabitants from Typhoons, compared to the flight of the Indian gods from Vidyuddhvaja—II. [518], note.
Greek romances, points in which they resemble Indian tales—II. [262] note, [370] note, [375] note.
Grey hairs, perturbation occasioned by first appearance of—I. [67]; II. 628.
Guhyaka, a class of demons who attend on Kuvera and guard his treasures—I. [37], ibid note, [154], ibid note, [443], [552]—II. [83], [464], [465].
Guhyakí, feminine of preceding, identified with Yakshiṇí—I. [338].
Half-moon, on the throat—I. [350].
Hand of glory—I. Addendum to fasciculus [4], following page [384]; II. 631.
Hand of a dead man, given as a red lotus, subjects a man to the power of witches—II. [450], and note.
Happy island—I. [525], and note.
Hare, the horn of, an example of the absurd and impossible—I. [370];
the hare and the lion—II. [32];
in the moon, the—II. [66].
Head of a giant grows again after being cut off—I. [385];
cut off and fastened on again—II. 638.
Heads, interchange of—II. [264].
Heart, compared to a lotus, when offered to Lakshmí—II. [141];
longing for a monkey’s—II. 636;
bird without a—ibid.
Hearts, external—II. [85].
Heaven, entered by a gambler concealed in a lotus—II. [577].
Hell, description of—II. [127]:
openings leading down to—II. [197].
Herbs, connected with the moon—I. [144];
magic, dispelling old age and death—I. [320];
magic found in a cavern guarded by demons—I. [443], [444];
potent that grow on mountains—I. [414];
that protect men against witches—II. [451] note.
Hero referred to some one living further on—I. [205], [206] note; II. 630.
Heroes known by their possessing intelligent horses and conversing with them—I. 574.
Hermit wounded by a king out of jealousy—I. [248];
refers an enquirer to an elder brother dwelling at a great distance (a common folk-lore incident)—I. [205], [206] note.
Hide, a man wrapped up in an elephant’s, is carried to the top of a hill by a monstrous bird—I. [77], [572].
High nose, a good feature—II. 635.
Hind, consequences of killing a—I. 575.
Hoopoe of Aristophanes identified with Garuḍa—I. 575.
Horn-producing charm—I. [338].
Horns produced by magic—II. 631.
Horripilation, produced by joy—I. [66], [95];
by fear—II. [616].
Horse, worshipped as a god by his master—I. [130];
that restored the slain to life by smelling them—I. [444], [445];
of a hero—II. [173];
of heavenly breed—II. [593].
Horses of the sun, colour of—I. [182].
Human fat, candles made of—I. [306];
Addendum to Fasciculus IV, following page [384]; II. [358].
Human flesh used in witchcraft—I. [154], [157];
eaten in order to obtain magic power—I. [158];
a boy becomes a Rákshasa by tasting—I. [210];
offered for sale—I. [214];
given to a demon—II. [361], [573].
Human sacrifice—I. [63], [65], [176], [226], [488], [548], [550]; II. [54], [381], 633;
in honour of the dead—I. [336], and note;
in India, essay on by Dr. Rajendra Lála Mitra Rai Bahadúr—I. [445] note;
employed in witchcraft—I. [349];
performed in order to obtain a son—I. [85].
Húnas, the, subdued by Udayana—I. [151].
Hunting, advantages of, as a pastime for kings—I. [243];
a vice—II. [337].
Husband forbidden to follow his wife on certain days—II. [290];
found with another man’s wife, and saved from punishment by his own wife—I. [91] and note.
Husband’s flesh and blood consumed by the ungrateful wife—II. [101].
Husbands, story of the woman who had eleven—II. [119].
Illness simulated by a female in order to destroy her husband’s friend—II. [84].
Illuminating power of female beauty—II. [133]; [407].
Illusion symbolized by a woman—II. [152].
Image that wept—II. [580].
Immersion, vision beheld during—II. [326];
parallel to the tale—327.
Impalement—I. [132]; II. [299], [329], [495], [617].
Importunity of evil spirits—I. [256].
Imposthume of the Pope cured by laughter—II. 629.
Inauspicious marks—I. [103]—II. [319].
Incantations to destroy an enemy—II. [147]
(see also Addendum to Fasciculus VIII, immediately following p. [196]).
Incarnation of a demigod for the destruction of Mlechchhas—II. [564].
Incendiary habits of the Cornish chough—II. [73] note.
Inexhaustible pitcher—II. [2], and note;
charm of broken, [4], and note.
Inviolability of the domain of the Siddhas—I. [136], [142]; II. [441].
Invisibility, charm for producing—I. [74];—II. [221];
mantle of—I. 571.
Invulnerability—I. [444];
bestowed by Śiva—II. [448];
produced by a hero being smeared with the fat of a dragon—I. [572];
secret of, treacherously discovered and revealed by a woman—I. [70], [71]; II. [488].
Iron balance eaten by mice—II. [41], [42].
Jackal the wise animal in India (not the fox)—II. [28].
Jackal turned into an elephant by a hermit—II. [134].
Jew, fable of the Wandering—II. [596] note.
Jewel that renders the weapons of an enemy ineffectual—II. [161].
Jewels of the Chakravartin—II. [462] and note;
on the heads of snakes—II. [225].
Jewel-bearing trees—I. [495].
Jewel-lamps—I. 577; II. [368].
Josaphat and Barlaam, Liebrecht’s essay on the sources of—I. [248] note.
Judge, put to death for an inconsiderate decision—II. [181].
Juice of a herb restores the dead—II. [144], 637.
Justice, god of, assumes the disguise of a dove to test the virtue of a king—I. [45];
of a lion in order to test the virtue of a boar—II. [177].
Kachchhapa Játaka, original source of the story of the tortoise and the two swans—II. [37] note.
Kápálika, description of—II. [571] note, [611].
Kárpaṭika—I. [347] note; meaning of the word—I. [199], [515]—II. [265];
story of a—II. [614].
Kingdom transferred to a Bráhman in accordance with a prescribed form—I. [333].
Kings, chief vices of, displayed in king Nala—I. [562];
temptations to which they are exposed—II. [321].
Kingship, found even among the wild men of the woods—II. [390].
Kinnara, mythical being with a human figure and the head of a horse, in later times reckoned among the Gandharvas—I. [2], [494];
made of a jewel—II. [21].
Kiráta, name of a degraded mountain tribe, the Kirrhadæ of Arrian—I. [51] note; II. [147], [149], [388], [389], [393], [394], [401], [404], [407].
Kitchen, service in, especially dear to the young hero—I. [567].
Kite carries off a necklace—I. [530].
Knots, magical—I. [205], 576.
Knowledge, supernatural, conferred by virtue—I. [556], [557].
Kumbháṇḍas, a class of demons—I. [443].
Kumudvatí, joy of, when the moon rises—II. [559].
Kushmáṇḍas, a class of demons—II. [360].
Lake that washes away sin—I. [553];
in the infernal regions—I. [421];
marvellous effect of drinking its water, ibid.
Lamps fed with human fat—II. [207].
Language of birds—II. 633.
Languages, use of, abandoned in accordance with a vow—I. [32], [39].
Lanká, the whole ground of, made of wood—I. [79].
Leanness the result of discontent—II. [76].
Leprosy, mention of—II. [97].
Letting go a bull’s tail in order to speak—II. [112];
a tree, in order to clap a singer—ibid;
European parallels—ibid, note.
Life, half of the allotted period of, bestowed on another—I. [98], 573;
a lover restored by the gift of half that of a princess—II. [493];
restored to a dead swan by a herb—II. [144].
Light of exceeding brightness streams forth from the head of a saint—I. [418].
Lights used to protect a new born child from demons—I. [189], [246], [305] and note, [397]; II. 631.
Lion, man transformed into, released on being shot by a king—I. [37];
a maiden rides on a—I. [178], [179];
the, represented as king of beasts in German stories—II. [28];
made to drown himself by a hare—II. [32], [33].
Lokapála, meaning of the term—II. [528].
Longing of a pregnant woman—I. [173], [435].
Lotus an antidote to poison—I. [553], [554];
sky-going chariot in the form of a—II. [455].
Love, brings about the death of three people—II. [346].
Lovers in European romances meet in temples—II. [262] note.
Lower world, openings loading down to—II. [197].
Madness caused by ingratitude to an animal—I. [28];
feigned by a hero in order to have an opportunity of finding his beloved—I. [137];
feigned for a politic purpose—II. [158];
cured by the hand of an ascetic—II. [211].
Magical conflict—I. [343]; II. [468].
Males, the wickedness of illustrated—II. [246], [247];
parallels to the story—250.
Mándhátar, story of—II. [470] note.
Man-eating woman—II. [616].
Man-hating maiden, story of the—II. [587];
European parallels—II. [589].
Man-lion—II. [396].
Marks, auspicious—I. [433]; II. [376];
falsely asserted to be inauspicious—I. [103], [105]; II. [319];
on the body indicative of royalty—II. [11].
Marriage, ceremony of—I. [113], [316], [429]; II. [146], [406];
circumambulation of the fire essential part of the ceremony of—II. [435];
ceremony of, requires the presence of parents—II. [402];
distribution of presents on the occasion of a—I. [95], [97]; II. 628;
Gándharva form of—I. [45], [63], [103], [268], [300], [386]; II. [210], [226], [238];
of a dying thief—II. [329];
Svayamvara form of—II. [126] note, [432] note;
the consent of the village required for—II. [119];
to be celebrated at an auspicious time chosen by the astrologers—I. [279].
Maruts, the—II. [526] note.
Mátanga, name of a tribe of barbarians and outcasts—II. [154], [155], [191], [388], [389], ibid note, [390], [391], [392], [393], ibid note, [401], [407], [489], [490], [491], [495], [496].
Master thief, story of—II. [93] and ff;
note on the story of—II. [99].
Medicine that makes a child grow up—II. [60].
Meditation, perfection of illustrated—II. [184].
Melusine, reference to—II. 627, 630.
Memory, charm for miraculously strengthening the—II. 627.
Mendicant wandering, story of—II. [115].
Merchant who struck his mother, story of—I. [554] note;
amasses wealth by being permitted to speak to a king—II. [121].
Mice gnaw gold according to Plutarch—II. 635.
Miser, Russian story of, identified with an Indian tale—II. [109] note.
Mlechchha, a foreign barbarian—II. [564], [565], [567], [585], [592].
Moles, knowledge of the arrangement of—I. [25], [26];
significance of—I. [469], and note.
Monarchy of a limited character—II. [498].
Moonstone—I. [266].
Mother-in-law invariably cruel to her daughter-in-law—I. [260].
Mothers, the—I. [448], [552]; II. [575], [604].
Mountains, their wings cut by Indra—I. [94].
Mouse, taken as capital—I. [34];
saves its life from many foes—I. [297].
Mungoose belonging to a Bráhman, kills the snake that was approaching his child—II. [90];
parallels, ibid note.
Mustard-seeds give the power of travelling through the air—I. [134];
sown by a maiden in order to be able to trace her path home—I. [287];
a cure for consumption—II. [208].
Mutilation, the punishment of unfaithfulness—I. [147]; II. [54], [81].
Nága or serpent-demon—I. [32], [183] note; II. [54] note, [149] note, [157], [170], [173], [190], [192], [214], [215], [230], [231], [313], [314], [316], [361], ibid note, [362], [364], [366], [386], [543], [551], [568].
Nágí, feminine of the preceding—I. [544], [545], [548].
Nativity, a man’s prognosticates that he will be a thief—II. [180].
Natural character indelible—II. [72].
Necklace, a talisman against hunger, thirst, and death—I. [478].
Nectar carried off from the snakes by Indra—I. [182].
Net, device of the—II. [7].
Night, described as a female ascetic—II. [604];
the time when Rákshasas, Yakshas, and Piśáchas walk abroad—I. [43].
Nisháda, name of certain wild aboriginal tribes described as hunters, fishermen, robbers, &c.—I. [241].
Noose, a Ḍomba shewing how to fasten it round the neck, is himself hanged—I. [88].
Northern quarter infested with barbarians—I. [337].
Nose of a wicked wife cut off—I. [147]; II. [54], [81].
Nose, high, considered a beauty—II. [45].
Nymphs, clothes of, stolen during bathing—II. [452], [576].
Nymphs of heaven receive brave warriors slain in battle—II. [396].
Oblivion of the beloved object, produced by supernatural power or witchcraft—I. [301], and note.
Obstacles, magical employed to check pursuit—I. [361], [362], [367], [368].
Ointment, that renders invisible—I. [462], [466];
magic—II. [150];
for the feet that enables a man to travel any distance—II. [594].
Old age, charm for averting—I. [372], [376];
death, and sickness, a place untouched by—II. [520];
fruits that are a remedy against—I. [259].
Omen, evil, seen at starting on a journey—I. [283]; II. [522], [523] note, [617];
goddess presiding over the—II. [618].
Omens, knowledge of—I. [278]; of approaching battle—I. [411].
Ordeal, trial by—II. [40].
Owls and crows, enmity between—II. [64], and note.
Ox, the, abandoned in the forest—II. [27].
Palace, below the sea—II. [267], and note, [289].
Pandora, Indian—I. [238] note.
Párasíkas, the, subdued by Udayana—I. [151].
Parrot who knew the four Vedas—II. [19].
Páśupata, a follower and worshipper of Śiva in one of his forms as the supreme deity of the Hindu triad—I. [337], [338], [398], [558]; II. [94], [140], [146], [211], [223], [324], [326], [352], [353], [450].
Páśupata ascetic, equipment of—II. [146].
Patience, perfection of, illustrated—II. [183].
Peacock, a minister transformed into a—II. [157], [168].
Peacock feathers, bunch of, carried by conjurers—I. [267].
Peafowl, their behaviour at the approach of rain—I. [115], [266]; II. [475].
Pearls found in the heads of elephants—I. [177].
Perfection of chastity illustrated—II. [182];
of patience illustrated—II. [183];
of meditation illustrated—II. [184];
of perseverance illustrated—II. [184];
of wisdom illustrated—II. [186].
Pestle that brought water—I. [258] note.
Phæacians, their connexion with the Vidyádharas—II. [430] note.
Phaedra, the story of, known to Barbarians—II. 633.
Picture, lover seen in a dream recognised by—I. [276].
Pilgrimage, imposed on a minister to get him out of the way—I. [356];
used by a minister as a pretext for going on a voyage of discovery—II. [285].
Pillar, of victory—I. [150];
old woman deposited on, by way of revenge—I. [81].
Pipe, magical—II. 632.
Piśácha—goblin usually described as fierce and malignant—I. [4], [5], [32], [42], [43], [47], [48], [49], [255], [256]; II. [509], [511], [565];
the Vṛihat Kathá originally composed in their language—I. [47], [48].
Pitcher, magical, how lost—II. 635;
a prince throws a stone at an old woman’s, in a Sicilian tale—II. [113] note.
Plumage-robes of nymphs stolen by a hero—II. [452] note.
Poison, effect of, counteracted by a spell—I. [461];
of a snake dropped into food—II. [296] and note;
used by a princess to kill her lover’s friend—II. [239].
Poison-damsels—I. [149].
Poisoned trees and grass—I. [149].
Policy, (Níti) summary of—I. [312];
treatises on—II. [459].
Portents, delusive—I. [435].
Portrait, falling in love with a—I. [490] and note, [541]; II. [158], [370].
Power conferred by the possession of a necklace—II. [49];
by a treasure—I. [126]; II. 629.
Powder, magic, for increasing the cutting power of a sword—I. [378].
Prince, strikes a woman by mistake who sends him in search of a wife (an incident common in European folk-lore)—I. [379].
Princess ill-treated by her paramour—I. [169];
skilled in disputation—II. [173];
of the Gandharvas skilled in painting—II. [530].
Pulinda, name of a barbarous tribe—I. [42], [74]; II. [169], [170], [380], [381], [383], [384], [388], [391].
Purse, inexhaustible—I. 571.
Pursuit, magical—II. 632.
Python, a man metamorphosed into a, by eating a gourd—II. [595];
restored to his original shape by means of a sternutatory—ibid.
Pyramids, the, haunted by a spirit in the shape of a beautiful woman, that drives men mad—I. 574.
Quarrels between husband and wife due to enmity in a previous birth—I. [188].
Queen well acquainted with Sanskrit, taunts her husband with his ignorance of the rules of Sandhi—I. [38];
jealous of a woman of low birth who has five sons—I. [172];
got rid of by placing hands, feet and other limbs in her chamber, in order to make the king think her a witch—I. [289];
intrigues against her rival—I. [356];
endeavours to destroy the children of her rival—I. [383].
Race employed as an artifice to cheat giants out of magical treasures—I. [14].
Rain of Kumára—I. [544], and note;
of flowers—II. [455], [474], [521], [527], [543], [566].
Rainwater, desire of the chátaka for—II. [197].
Rákshasa—demon generally hostile to human race (feminine Rákshasí)—I. [6], [25], [26], [43], [60], [77], [78], [138], [139], [141], [143], [144], [151], [159], [210], [214], [215], [216], [217], [218], [263], [264], [358], [359], [361], [362], [363], [364], [385], [389], [550]; II. [70], [165], [259], [260], [290], [297], [390], [487], [524], [525], [529], [531], [551], [565], [602], [603], [609], [615], 629.
Rank detected even in disguise—I. [110].
Rash promise, story of the—II. [278]—281;
parallels to—281.
Recorder of Hades—II. [187].
Red Lotus, unfading, a sign of the faithfulness of a wife or husband—I. [86], [87];
a man’s hand passed off as a—II. [450].
Relief-houses—II. [590].
Remedy against old age and death—II. [270];
against old age and disease—II. [596].
Remembering by heart anything heard once—I. [7], [9], [10]; II. 627.
Restoring to life dead creatures—II. [277] and note.
Resuscitation of heroes slain in battle—I. [476].
Retirement of a king to the forest in old age—I. [513].
Revenge of Cháṇakya—I. [30].
Riddle propounded by a supernatural being—I. [26];
propounded to a princess enables a prince to win her—I. 571;
the learned men of a king’s court puzzled by a—II. [118];
guessed by the aid of a preceptor—I. [44]; II. [236] note.
Ring put into a pail of water by a returning husband to inform his wife of his arrival—I. [142];
magical, averting all calamities called íti—II. [173];
discovery by means of—II. 629.
Rings, one hundred obtained by the wife of a water-spirit—II. [80].
Ṛishi—I. [42] note, [479]; II. [332].
Rose garland, unfading, a sign of the faithfulness of man or wife—I. [86] note.
Sacrifice to obtain wealth—I. [57];
of the body to feed a petitioner—II. [190].
Salamanders—II. 634.
Salvation, the nature of, taught to a merchant’s son by a figure—I. [237], [238].
Sandal-wood juice used to irrigate streets on festal occasions—I. [408];
used to allay heat—II. [345], [531].
Sánkhya doctrine—I. [418].
Śavara, barbarian or savage—I. [55], [56], [62], [63], [84] note, [176], [177], [178], [179], [180], [181], [270], [284], [285], [541], [547], [548], [550]; II. [20], [154], [155], [169], [191], [355], [381], [382], [383], [384], [390], [391], [393], [401], [403], [407].
Science, magical of the Vidyádharas (Science-holders)—I. [136], [218], [345], [406];
appears in visible form—II. [446].
Sculptor, carves a figure of Gaurí on a stone—I. [335].
Sea calmed by a hero flinging himself into it—II. [375];
the, a receptacle of jewels—II. [469].
Secret discovered by accidentally overhearing the conversation of supernatural beings—I. [25], [263].
Secret of the vulnerable point of a Rákshasa, revealed by his daughter—I. [71]; II. [488].
Secretary of Yama—II. [187].
Seeds, separation of—I. [361] and note.
Selection by the hero of his love from amidst a number of similarly attired maidens—I. [360]; II. 632.
Self-cremation—II. [547];
of a devoted follower—II. [321].
Self-sacrifice of Jímútaváhana to save a snake—I. [184]; II. [315];
of the Bráhman Víravara—I. [519]—524; II. [251]—257;
parallels to the story—257.
Self-devotion of king Śivi—I. [45]; II. [71].
Sensitive wives, story of the three—II. [281]—283;
parallels to—283.
Separation, fatal to a married couple—I. [106]; II. [480].
Serpent carried in a bamboo to kill an elephant—II. [140];
that spoke with a human voice—II. [62];
turns into a quiver—I. [438];
into a bow—ibid.
Serpent-worship—I. [312], 576; II. [225].
Sesame-seeds, the fool who sowed roasted—II. [44].
Sex, change of in mythology of the Aryan nations—II. [307].
Shampooing—II. [75].
Shape altered by a charm—I. [109];
of a Vidyádharí bestowed by magic on a man—II. [437].
Shifty lad, the story of, the same as the story of Rhampsinitus—II. [93] note.
Ship, impeded by the leg of a giant—I. [139];
freed by a hero who cuts off the leg—ibid;
parallel to the story in Togul. Troi. ed. Stokes—II. 629.
Shipwreck, description of—II. [128], [373].
Shoes that give the power of flying—I. [13], [14], [15], [16];
of swiftness—I. 571.
Sibyl, story of found in India—I. [49].
Sick lion, fable of—II. [74] note, [85].
Siddha semi-divine being of great purity and holiness—I. [2], [47], [136], [142], [161], [333], [407]; II. [184], [336], [441], [445], [448], [459], [517], [526], [538], [560].
Signs, language of—I. [44]; II. [235];
of love, conventional—II. [370] and note.
Sirens’ tale found in Ireland—II. 638.
Six courses—I. [313]; flavours—II. [76], and note.
Śivas, the gods so called—I. [419].
Skill in chariot-driving and in dice-playing bestowed at will—I. [566].
Skulls, delight of Śiva in—I. [6].
Smile, white according to Hindu poetic canons—I. [125], [127].
Smell of fried eels, enjoyment of, how paid for—II. [87].
Snake similarly represented in Russian and Indian stories—I. [183] note;
gratitude of—I. [564]; II. 633;
delivers a man from prison—II. [107];
causes justice to be done to a girl—II. [108] note, (see also Nága).
Snake-bite, effects of counteracted by a ring—I. [61].
Snake-charmer—I. [55].
Snake-demon—II. [54] and note, [99], [149];
female enters into a king—I. [544].
Snake-maiden—II. [173].
Snake-worship—I. [312], 576; II. [225].
Snakes devoured by Garuḍa—I. [183], [184], [185];
jewels on the crests of—I. [564];
corresponding European superstition—ibid, note.
Snakes, spells for subduing—II. [150];
crowns worn by—II. 633.
Sneezing, custom of saying “God bless you” in reference to—I. [254], 576; II. 631.
Son, banishment of a favourite, brought about by his brothers—I. [357], [358] and note.
Sons of kings devour their fathers like crabs—I. [249];
of rival queens, jealousy between—I. [358]; II. [217];
king Tárávaloka gives away his two sons to a Bráhman—II. [501].
Speaking immediately after birth of ominous import—I. [119]; II. 629.
Spectacle visible at both twilights—II. [600].
Spell for flying through the air overheard by a young man—I. [159];
for driving away Rákshasas—ibid;
for attracting a Yakshiṇí—I. [467].
Spells for breaking through walls, rending fetters, and becoming invisible—I. [74].
Spitting, terrible consequences of—II. [147].
Spring, description of—II. [411], [479];
the season of love—II. [481].
Spring-festival—I. [528].
Staff, magical—I. [13], [15], [16].
Stages of love-sickness—II. [304] note.
Steel, magic virtues of—I. 575.
St. George, story of identified with that of Indívarasena—II. 632.
Stone, Ahalyá turned into—I. [123].
Storms, part played by, in Greek romances—II. [375] note.
Subaqueous palace—I. [58]; II. [267], [289].
Substituted Bride, story of—II. [157];
European parallels—I. [162] note; II. 637;
bridegroom—II. [602].
Success, four means of—I. [68] note; [122].
Suicide to save the life of another—I. [519]—[524]; II. [251]—257;
parallels to story, [257];
to propitiate a divinity—I. [523]; II. [170], [464];
meditated by kings who had failed to keep the wives of Súryaprabha committed to their care—I. [434];
of a king in his old age—II. [483].
Suitors, four baffled by an artifice—I. [17], [18], [19], [20];
story of the four accomplished—I. [499]; II. [275]—277;
of the three accomplished—II. [258]—260.
Sun-rise, power of demons ceases at—I. [43], [338], [550]; II. 628;
mountain of—I. [137].
Sun and moon-trees—I. 575.
Swans, husband and wife born as—II. [143].
Swan carries off a necklace and so liberates her mate—II. [144].
Swan-maidens—II. [452], and note.
Swinging a favourite recreation of a princess—II. [122].
Sword, magical, obtained by a hero—I. [69];
magical power of—I. [503];
that confers the power of flying through the air—I. [559];
magical belonging to a snake-demon—II. [150];
importance of in sorcery—II. [164] and note;
of a hero, II. [172];
sword, named Invincible—II. [270], [521].
Tájika—I. [336].
Ṭakka, story of the rich and foolish who submitted to be burnt alive sooner than share his food with a guest—II. [109];
General Cunningham’s statement that the Ṭakkas were once undisputed lords of the Panjáb, ibid note.
Talisman against weapons—II. [161];
against poison, Rákshasas, old age and disease—II. [551].
Talking immediately after birth—I. [119]; II. 629.
Tank in the lower world leading to the upper world—II. [268], [292].
Tasks, magical performed by a hero to win his love—I. [361]; II. 632.
Ten stages of love-sickness—II. [304], note.
Ten-slayer, story of—II. [119].
Thalaba the Destroyer, reference to—II. 633.
Thief, a prince gives himself out as a—II. [155], [298], [494];
a young lady falls in love with a—II. [299];
a merchant’s daughter falls in love with a—II. [495];
steals a bedstead from under a man—II. [622].
Thread, animal transformation effected by means of—I. [340]; II. [168].
Three accomplished suitors, story of,—II. [258]–260;
parallels to the story of—260.
Three Bráhmans who restored a dead lady to life—II. [242];
European parallels to the story—245.
Three deceitful leeches—II. 636.
Three fastidious men, story of—II. [271]–274,
parallels to the story—274.
Three very sensitive wives, story of, II. [281]–283;
parallels to—283.
Three, importance of the number in witchcraft—II. [451], note.
Throbbing of left arm and shoulder an unfavourable omen—I. [465];
of the right eye a good omen—II. [128].
Thunder in a clear sky—I. [116].
Tide of the sea—I. [277].
Tides, phenomenon of, alluded to—II. [384].
Tiger feeds an old woman—II. [107] note.
Tischchen deck dich—II. 627.
Tongue, protruded by a vampire—II. [138].
Tongues, of the snakes, how they became forked—I. [182].
Tortoise carried by two swans—II. [37].
Transformation of self at will—II. 632.
Transmigration into the bodies of animals—II. [25].
Treachery to a husband deprives a divine being of her supernatural power—I. [505].
Treasure, power given by means of—I. [126];
guarded by a Yaksha—I. [127];
buried—I. [147];
guarded by supernatural beings—I. [306], 576; II. 631.
Treasure-finder, the—II. [46].
Treasure-trove belongs to the king—I. [529].
Treasury of a king robbed by means of wooden swans—I. [391];
of the emperor Octavius broken into—II. [100].
Tree, a beautiful maiden enclosed in a—I. [229];
a man transformed into a—II. [148];
a queen transformed into a—II. 637.
Trees that bear fruit and flowers at the same time—I. [480].
Tree-spirits—II. [213].
Tree-worship—I. [153], 574, 575; II. [116] note, [387] note, [460] and note.
Tretá Yuga, name of Ujjayiní in—II. [275].
Turushka cavalry defeated by Udayana—I. [151];
fetters Niśchayadatta with the intention of sacrificing him to the manes of his father—I. [336].
Tutelary gods for each member of the body—II. 633.
Twenty-five tales of a demon, or Vampire, begin—II. [232];
various forms of the introduction to—II. [241].
Ugliness, description of in a woman—I. [157];
in a man—II. [602].
Ulcer cured by a Piśácha—I. [255], [256].
Vampire, a corpse animated by, carries a mendicant—I. [133];
propitiated by a hero’s offering him his own flesh—I. [231];
assumes various shapes—II. [138], [322];
animating a corpse utters a terrible shriek—II. [207];
the twenty-five tales of commence—II. [232];
other forms of—ibid note;
made a slave by king Vikramáditya, the Solomon of India—II. [572];
devours a kápálika—II. [582].
Vampires, Slavonic superstitions about—I. [74] note;
known in ancient Chaldæa—I. 574;
and in Egypt, ibid.
Vampirism, theories of Herz and Ralston with regard to—II. [208] note.
Vaiśya, name of the third caste—I. [499], [500], [551].
Vasu, semidivine beings belonging to a class of eight—I. [52], [53], [430], [449], [456], [473], [475].
Vetála or Vampire, mention of—I. [133] note, [211], [255], [458], [543]; II. [138], [139], [146], [157], [200], [205], [206], [207], [208], ibid note, [232], [233], [234], [241], [242], [243] note, [244], [245], [248], [249], [250], [251], [256], [257], [260], [261], [264], [265], [271], [274], [275], [277], [278], [280], [281], [283], [284], [292], [293], ibid note, [297], [300], [301], [307], [318], [321], [322], [323], [327], [328], [334], [341], [342], [347], ibid note, [348], [350], [351], [353], [354], [357], [358], [359], [360], [361], [364], [388], [455], [565], [572], [582], [595], [597], [598], [599], [600], [613].
Vices, of kings—I. [68] note.
Vidyádhara a kind of spirit or fairy possessed of magical knowledge—I. [2], [4], [51], [97], [135], [136], [173], [174], [176], [179], [180], [181], [185], [186], [190], [193], [217], [218], [219], [222], [223], [224], [225], [230], [231], [232], [233], [235], [238], [239], [267], [269], [270], [282], [300], [301], [302], [303], [304], [309], [310], [314], [315], [320], [322], [327], [335], [343], [344], [345], 351, [354], [388], [397], [398], [399], [403], [405], [406], [407], [409], [411], [412], [414], [415], [417], [421], [422], [423], [428], [437], [438], [441], [442], [443], [447], [450], [453], [454], [455], [456], [457], [458], [472], [474], [476], [477], [478], [479], [480], [483], [484], [485], [493], [494], [497], [498], [502], [503], ibid note, [504], [507], [508], [513], [514], [519], [526], [527], [528], [547], [556]; II. [18], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [63], [104], [105], [107], [113], [114], [123], [124], [126], [130], [136], [141], [142], [145], [186], [232], [235], [289], [291], [292], [294], [308], [310], [311], [312], [314], [315], [316], [317], [336], [358], [359], [360], [417], [426], [427], [428], [430], [432], [434], [437], [439], [440], [441], [443], [444], [445], [446], [447], [448], [453], [454], [455], [456], [457], [458], [459], [460], [461], [462], [463], [464], [465], ibid note, [466], [467], [468], [469], [470], [471], [472], [473], [474], [475], [477], [478], [480], [483], [484], [485], [486], [496], [497], [498], [502], [503], [505], [506], [513], [515] [517], [518], [520], [521], [522], [523], [524], [526], [528], [529], [532], [533], [537], [538], [539], [540], [546], [550], [555], [558], ibid note, [559], [560], [561].
Vidyádharí feminine of preceding—I. [135], [136], [142], [218], [222], [227], [256], [326], [335], [341], [344], [483], [497], [501], [504], [507], [511], [512], [514]; II. [122], [123], [291], [292], [328], [426], [427], [428], [429], [430], [431], [435], [442], [453], [456], [496].
Vis Medicatrix how interfered with—II. 632.
Voleur Avisé Le—II. 637.
Wager of battle, instance of resort to—I. [396].
Wandering Jew, Indian form of the fable—II. [596] note.
Washing the mouth, hands, and feet imperative before eating—II. [364].
Water, for the feet—II. [548];
employed in bestowing gifts—I. [352]; II. [329], [502] and note;
of Immortality—I. [185] note, [376], [377]; II. [190], [317];
of ordeal—II. [551];
running, folk-lore demons cannot cross—I. [368];
used in the coronation ceremony—I. [308], [481].
Water-spirits—II. [80], and note; [154].
Weapon, of Paśupati—II. [542];
of Garuḍa—II. [543].
Weapons, magical—II. [527].
Weeping image—II. [580].
Wedding, auspicious day for, fixed by astrologers—II. [372].
Wheel, red-hot and continually revolving, a punishment for disobedience to parents—I. [555];
of mundane existence—II. [151], [152].
Wheat roasted before sowing—II. 635.
Whirlpool overhung by a banyan tree, which the hero lays hold of—I. [220].
White, the colour of glory in Hindu poetry—II. [463] note, [549], [567];
of laughter—II. [534] note.
Whiteman’s land the same as Śvetadvípa—II. [519] note.
Widow-burning—II. [195], [608], [609], 638.
Widow-burning an old Aryan custom—II. [13], note; [299], note.
Wife burns herself with the body of her husband—I. [52];
burns herself on the death of her husband—I. [244];
demands her husband’s life as alms—II. [63], [603];
devours a man, and her maid a mare—II. [616];
story of the ungrateful—II. [101].
Wine mixed with datura—I. [90];
mixed with human blood offered to a king by a maiden of the infernal regions—II. [200];
practice of drinking—I. [165], [529], [534]; II. [428], [433], [469], [476], [480].
Wisdom, perfection of illustrated—II. [186].
Wishing-cow, the—I. [122].
Wishing-stone—II. [8], and note.
Wishing-tree—I. [174]; II. [182], [308], [498], [592];
that arose out of the sea—II. [286].
Witch, description of—I. [157];
punishment of, I. [161];
wife of a barber is a—I. [289];
attempt to prove a queen to be a—ibid;
contest of a benevolent with a cruel—I. [342], [343];
wife of a Bráhman becomes a—II. [135];
a white witch—ibid;
incantation for exorcising the demon of fever taught by a—II. [164];
a butcher’s wife a—II. [168];
a princess represented as a—II. [240];
secures possession of a man by giving him a man’s hand which she passes off for a red lotus—II. [450].
Witches, assembly of—I. [553]; II. [604];
sport in a cemetery—I. [159]; II. [240];
with Bhairava—I. [553];
cannibal propensities of—I. [158]; II. [450];
image of Bhairava dear to—II. [387];
fight between two parties of—II. [453], [605];
charm that keeps witches at a distance—II. [605].
Women, seclusion of, reprobated—I. [328].
Wounds, miraculously healed—I. [348].
Yaksha demigod attendant on Kuvera employed to guard wealth, (feminine Yakshí and Yakshiṇí)—I. [4], [37], [43], [58], [91], [127], [230], [250], [259], [306], [307], [323], [337], [338], [339], [341], [342], [343], [443], [452], [467]; II. [3], [83], [116], [118], [171], [172], [173], [193], [194], [204], [214], [451], [565], [571], [572], [582], [583], [584], [585], [594].
Yoga doctrine—I. [418], [420] note.
Yogins, power of entering another body possessed by—I. [417], [418].