INDEX
Abandoned city, [310]
Abduction, of Apsaras, [366];
bride, [163];
girl, [299], [320];
Nāga maiden, [366];
Princess, [91], [103], [108], [130], [266], [268], [311], [312], [315], [316], [371], [378];
woman, [197]
Aḍē, disrespectful, [67];
also an exclamation denoting astonishment or interest
Adikār or man kills lion or tiger accidentally, [219];
taken by horse among enemy, [370]
Ādiśēsha, snake K., gives magic ring, [131]
Adultery, death for, [52], [218], [345], [346], [359]
Advice bought, [136]–[140];
given, [329]
Æwariyakkā, rogueries of, [149] ff.;
sells cloth trees, [150],
gold-voiding elephant, [150]
Akaragane jungle granted, [161]–[165];
Yakā, [161] ff.
Ala-addīn story, [358]
Āli-Shār and Zumurrud, [93]
Almsgiving to discover husband, [92], [93]
Amuṇa, [19]–[21], [71], [456], [457]
And, conjunction, [415]
Andris, H. B. and Co., on coins, [453], [454];
measures, [456];
tortures, [449];
traps, [51]
Aniccan̥ dukkhan̥, [19], [64], [65], [68], [71], [75], [159]
Animal guards at magic tree or treasure must be fed, [177];
of Apsaras, [182]
Animal jacket, shell or skin, [121]–[126], [132], [188], [301], [302], [435], [445]
Animals accompany and assist Brāhmaṇa, Prince or youth, [129]–[135], [296]–[299], [361], [362];
girl, [443];
cause Prince’s life to be restored, [298];
expression of grief, [298], [299];
feign death, [11];
ordered to make tank, [259], [260];
said to void gold or money, [150], [151];
speech, fatal to impart knowledge of, [258], [260];
ungrateful to man who saved them:—crocodile, [446];
leopard, [447];
snake, [447];
tiger, [446], [447]
Animation suspended, [434]
Ants race elephant, [442]
Appusiññō, monkey, story of, [243] ff.
Apsaras caught by hiding robe, [366];
guarded by animals, [182]
Apsarases bathe in pool, [297], [298], [366];
restore dead Prince to life, [298]
Ārakshāwa, [78]
Arrow, magical, [65];
maker, [375], [376], [379];
shot, thirty years in falling, [49]
Arts and sciences learnt, [115], [313], [318], [328], [401], [405], [407]
Ascetic cheated by jackal, [386], [387];
soul enters dead youth, [410]
Ascetics, Brāhmaṇa and demons cheated by women carried in boxes or pot, [118], [119]
Āsiyā, [149]
Ass, and bull or deer killed in field or garden, [56];
stolen while led, [206]
Assessors, judicial, powers of, [446]
Astrologer gives advice to Prince, [329]
Asura, deceived by woman, [119];
figure shown as Q.’s child, [152];
maidens in underground palace, [358];
Maya, [409]
Atin, [415]
Attar water sprinkled on bridegroom, [394]–[396]
Avicenna on bear cubs, [61]
Āyibō, [74]
Ayiwandā, story of, [62] ff.;
magic power given, [63];
obtains tavalama, [68];
shoots deer, [65];
stops Vedarāla and wedding, [66]
Babāsiññō, the beggar, [243] ff.;
marries Princess, [246]
Baeri-taena, [340]
Bahu-Bhūtayā, marries dancing girl, [156];
sent for sea-water, [157]
Balaellāewa, [155]
Bali aerumak, [74]
Baṇa recitation, [126], [360], [363]–[365]
Banishment of defeated K., [382], [397];
of Princes or sons for attempted abduction, [325],
belief in destiny, [392],
disobedience, [285],
extravagance, [139],
false charge, [97], [98],
idleness, [127], [265],
ignorance, [173],
uselessness, [220];
of Q. or wife, [152], [197]
Barber’s wife’s cunning, [344]–[346]
Barbet, story of, [353]
Barrenness, cure or prescription for, [21], [152], [154];
spell for, [78]
Barter or exchange, cat for ladle, [111];
elephant for cloth tree, [150],
for water-pot, [110], [111];
slaves for hen, [151]
Bathing head, [255]
Batmasurā, story of, [57] ff.;
deceived by Mōhinī, [58]–[60];
learnt spells and chased Śiva, [58];
reborn inside Śiva, [60]
Beads of necklace become seeds or worms, [405], [408], [409]
Bear, assists Brāhmaṇa’s son, [135];
fœtal form of young, [61];
hair brought, [444];
kills Prince, [53];
milk brought, [80], [144]
Beggar, and monkey, [243] ff.;
assisted by snake, [185];
cures elephant, [186];
gambles with K. and wins sovereignty, [249];
married to Princess, [246]
Bernier on black fowls, [216]
Bhāratas’ government cheated, [446]
Bhārunda bird, [443]
Billa, demon offering, [79], [345], [346], [355]
Binduwa, use of, [417]
Binna marriage, [36], [67], [71], [72], [79], [90], [141], [221], [255], [299], [307], [312], [314], [323], [332], [362], [369], [376], [377], [397]
Birds killed, [16], [17];
vomit pearls, [455];
young killed, [13], [15], [94], [97], [98],
by Prince, [196]
Bitch bears daughters, [102];
changed into golden pumpkin or gem-set figure, [103], [105];
ill-treated or killed by daughter, [103], [105]
Blind man, abandoned by wife, [390];
and Heṭṭiyā, [388]–[391];
death sentence, [391]
Blindness caused by kissing, [437],
by thorns, [443];
cured by eating bark, [443],
by touch of flower or hand, [139], [437];
night blindness, [220]–[222];
pretended, [213]–[216]
Blood, animal’s, smeared on sword to prove death, [97];
given to drink, [90], [93]
Boat sails up-stream, [133], [267]
Boy, assisted by gryphons, [444],
caterpillar, [132],
his long hair, [132];
cheats Heṭṭiyās, [150],
K., [151],
relatives, [435];
frightens leopard, [448],
thieves, [435];
in treasure chamber, [357];
kills dragon, [443],
mosquito on father’s head, [446];
learns arts, and women’s subtlety, [115], [116];
killed, [406];
kills magician, [405], [406];
magical transformations, [401]–[409];
marries Princess and becomes K., [405];
receives articles, [440];
taken as demon offering, [355]–[357];
unable to learn, [400], [401], [406], [408], [409]
Boy, fortunate, buys ships, [234]–[236], [238];
sells rice to monsters, [236]–[238];
made Treasurer, [239]
Brāhmaṇa, and goat, [205];
and mungus, [28];
and Rākshasa, [182];
and Vidyādhara wife, [362];
becomes K., [334];
breaks pot of flour or bread, [444];
buries corpse, [137];
cheated by jackal, [387],
by woman kept in pot, [120];
cheated or killed by pupil, [407], [408];
could not be enriched, [398], [399];
kills crane who befriended him, [182];
maims Rākshasa, [334];
marries courtesan, [198];
or man or Prince buys advice, [136]–[140];
or youth avoids death by sending another, [438], [439];
prediction of, [51], [193];
rides Garuḍa at night, [198];
tells story, [52];
unable to learn, [334]
Brāhmaṇa’s son, assisted by animals, [135];
learns women’s wickedness, [116];
power of his talisman, [135];
rescues and marries Princess, [133];
sells gold-voiding horse, [151]
Bride, abducted, [163];
cheats Rākshasa, [172];
price, [313]
Bridegroom killed on wedding night, [331], [332], [334]
Brilliance of Buddha, [114],
heroine, [113], [114],
Prince, [114], [254]
Buddha as flying horse, [199]
Buddhist doctrine regarding Karma, [332], [398]
Buffalo made ram, [205]
Bug and louse story, [30]
Bull, and ass in bean field, [56];
and lion kill each other, [22], [23];
and mouse-deer, [23];
feigns death, [11];
heavenly, visits tank, [210], [211];
made goat, [200];
swallows chank shell, [152]
Burial, alive:—children, [84]–[87], [293],
criminals, [98],
Rākshasī, [134];
of K., [309],
nobleman, [137],
nobleman’s wife, [241],
Prince, [257], [332],
villager, [68], [218]
Burton, Sir R., on flying horse, [198]
Bushel measure, [244], [456], [457]
Cage, iron, made, [219]
Cakes cooked, [100];
on trees, [349], [350];
cake tree created, [167]
Calf claimed as bull’s, [441]
Car, celestial, taken for dying man, [143];
flying, [197]
Carpenter, [89];
makes flying horse, [134], [198],
flying peacock, [90];
put in stocks, [348];
story of, [352], [353]
Carpenter’s son, becomes beggar, [91];
constructs city, [92];
flies on peacock and marries Princess, [90];
gives his blood to drink, [90];
wife abducted, [91]
Cat, and jackal, [55];
and Prince or youth, [128], [130], [131], [133], [296], [298];
false penance of, [447], [448];
helps to recover Princess, [130], [131],
ring or talisman, [130]–[135];
out of sea, [133]
Cattle, bells, wooden, [69];
feign death, [11];
fold, [62], [63], [65]
Chameleon races elephant, [442]
Chank shell, borne by Q., [152],
Prince in it, [153];
swallowed by bull and shark, [152]
Charms to kill Rākshasa, [179];
to protect from demons, [227]
Chastity index, [436]
Cheats cheated, [200] ff.
Chena cultivation, [146], [147], [207], [221], [222]
Child-bearing, prescription for, [21];
spell for, [78]
Children, abandoned, [195], [435], [436];
buried alive, [84]–[87], [293];
lost and recovered, [380]–[383];
reared by vultures, [436]
Chinese belief in re-animation of corpses, [410]
City of Bakarāwatā, [18], [20];
Kurupiṭiya, [18];
Sulambāwatī, [19];
Toṭagamuwa, [21]
Clothes growing on trees, [150];
cloth trees sold, [150]
Club to rejuvenate women, [435]
Cobra, and polan̆gā, [26];
assists kind Princess, [104], [105];
bought by Prince, [127];
brings Nāga K., [129];
cremated, [332];
enemy of polan̆gā, [27], [28];
killed, [27], [332], [443];
kills bridegroom on wedding night, [332],
polan̆gā, [27],
unkind Princess, [104], [105];
“Sending,” [177];
sucks poison from wound, [27];
was man in former life, [332]
Cock and K., [258];
predicts K.’s death, [258]
Coconut-shell water vessel, [79]–[81]
Coins:—Anna, [444];
cent, [234]–[236];
dīnār, [215], [320];
French, value, [452];
gold, [92], [139], [140], [150], [151];
gold kahāpaṇa, [263], [454];
gold masurama, [386], [387], [453], [454];
kahāpaṇa, [450], [454], [455];
larin or ridī, [452], [453];
massa, double, [454], [455];
massa or masurama, [106], [127]–[129], [136]–[138], [155], [241], [253]–[255], [273], [305], [313]–[315], [328]–[330], [366], [453], [454];
measures for, [244];
muhr (mohur), [399], [452];
pagoda (warāgan), [131], [408], [455];
paṇama, [453], [455];
pound, [234], [236], [239], [243], [244], [249], [291], [452];
pretended, [240]–[242];
rix-dollar, [453], [455];
rupee, [139], [151], [201], [216], [243]–[245], [408], [444], [452], [455];
salliya, [453]–[455];
shāhi, [452];
silver, [92], [452]–[455];
tōmān, [452];
tuṭṭuwa, [152], [454], [455]
Compact, to marry children, [121];
with ascetic, [358];
with boys’ teacher, [400], [408]
Concealment of money or robe inside thigh, [366]
Concubine’s false charge, [97], [98];
son, [347]
Conjunction and, form of, [415], [416];
omission of, [416]
Copper, ratio to silver, and value, [454]
Corpse, drawn through streets or exposed, [42], [45], [46];
guarded at night, [139];
left at cemetery, [179], [225], [228];
gems or money tied at waist, [137], [139], [140];
set up as though alive, [214], [216];
thrown away, [139], [140];
tied on man’s back, [179], [182]
Counsellor, [231]
Counting incident, ten peasants, [442]
Courtesan keeps gambling house, [272];
sells losing gambler, [273]
Crab, and fishes, [447];
and frog, [29]
Crane, and tiger’s cultivation, [446];
false penance, [447];
friend of Rākshasa, [182];
or geese carry turtle, [442];
rears and weighs girl on tree, [198]
Creation, of cake tree by Rākshasa, [167];
palace and valuables by cobra, Nāga K. or Sun, [104], [105];
palace, [105], [130]–[135], [437];
Princess, [130];
raw-rice, [123]–[125]
Cremation, of cobra, [332];
friend, [46];
raja, [216], [409];
woman, [225], [227], [229], [308];
youth, [410]
Croaking of frogs imitated, [29]
Crocodile, and man, [446];
cheated by jackal, [448], [449];
feigns death, [11];
guards Apsarases’ pool, [297];
in sea, [443];
jacket of man, [445];
swallows Prince, [298]
Crow, and deer, [5]–[12];
and frog, [442];
caw auspicious, [17];
drops excreta in K.’s or man’s mouth, [183], [184];
finds K.’s ring, [184];
killed for gold cap, [17];
language learnt, [183];
on floating carcase, [442];
untrustworthy, [10]
Crown, [303], [333], [381], [456]
Cryptic sayings, [112], [114], [344], [345], [446]
Cultivation customs, [142], [146], [147], [207]
Curry, [385]
Cymbals, [155]
Damayantī, story of, [252]
Dānaya, given to find husband, [132], [270], [271], [319];
given to Gods and poor, [144], [145];
Śakra as old man eats it, [145]
Dancing, girl, [155], [156], [195], [197];
drowned for causing husband’s death, [157];
song parodied by tom-tom beater, [156];
learnt by Princess, [326]
Darter, a dried-fish trader, [353]
Daughter as bait for thief, [46], [47];
drowns mother, [224]
Daughter-in-law, burnt, [227], [229];
deceived by sham money, [240]–[242];
tries to kill mother-in-law, [225]–[229]
Davids, Prof. Rhys, on larin, [453]
Davy, Dr., on larin and massa, [453], [454]
Dead, notions regarding, [52], [143], [228];
revived, [37], [82], [134], [143], [257], [268], [298], [408], [410]
Deaf man gives away cattle, [436]
Death, feigned, [9]–[12];
of bridegroom on wedding night, [331]–[334]
Death sentence on, blind man, Heṭṭiyā and woman, [391];
Minister, [194];
Prince, [96], [97], [153], [195], [306], [328], [392], [396], [437];
woman, [215]
Debt of previous existence paid, [236]
Deer, and friends, [5]–[12];
escapes when caught, [7], [9], [11];
feigns death, [9], [11], [12];
frightens tiger, [441];
killed in garden, [56]
Deity, destroys city, [311];
cheated by Vedarāla, [340], [341],
woman, [119], [120];
enters bottle or jug, [341], [342];
gives Prince turtle shell, [301];
prayed to make husband blind, [212], [213], [215];
restores sword, [257];
splits Śiva open, [60]
Demon assists kind girl, punishes unkind, [448];
attitude when reclining, [451];
carries man in bag, [455];
ceremonies, [162], [376], [384];
daughter killed and eaten, [455];
forms of, [341], [448];
killed by tigers, [443];
K.’s name, [35];
offerings, human, to, [79], [168], [170], [176], [178], [345], [346], [355], [356];
shot, [451];
slave’s work and revenge, [448]
Destiny is all-powerful, [392], [398], [399]
Dēvatāwā gives information by dream, [48], [418];
in tree, [443];
offering to, [212], [213];
personated, [213], [215];
revives Prince, [298]
Dharma, doctrine of, [398], [399]
Dice personified, their jealousy, [252]
Dikpiṭiyā, story of, [38];
elopes with man’s wife, [39];
Dippiṭiyās, [40], [155]
Districts of Ceylon, [303]
Divorce for greediness, [99];
idleness, [146];
sterility, [78];
pretended custom, [91]
Doves saved assist youth, [362]
Dream, [48], [160], [416], [417]
Duṭṭha-Gāmaṇi, story of death-bed, [143]
Dwarf or boy cheats and drowns relatives and frightens thieves, [435]
Earnest money, [235]
Eating seated, [448]
Egret hunts with Prince, [153]
Eight, blows, [348];
days, [132], [201], [320];
months, [305];
years, [226]
Ejection of boxes or pots containing women, [119], [120]
Elephant, as fishing bait, [451];
carried by vulture, [81];
demanded when dead, [110], [111];
from divine world, [208], [210];
given for water-pot, [111];
gives gold and silver to Princess, [109];
guard of Apsaras, [182];
killed by Prince, [294],
by snake’s breath, [456];
kills Rākshasa, [108];
man shelters in dead one, [81];
milk brought, [79], [80];
races ant and chameleon, [442];
“Sending,” [177];
selects K., [381], [382];
snake in head, [185], [186];
sold as voiding gold coins, [150];
thrown over Seven Seas, [451]
Elephant guard, [106]–[108];
finds Princesses in cave, [108],
ring, [106];
kills Rākshasa, [108]
Elopement, [39], [46], [109], [132], [160], [166], [175], [195], [198], [389]
Escape of culprits by charging others, [336]–[338];
of condemned prisoners, [345], [346]
Euphorbia milk drunk, [138]
Exchange of cloths, [174]
Fakīr breaks his pot, [440]
Fate, [332], [392] ff.;
Buddhist and Hindū doctrines of, [398], [399]
Father-in-law or master scalded, [73], [75]
Feast or food given to find husband, [92], [93];
brother-in-law, [252]
Feigning death, [9], [11], [12]
Fifty dīnārs, [320];
larins, [453]
Figure, Asura, [152];
wax, of Princess, [319]
Final vowel shortened before particle, [416]
Fire-ball sent to destroy city, [311]
Fire cock, jewelled, of Rākshasa stolen, [122]–[125]
Fire flies assist youth, [361], [362]
Fish, and crab, [447];
and crane, [447];
magical, [408], [409];
swallows hawk with gourd and people in it, [385],
infants, [385],
K., [382],
ship and people, [385],
youth, [299];
was river god, [434]
Fish curer chosen by elephant as K., [381]
Fish-hook, [450];
fishing with hook, [38], [451]
Fish-owls, marry Princess, [21];
search for bride, [18]–[21]
Five brothers, [434];
comrades, [134];
daughters, [434];
elephants, [453];
Gamarālas, [166];
lies, [352];
larins, [453];
loads of masuran, [313], [315],
lotus flowers, [198];
musical instruments, [246];
Nāga maidens, [365];
pingo loads, [147];
weapons, [373]
Five hundred, areka nuts, [68];
cattle, children, goats, [168], [169];
masuran, [137], [255];
mice, [447];
pounds, [234], [236], [239]
Flaying alive, [450]
Flogging, [449]
Flower mother or woman, [250], [251], [255], [256];
burns Prince’s sword, [256];
impaled, [257];
poisons Prince, [255], [256];
was Q., [250], [251]
Flower-plant or tree as life index, [35], [78], [81]
Flying animals or things:—Asses, [198];
bird, wooden, [134];
bulls, stone, [199];
car, [197];
composite animals, [199];
deer, [198];
horse, [198], [199],
wax, [193] ff.,
wooden, [134], [198];
lions, stone, [199];
peacock, wooden, [89]–[91];
quadrupeds, [198], [199];
sword, [358]
Food carried under finger nail, [433]
Foolish, Adikār kills lion or tiger, [219];
ass owner, [206];
boy kills mosquito on father’s head, [446];
man leaves buffalo or goat, [205],
orders water to stop running, [445],
or thief rides on tiger, [456];
men claim obeisance, [442];
Rākshasa, [174];
thief scalds sleeping man, [451]
Fortunate boy, becomes Treasurer, [239];
buys ships, [234], [236], [238];
trades with monsters, [236]–[238]
Fortune from pot of bread, flour or oil, [444]
Foundling reared by K., [195]
Four bags, [242];
branches, [167];
cats-eye stones, [177];
days, [326];
friends, [352];
gem-lamps, [177];
hours, [451];
hundred masuran, [305];
lāhas, [21];
miles, [396];
Ministers, [307];
pieces of advice, [136]–[140];
persons, [223];
Rākshasas, [166];
servants, [304];
streets, [42], [186];
Śūdras, [205];
tasks, [79]–[81];
thousand rupees, [139], [151];
tuṭṭu, [152];
wives, [444];
Paṇḍitayās, [27]
Fowls, black, [213], [216];
and K., [258]
Fox, hare and wolf in larder, [56]
Frog, and crab, [29];
marries K., [434];
washed, [442]
Fruit eaten to bear child, [152], [154]
Gaja-Bāhu, K., and crow, [183];
his ring, [184]
Gama-mahagē, buries children alive, [84]–[87];
cheated by husband, [213];
journey to heaven, [208], [209];
prays for husband’s blindness, [212], [213];
sentenced to death, [215];
sets up corpse in garden, [214];
taken to heaven by Śakra, [87];
takes thieves’ booty, [228]
Gamarāla, and divine elephant, [207] ff.;
and ex-monk, [142];
and Hokkā, [292];
and tom-tom beater, [457];
buries sons alive, [84]–[87];
catches white rat-snake, [48];
cheated by jackals, [54], [55],
by son-in-law, [72]–[75],
by wife, [217], [218];
drives lion away, [219];
eaten by Rākshasa, [166];
has devil-dance inside gourd fruit, [384];
his crop spoilt by rice-mortars, [207];
his eight wives, [78];
his tasks, [84]–[87];
killed on journey to heaven, [209];
kills jackal, [55], [56],
paramour, [214];
mutilates servant or son-in-law, [71]–[75];
mutilated, [75];
personates Dēvatāwā, [213];
rears and teaches tom-tom beater, [49]–[51];
scalded, [73], [75];
wives elope, [166]
Gamarāla’s daughter, and Rākshasa, [457];
killed, [75];
kills nephew, [74];
marries ex-monk, [141];
returns to earth after death, [143]
Gamarāla’s son, becomes K., [87];
catches shark, [82];
drowns mother-in-law, [228];
escapes from Rākshasa, [82], [83];
his four tasks, [79]–[81];
killed and revived by Yaksanī, [81];
life index tree, [78];
taken as demon offering, [79];
taken to heaven, [87];
tries to burn mother, [228], [229]
Gamarāla’s son-in-law, [71] ff., cuts off Gamarāla’s nose, [75];
nose cut off, [71], [72];
tasks given, [71]
Gambling, [272], [284], [286];
K. loses kingdom, [249], [252]
Game with oranges or pigeons, [95], [97];
ball, [285]
Gānē, [209]
Gaṇēśa, [42]
Garland maker, [250]
Garuḍa, tame, in Ceylon, [198]
Gāwin, [210]
Gē, [49]
Gem-set or magic ring of Nāga K. or snake, its powers, [129]–[134];
woman’s, [134]
General appoints K., [232];
frightens enemy single-handed, [369]–[372];
Yaksha, [35]
Genitive case in ǣ or lǣ, [413], [414]
Giant (Prince) cures demon illness, [376];
fishes with elephant bait, [451];
his food, [373];
jumps across river or into sky, [373], [375];
kills mad crocodile and leopard, [374],
Yakā, [377];
life in sword, [378], [379];
marries Siṭu girl, [377];
throws elephant across Seven Seas, [451];
wife abducted and recovered, [378], [379]
Giju-lihinī (= rukh), [80];
milk taken, [81]
Gini, geḍiyak, [311];
kukuḷā, [122]
Girl abducted, [299];
and Prince, [112]–[114];
assisted by demon, [448];
by Sun, [104];
bears [100] eggs, [154];
elected as K., [320];
her brilliance, [113], [114];
her cryptic sayings, [112], [114];
needlework, [320];
plots to kill brother, [297]–[299];
reared by crane and weighed daily, [198]
Goat, and hyæna, [354];
eaten by Rākshasa, [169]–[172];
frightens leopard, [440];
made dog, [205]
Goddess gives Prince magical power and turtle shell, [301]
Gods come to dānaya, [144], [145];
must become mortals, [398]
Gold or gold coins in dung, [150], [151]
Golden bed, [312];
hair of Princess or heroine, [130], [133], [134], [266];
seedling planted, [446]
Goḷu-Bayiyā, fetches bride, [158], [159];
name changed, [158];
goes for deer dreamt of, [160]
Gōpalu Dēvatāwā at cattle fold, [62];
emblems, [62];
gives magic power to youth, [63]
Gos, forms of, [417]
Gourd, devil-dance inside, [384];
swallowed by fish and hawk, [384], [385]
Grammar of stories, notes on, [413] ff.
Grateful animals assist men, [131]–[135]
Grief, rolling on ground a mark of, [182], [298], [299], [446]
Guards, animal, of Apsaras, [182]
Hāhō, [187]
Hair, cuts tree, [443];
floats away in water, [130]–[134], [266];
golden, of man or Princess, [130], [133], [134], [266];
lengthened by pounding, [455];
long, [131]–[133], [135];
line on body, [156]
Hanging, [46]
Haranṭikā, the thief, [41] ff.;
beheads father, [41];
falls from tree, [42]
Hare, and jackal’s rice eating, [440];
and parrot, [3];
cuts millet, [187];
fox and wolf in larder, [56];
eyes shown as Princes’, [96];
married to Prince, [187]
Hat, three-cornered, story of, [200] ff.;
of K. Raja-Sin̥ha, [456]
Hatara-maha lūla trap, [48], [49], [51]
Hayi-wunā, [68]
Head, of slave shaved, [272];
to split into pieces, [170], [171];
washing, [48], [255]
Heaven, journey to, [87], [208], [211]
Hero, difficulty of killing, [438], [439]
Heṭṭiyā or Heṭṭirāla, [69];
and blind man, [388]–[391];
and Sokkā, [457] ff.;
advances money for buying ship and trading, [235]–[239];
bride’s adventure, [343]–[346];
buys Prince, [273], [286];
cheated by boy or Prince, [150], [273]–[291];
his diarrhœa, [458];
refuses profit, [239];
shopkeeper gives dāna, [270];
wife cheated, [240], [241]
Heṭṭiyā’s daughter goes to school, [392];
married to Prince, [397];
Princess’s friend, [392]
Heṭṭiyā’s son avoids school, [89], [230];
joins army, [231];
made local K., [232], [233]
Hidden treasure, [176], [177];
lighted lamp in chamber, [357];
mode of taking, [169], [170], [177], [178], [355], [357];
takers protected by charmed stones, [177]
Hills and trees joined and separated by Act of Truth, [63]
Himālaya or himālē, [102], [166], [172], [179], [421], [424]
Hokkā and Gamarāla, [292];
Hokkī, [352]
Horikaḍayā, born in chank shell, [153];
marries Princess and killed in well, [154]
Horoscope, [193], [257], [425], [430]
Horse-dung collected on journey, [280], [289], [290], [292]
Horse, Minister and Prince, friendship of, [153], [154];
flying (wax), [193] ff.;
flying (wooden), [134], [198], [199];
kept by Rākshasa, [172]
Hoṭǣ, [414]
House-breaking, [41], [43], [44], [336], [338]
Human demon offering, [168], [170], [176], [178], [345], [346], [355], [356]
Hundred, acres, [361];
bags, [238];
carts, [439];
feet, [135];
lovers, [120];
masuran, [305];
ounces of silver, [111];
pagodas, [131];
pieces, [172];
Princes, [154];
Rākshasas, [434];
rings, [120];
rupees, [151], [408];
seer fishes, [309];
Yakās, [377]
Hundred thousands, [226]
Huṇḍuwa, [456]
Hūniyan Yakā, functions, [176];
gives treasure, [176], [177];
“Sendings” of, [177];
visits woman in man’s disguise, [176]
Hurā, [364]
Husband displaced by deity, [341];
pushed over precipice, [370]–[372]
Hyæna and goat, [354]
Identification by ring, [362], [363]
Iguana, and lizard, [24];
killed by trapper, [25]
Impalement, [257], [312], [338], [438], [451]
Imprisonment, demon in reed, [341];
ghost in phial, [341];
Jinni in jar, [342];
Mārayā in bottle, [341];
Princess, [315], [326]
Inability to learn, [300], [328], [329], [334], [400], [401], [406], [408], [409]
Īśwara, [57]–[60];
īśwara incantation, [58]
Jackal, advice to lion, [448];
and cat, [55];
and deer, [5] ff., [11];
and K., [259], [260];
and tiger and bear, [456];
assists man, [443], [447];
causes death of bull and lion or tiger, [22], [23];
cheats ascetic, [386], [387],
Brāhmaṇa, [387],
crocodile, [448], [449],
hare, [440],
lion, [442],
other jackals, [435],
wolf, [449];
declares excess of females, [259], [260];
feigns death, [11];
frightens tiger or wolf, [441];
gets drunk, [386];
heart burst at lion’s roar, [22];
killed by cultivator, [9],
by Gamarāla, [56],
by Vaeddā, [7];
must howl, 55, [56];
settles law-suit, [441];
story of, [353];
taken to plough, [54], [55];
untrustworthy, [10]
Jacket, skin or shell, removable:—bird, crocodile, dog, [445];
caterpillar, [132];
hare, monkey, [188];
mungus, [435];
turtle, [121]–[126], [301], [302]
Jātiya-jammē, [245]
Jew becomes K., [382];
recovers lost children and wife, [383]
Jewelled ring, [108], [127] ff., [184]
Journey to heaven, [87], [208]–[211]
Kaekuḷu hāl, raw-rice, [123]
Kahāpaṇa, [450];
golden, [454],
cultivation of, [263];
= double massa, [454], [455]
Kala spells, [307]
Kali yuga, [433]
Kandeyā, palm-sugar maker, [66]
Karagama Dēvī, oath by, [29]
Kārkōṭaka, snake K., [252]
Karma, doctrine of, [332], [392], [397]–[399]
Katirkāman arrests burglars by spell, [69], [70]
King, [31], [92], [93];
abandons Q. on journey, [250], [252];
abducts Princess, [103], [108], [130], [132]–[134];
adopts Prince, [195], [197];
afraid of strange ships, [238];
and ascetic find treasure, [358];
and beggar gamble, [249];
and elephant, [294], [295];
and elephant guard, [106]–[108];
and fowls, [258];
and girl plot youth’s death, [299];
and goat, [260];
and golden seedling, [263], [446];
and jackal, [259], [260];
and Minister, [262]–[264], [352], [353];
and monkey, [243]–[247];
and pretended Yakā, [163]–[165];
and Q., [94];
and thieves, [42], [45]–[47], [215], [336];
and sons, [96];
and Treasurer, [261], [262];
appointed through eating cock’s head, [51],
rat-snake’s head, [48];
banished, [382], [397];
banishes Prince, [127], [139];
beaten, imprisoned, and put in stocks, [349]–[351];
beats Q., [260];
becomes firewood seller, [397],
horsekeeper, [250], [252];
beheads Q., [260];
bitten by snake, [250];
blinded by snake’s venom, [436];
buried, [309];
buries infant daughters alive, [293];
cheated by boy, [151],
doctors, [440],
Minister, [263], [264],
monkey, [243]–[247],
Q., [116], [197],
son, [347]–[351];
cremated, [216], [409];
death sentence on Minister, [194],
Prince, [96], [97], [195], [437];
demon K., [35];
deposed, [145];
divorces Q., [152];
drowned, [262], [264], [410], [435];
elopes with Princess, [109];
finds sister’s husband, [251], [252];
flowers stolen, [365];
Gamarāla’s son appointed K., [87];
gives three tasks before daughter’s wedding, [362],
two tasks to son, [335];
goes to seize Yakā, [163], [164];
grants Akaragane jungle, [165];
hears law-suits or trials, [39], [40], [294], [295], [391];
killed by potter or smith, [216],
by villagers, [309];
kills tom-tom beaters, [50], [51];
knows animals’ speech, [258];
loses kingdom by gambling, [249], [252];
mad, [261];
marries daughter to beggar, [246],
thief, [46], [47];
marries frog, [434];
necessary for predecessor’s funeral ceremony, [51];
orders Minister to invent credible lies, [352];
provincial K. appointed, [233];
punishes innocent persons, [311], [336]–[338];
rears foundling, [195];
recovers lost family, [381]–[383];
returns to be eaten, [172];
robbed, [41], [44], [347]–[351];
robs subjects, [261], [311];
selected by elephant, [334], [381], [382],
by officials, [51];
receives magic sword, [358];
sends for golden or long-haired Princess, [130]–[134],
Gamarāla to kill lion, [218],
turtle for fire-cock, [122];
scheme to poison daughter, [294];
secludes wives in vain, [120];
sets daughter as bait for thief, [46], [47];
son killed in place of Brāhmaṇa, [438], [439];
swallowed by fish, [382];
tom-tom beater appointed K., [48];
unable to decide law-suit, [215];
woman made K., [93], [320]
Kingship, provincial, [233]
Kinnarī, and Prince, [362], [363];
cremated, [308];
death by biting tongue, [308];
detains Prince by spells, [307], [308];
reborn as infant and plant, [308]
Kī-roti, [100]
Kissing son causes blindness, [437]
Knitting scarves, [314], [315]
Knox on cobra and polan̆gā, [28]
Kot, hum̆baha, [103]; vilakku pānak, [357]
Koṭā, aided by grateful animals, [362];
cured by Nāga maidens, [365], [366],
Princess, [360];
discovers thieves, [360], [365];
marries Princess, [362];
mutilated by brother, [359], [364]
Koṭikāpola, [40], [155] (? Polpiṭigama)
Kukkāpiṭiya, [21]
Kuluppaḍiyak, [396]
Kurupiṭiya city, [18]
Lament, for hire, [214];
of animals, [298], [299],
man, [446]
Lamō, [329]
Lamp, standard, containing Prince, [304]–[306];
in treasure chamber, [357]
Larin or ridī, value and weight, [452], [453]
Lāṭa district, [433]
Law-suits, claims, or trials:—Cat and ladle, [111];
deaths of men, [138], [139];
elephant and waterpot, [110], [111];
heard by K., [294], [336];
theft of money, [215];
thieves, [336]–[338];
wife, [39], [40]
Leaf, cup, [132], [133], [161];
missive, [231], [232];
plate, [67], [69], [433], [440]
Leopard accompanies Prince, [296]–[299];
frightened by boy, [448],
goat or ram, [440], [441];
its ingratitude, [447];
killed by Prince, [374], [375];
“Sending,” [177]
Letter, changed, [73], [74], [76], [291];
fixed on tree, [286];
despatched, [73], [76], [231], [232], [251], [268], [269], [294], [315], [316], [328], [332], [393], [394], [401], [439]
Leveret married to Prince, [187];
girl in disguise, [188]
Life in bird, boy, parrot, sparrow, [437],
plant, [308],
sword, [36], [256], [257], [266]–[268], [378], [379]
Life-index:—Assagai, [436],
flower, [35], [78], [81], [254], [257], [265], [268],
herb, [436],
lime tree, [35], [376], [378],
milk, [36],
pool, [35], [36],
tree, [134], [437]
Lightning strikes wicked persons, [445]
Lime, fruit for repolishing sword to restore life, [37], [257];
magic, [227];
tree as life index, [35], [376], [378]
Linschoten on black fowls, [216]
Lion, and bull kill each other, [22], [23];
cheated by jackal, [442];
killed by snake’s breath, [456];
or tiger killed or driven off, [219];
roar kills bull and jackal, [22];
taken alive, [285]
Lizard, and iguana, [24];
conquers tiger, [448];
killed by Vaeddā, [25]
Lotus as life-index, [254];
pool, [35], [85], [297], [298], [307]
Louse and bug, [30]
Lucky and unlucky days, [9]
Madahapola, P. B., story by, [5], [27]
Mādampērāla, his cultivation and marriages, [146], [147]
Madura K. falls in love with mother, [197]
Maḍuwa, [160]
Maerum kanawā, [262]
Magical, articles:—Areka-nut, [375];
arrow, [375];
art, [197], [199];
bead, [405], [408], [409];
bird, [134], [401];
boat, [133], [134], [267];
bow and arrow, [65];
bridle, [409];
cap, [135];
car, flying, [197];
cat and parrot, [133];
cock, [402], [405], [407]–[409];
cord, [402], [403], [406], [408]–[410];
crocodile, [408];
fishes, [408], [409];
flower, [437];
food, [434];
fowl, [402], [408], [409];
frog, [403];
garden, [402];
garments, [252];
grain of corn, [405];
goat, [408];
hair, [437];
hat, [201] ff.;
horse, flying, [134], [198], [199];
horse, [402], [408], [409];
jackal, [405], [407];
life, [79], [177];
limes, [227];
mosquito, [408];
necklace, [404]; 408;
obstacles, [124], [125], [434];
oil, [179];
ring, [129], [131]–[134], [360], [361], [403], [404];
rosary, [409];
sandal tree, [177];
shoes, [135];
spells, [70], [78], [79], [119], [133], [134], [151], [163], [164], [177]–[179], [226], [227], [267], [301], [307], [340], [357], [358], [375], [407], [409], [437], [448];
stone, [177];
sword, [358];
talisman, [135];
thread, [79], [163], [164], [227];
tiger, [408];
tree, [177];
turtle shell, [301], [302].
Power, [62], [408], [410];
of Gaṇa, [53];
of Nāga maidens, [365], [366];
of Nāga or snake’s ring, [129], [130]–[134];
to create raw-rice, [123]–[125];
put into thread, [79],
stone, [177].
Transformations, [401]–[410]
Magula or man̆gula, [69], [146], [343]
Mahagē, and paramour, [217], [218];
or mother-in-law escapes burning and gets thieves’ booty, [226], [228]
Mahinda IV., K., on powers of Assessors, [446]
Maina carries Prince, [443];
young killed by cobra, [443]
Mālu, [385]
Malwatta High Priest on old coins, [454]
Man, and crocodile, [446];
and greedy wife, [99]–[101];
and leopard or tiger, [447];
and snake, [447];
becomes K., [372];
bird form of, [445];
burnt in watch-hut, [161];
carried in bag by demon, [445],
by vulture, [81];
disguised deposes Khan, [135];
enslaved through gambling, [284];
frightens enemy, [371], [372],
tiger, [448];
kills and cooks demon’s daughter, [455];
kills lioness, [219],
monkey and parrot that saved his life, [182];
long-haired, [132];
personates Yakā, [161] ff.;
returns to be eaten, [172];
saves Princess, [371];
thought a demon, [180], [445]
Marambe, A. J. W., on Kandian measures, [456]
Mārayā assists Vedarāla, [105], [339];
cheated by him, [340], [341];
present at death-beds, [339]
Mariyada Rāman, [111];
detects deity, [341]
Marriage, conditions, [99], [220], [221], [320], [361], [362];
custom, alleged, [91], [188], [317];
in church, [269];
of Prince to Siṭu girl a disgrace, [325];
polyandrous, [18], [21], [158], [159];
postponed, [132]–[134], [197], [198], [268];
to seven sisters in succession, [146];
to sword, [320], [434];
without ceremony, [99], [141]
Massa or Masurama, [106], [127]–[129], [136]–[138], [155], [241], [253]–[255], [273], [305], [313]–[315], [328]–[330], [366], [453], [454];
double, [454], [455];
golden, [386], [387], [453], [454];
pretended, [240], [241]
Mātalāna, his robberies and tricks, [347] ff.
Māyama, [115]
Measures, Kandian, [456]
Medical treatment:—Blindness, [139], [443];
elephant’s madness, [185], [186];
fever, [297], [298];
growth of child, [440];
headache, [372];
pestilence, [37];
pretended illness, [79], [80], [156]
Messengers killed, [232]
Mice or rats and cat, [447], [448]
Mī seeds, magic, [407]
Mīdum Ammā, goddess of Rākshasas, [167], [172]
Milk, as life-index, [36];
fetched to cure pretended illness, [79], [80]
Millet cut by hares, [187]
Minister, [153], [154];
and K., [325], [352], [353];
cheats K., [263], [264];
daughter and Princess, [392] ff.;
death sentence, [194];
killed by K., [262];
seizes throne, [264];
stratagem to save Prince, [307], [308]
Minister’s son, accompanies Prince into exile, [286], [291];
appointed Minister, [284];
goes with Prince to trade, [272]
Moghul and servant, [75], [76]
Mōhinī cheats Batmasurā and saves Śiva, [58], [60]
Money:—Anna, [444];
cent, [234]–[236];
cowry, [444];
dīnār, [215], [320];
earnest, [235];
French, values, [452];
gold, [92], [139], [140], [150], [151];
gold kahāpaṇa, [263], [454];
masurama, [386], [387], [453], [454];
hidden in thigh, [366],
in dung, [150], [151],
in waist-cloth, [137]–[140];
kahāpaṇa, [450], [454], [455];
larin or ridī, [452], [453];
massa, double, [454], [455];
massa or masurama, [106], [127]–[129], [136]–[138], [155], [241], [253]–[255], [273], [305], [313]–[315], [328]–[330], [366], [453], [454];
measures for, [244];
muhr (mohur), [399], [452];
pagoda (warāgan), [131], [408], [455];
paṇama, [453], [455];
pound, [234], [236], [239], [243], [244], [249], [291], [452];
pretended, [240]–[242];
rix-dollar, [453], [455];
rupee, [139], [151], [201], [216], [243]–[245], [408], [444], [452], [455];
salliya, [453]–[455];
shāhi, [452];
silver, [92], [452]–[455];
tōmān, [452];
tuṭṭuwa, [152], [454], [455]
Monk, and bear fœtus, [61];
and pretended Yakā, [164]
Monkey, and beggar, [343] ff., [367];
deceives K., [244]–[247];
frightens cultivators and herdsmen, [247];
killed by man whose life it saved, [182];
kills Yaksanī, [247];
married to Prince, [188];
outwits turtle, [449]
Moorman, and Rākshasa, [168], [169];
his cattle, children and goats, [168], [169];
killed by elephant, [337]
Mortars, rice, trample crop, [207]–[209]
Mosquito, a goldsmith, [353]
Mother-in-law, and daughter-in-law, [225], [228],
burns her, [227]–[229],
cheats her, [240], [241];
drowned, [224], [228]
Mouse-deer, hare and parrot, [3], [4];
induces bulls to fight, [23]
Mungawē, [79]
Mungus killed by Brāhmaṇa or widow, [27], [28];
kills polan̆gā, [28]
Mungus-boy, tricks of, [435]
Mutilation, [215], [359], [364], [449];
compact, [71], [72], [75]–[77]
Mutu Kōṭṭē, Pearl Fort, [443]
Naekata, [246]
Nāga, a Princess, [327];
K. or cobra assists kind, kills unkind Princess, [104],
gives gold and silver articles, [104],
magic ring, [129], [131]–[134];
power of gem, [129]–[131]
Nāga maiden captured by hiding clothes, [366];
kills K., [135];
long hair, [135];
maidens restore hands and feet, [365], [366],
steal flowers, [365]
Nāgārjuna, [409]
Nala and Damayantī, [252];
misfortunes due to Kali’s jealousy, [252]
Names of husband and wife not mentioned, [102]
Nayide, former title of Chiefs’ sons, [441]
Needlework of Princess, [314], [315];
Q., [115], [116]
Nindema, [165]
Nobleman (siṭāna), buried, [137];
daughter marries Prince, [377];
son becomes Treasurer, [222];
wife bears turtle, [121], [122]
Nonsense tale, [384]
Noose of leather or raw hide set for deer, [6], [8], [11], [12]
Nose or finger cut off by compact, [71], [72], [75], [76]
Nouns, irregularity in terminations, [415];
verbal forms, [416], [417]
Oath, [29], [83], [172], [256], [280]
Obstacles, magic, [434];
bamboo, charcoal, stone, [124], [125];
egg, fat, milk-sack, needles, pot, soap, water, [434]
Offering at hidden treasure, [170], [177], [357];
to hill or tree deity, [212], [213], [370], [372];
to Rākshasa, [172].
See Demon
Oilman claims calf as bull’s, [441]
Omens:—Cry of crow, [17],
of cock, [51],
of woodpecker, [6], [7], [12];
injury caused to animals, [196], [197];
counteracted by delay, [7], [196]
Omitted incidents, [457]
Oriole, golden, eaten by eagle, [16]
Paddy or rice dust eaten, [123]–[125], [144], [281], [292]
Pǣla, [456]
Pagoda (warāgan), [131], [408], [455]
Palace created, [105], [130]–[135], [437];
underground, [358]
Palm-cat and mother, [189], [190]
Pāñcika, General or K. of demons, [35]
Paṇḍitayā killed cobra and saved K., [27]
Paṇḍukābhaya K., story of, [438]
Paramour, [118]–[120], [176], [212]–[218], [296]–[298], [345], [346], [372]
Parrot, and hare, [3];
accompanies Prince, [296]–[298];
assists Brāhmaṇa, [131];
bought by Prince, [128];
escapes from net, [441];
friend of Rākshasa, [180]–[182];
kept by Rākshasa, [172]–[174];
out of sea, [133];
recovers Princess and ring, [130], [131]
Participle, form of, [417]
Pārvatī curses Gaṇa, [53];
unable to enrich Brāhmaṇa, [398], [399]
Pāṭaliputra, [334]
Peacock, wooden flying, [90]
Pearl Fort, [443];
pearls in hidden treasure, [177],
vomited by birds, [455]
Pearson, Dr. J., on name of water-snake, [186]
People taken alive out of fishes, [385]
Percival, Capt., on coins, [455]
Pestilence cured by flower offering, [37]
Pigs assist youth who saved them, [361], [362]
Pinkama for beggars and cripples, [92]
Piśāca kills boy, [448]
Pitfall to kill Prince, [330], [335]
Plate fragments as money, [240]–[241]
Pliny on bear cubs, [61]
Poisoning, [134], [189], [255], [256], [294], [315], [327], [330];
poisonous snakes as present to blind K., [436]
Polan̆gā killed by cobra, [27];
by mungus, [28];
as “Sending,” [250]
Polyandry, [18], [21], [158]–[160]
Polygamy, [59], [78], [120], [152], [165], [327], [397], [399], [438]
Pool as life-index, [35], [36];
at palace gate, [195];
drunk dry, [299];
of Apsarases, [297], [298]
Portents:—caw of crow, [17];
crow of cock, [51];
cry of woodpecker, [6], [7], [12];
injury caused to animals, [196], [197]
Portraits painted, [433], [434]
Potter chosen as K. by elephant and hawk, [382];
frightens enemy, [371];
kills raja, treatment of corpse, [216]
Pound, [234], [236], [239], [243], [244], [249], [291], [452]
Precepts, Buddhist, [10], [11]
Prediction, [48], [51], [193], [258]
Pregnancy longings, [84]–[87], [102], [308]
Prince, abandoned by mother, [195];
abandons wife, [252], [326], [327];
abduction of wife, [130]–[134], [315], [378], [379];
accompanied or assisted by animals, [131]–[133], [296]–[299], [361], [362];
and ascetics, [117];
and farmer, [76], [77];
and foster-brother, [438];
and Heṭṭiyā, [273] ff., [286] ff.;
and lion, [285];
and Minister’s son, [272], [283]–[284], [291];
attends school, [300], [363];
avoids pit-fall, [330], [335];
banished, [97], [98], [127], [139], [220], [265], [285], [325], [392];
becomes ascetic, [119],
cow-herd, [287], [301],
cultivator, [265], [268],
drummer, [93],
flute-player, [98],
gardener, [287],
general, [332],
K., [51], [131], [132], [197], [255], [283], [299], [303], [309], [312], [333], [397],
labourer, [76], [77],
shop-keeper, [271],
slave, [272], [286],
Treasurer, [222];
blind at night, [220];
blinded, [443];
born in chank shell, [153];
brilliance of, [114], [254];
buried, [257], [332];
buys advice, [139]–[140],
animals, [127], [129],
wife, [313];
changes letter, [291];
cheated by wife, [118], [119];
cheats Heṭṭiyā, [273]–[281];
consults magical books, [117];
creates palace and Princess, [130];
cures blindness, [443], [447],
demon illness, [376];
cuts chena, [221];
cuts off leg of ogress, [438];
death sentence, [96], [97], [153], [174], [195], [306], [328], [392], [396];
eats master’s food, [278], [279];
escapes from dangers, [195], [198], [330], [332], [333],
slavery, [283], [291];
elopes with Princess, [195], [198];
falsely charged by step-mother, [95]–[98];
feeds guards of magic tree, [177];
finds Princess in cave, [266], [311];
flies on wax or wooden horse, [193], [198];
frightens thieves, [222], [312];
foundling reared by K., [195];
giant, [373] ff.;
(or man) gives blood to be drunk, [90], [93];
gives master’s goods away, [273], [274];
goes for lotus flower, [297], [298], [307],
turtle-doves, [443],
to trade, [131], [272], [310];
his humble friends, [375];
imprisons wife, [326];
in love with mother, [196], [197];
inside lamp, [304]–[308];
jumps across river, [373];
killed by bear, [53],
by burning his sword, [257], [268],
by villagers, [309],
in well, [154];
kills cattle as deer, [287], [288],
cobra or snakes, [332], [334], [443],
mad crocodile and leopard, [374],
mad elephant, [294],
master, [76],
Prince, [154],
Rākshasas, [434],
robbers and sister, [296], [298],
snakes, [334], [434],
wife through jealousy, [52],
Yakā, [377];
learns women’s deception, [118]–[120];
leaves country, [300];
leaves his own body, [410];
life-index, [254], [257], [265], [268], [376], [378];
life in sword, [256], [266]–[268], [378], [379];
lives with flower mother, [193], [301],
Kinnarās, [307], [308];
marriage to Siṭu girl a disgrace, [325];
marries carpenter’s daughter, [93],
girl found in cave, [103], [266],
Heṭṭi girl, [291],
Kinnarī, [362], [363],
leveret, [187],
low-caste girl, [309],
monkey, [188],
poor girl, [104],
Princess and her two friends, [397], [399],
Princess born from his blood, [117],
Rākshasa’s daughter, [437],
Siṭu girl, [377],
village girl, [113], [309];
meritorious because spared by elephant, [307];
mutilated, [77], [98];
poisoned food given, [134], [256], [315], [330];
poisons wife, [327];
ploughs after egret, [276], [277];
puts horse-dung in master’s clothes, [280], [281], [289], [290];
rears egret, [153];
receives advice from teacher, [329],
magic food, [434],
magic ring, [129], [131], [133],
turtle shell, [301];
recovers kingdom, [252];
refuses to marry before sister, [295];
rescues Princess from robbers, [312],
from snakes, [139],
from Yakā, [266];
revived when dead, [257], [268], [298];
revives dead, [434];
rogueries, [273]–[291];
saves city from destruction, [311],
infant sister, [293], [294];
seeks Princess, [268]–[271],
dead wife, [52];
shoots animals, [96], [117], [118];
slaughters enemies, [379];
slavery through gambling, [272], [286];
sleeps while awaiting Princess, [269], [316];
sold for a thousand masuran, [273];
swallowed by crocodile, [297], [298];
takes oath, [280];
tells story, [52];
ties up cattle, [275], [284];
tasks before marriage, [443];
unable to learn, [300], [328], [329];
visits Princess at night, [194]
Princes, abandon country, [253], [254];
abduct Princesses, [103];
banished, [96], [97], [265];
born from eggs, [154];
cut chena, [187];
death sentence, [97];
falsely charged by step-mother, [95], [97], [98];
game with oranges or pigeons, [95], [97];
go for turtle-doves, [443],
valuables, [103], [104];
hares’ eyes given as theirs, [96];
identified when guards, [92], [382], [383];
killed on wedding night, [331], [332], [334];
kill snake, [404];
life-indexes, [254], [257];
reared by widow, [91];
revive dead Prince, [257], [268]
Princess, and boy-magician, [403]–[405];
and creeper cutter, [316], [317], [319];
and two friends agree to marry teacher, [392] ff.;
and trader, [270], [271], [318];
and Vaeddās, [117]–[119], [269], [270], [317]–[319];
abducted, 91, [130]–[134], [266], [268], [311], [312], [315], [316], [371], [378], [379];
about to marry son, [196];
bait for thief, [46], [47];
becomes Nāgayā when poisoned, [327],
shop-keeper, [270], [271];
born from Prince’s blood, [117];
brilliance, [113], [114];
created, [130];
deceives Prince, [118], [119];
disguised to attract husband, [326];
does household work, [321];
dresses as man, [270], [318], [320],
(or girl) elected K., [320];
elopes with fish-owl, [21],
Prince, [195], [198],
thief, [46];
escapes after marriage, [269],
from prison, [326],
from Vaeddās and others, [270], [317], [318];
falsely charges brother-in-law, [364];
fights Ifrit, [409];
finds husband by giving dāna, feast or pinkama, [92], [93], [270], [271];
finds long floating hair, [132];
frog, [434];
golden bed of, [312];
golden or long hair floats away, [130]–[133], [266];
hears story, [52];
husbands killed on wedding night, [331], [334];
identifies sons as guards, [92];
imprisoned, [315], [326];
keeps husband’s corpse in coffin, [257];
killed by brother, [298],
cobra, [104],
husband [52], [327];
kills husband, [370];
knits scarves, [314], [315];
learns and teaches sciences, [313], [318];
learns dancing, [326];
marries boy-magician, [405], [407], [408],
brave man, [438],
carpenter’s son, [90], [92],
caterpillar-boy, [132],
eight times, [331], [332],
farmer, [443],
Koṭā, [362],
Minister, [311],
Prince, [154], [302], [377], [397], [399],
Princess, [319], [320],
Sokkā, [369],
thief, [46], [47], [323], [399];
needlework of, [320];
ordered to be buried alive, [293];
plots to kill brother, [296]–[298];
poisoned, [327];
polyandry of, [18]–[21];
postpones wedding, [91], [298];
reborn as Nāga, [327];
receives wealth from elephant K. or Nāga K., [103], [104];
recovered by animals, [130]–[134],
by wax figure, [319];
seizes youth in room, [404];
selects husband, [318];
snakes issue from nostrils, [139];
swoons at Prince’s brilliance, [254];
takes oath, [256];
weighed daily, [194], [198],
weekly, [305];
wife of fish-owls, [21];
writes letter, [268], [316], [393], [394]
Princesses, abducted, [103], [108];
buried alive, [293];
daughters of bitch, [102];
live in forest cave, [103], [108];
treatment by cobra or Nāga K., [104],
of mother, [103], [109];
steal K.’s flowers, [360], [361];
stratagem to catch sister’s lover, [195]
Prognostic, [94], [97], [98], [246]
Pronouns avoided, [417]
Punishments:—Beating, [214], [260];
beheading, [127], [260], [352], [391], [392];
burning in lime-kiln, [391];
burying alive, [98], [134];
death, [52], [96], [97], [194], [195], [197], [214], [258], [298], [391], [446];
exile, [97], [98], [127], [197], [265], [285], [325], [346];
fine, [215];
flaying alive, [320];
giving as demon offering, [345];
goring by tusk elephant, [337], [338];
hanging, [46];
impalement, [257], [312], [338], [438], [451];
imprisonment, [216];
killing in trap, [49];
mutilation, [71], [72], [75]–[77], [215], [359], [364], [449];
plucking eyes out, [96], [98];
putting in stocks, [347], [348], [351];
throwing down precipice, [97];
trampling by elephant, [307];
turning K. mad, [132]
Puseka, [345]
Queen, abandoned by K., [250], [252];
abducted, [382];
adopts bought infant, [197];
and daughter do housework, [321];
and girl, [113];
and K., [115], [116], [258], [260];
and thieves, [321]–[323];
and young birds, [94], [97], [98];
assisted by cobra and devas, [104];
Asura or demon figure shown as her child, [152], [154];
banished, [152], [197];
bears chank shell, [152],
hundred eggs, [154];
beaten, [260];
becomes garland maker, [250], [251],
servant, [252];
beheaded, [260];
buys shark, [152];
Chief Q., [304], [327];
compact with Jōgī, [408];
does house work, [321];
eats fruit to bear child, [152], 154;
false charges made, [95]–[98];
jealousy, [253];
killed by lightning, [445];
misfortunes caused by deities’ jealousy, [252];
pierces eyes with spike, [96];
recovers lost husband, [251], [252],
and children, [381], [382];
removes thorn in cobra’s mouth, [105];
sells firewood, [397];
sends away Prince, [285], [392];
sends Princes for turtle-doves, [443];
sews shawl, [115], [116];
sold, [382];
teaches women’s subtlety, [115], [116];
tells K. a story, [116];
Treasurer’s wife becomes Q., [262];
turned into mule, [407]
Queens, seven, [152];
false charge by six, [152]
Races of animals, [442]
Rākshasa, and elephant guard, [107];
and men, [166]–[170];
and tom-tom beater, [457];
and Yakā, [169];
boundary of, [169], [172];
burnt, [125];
carried in sack, [168];
creates cake-tree, [167];
deceived by woman, [119], [457];
disguises of, [169]–[171];
drinks pool dry, [299];
eats goats, [169], [172],
his sons or youths, [166], [170]–[172], [178];
jewelled fire-cock stolen, [122], [125];
foolish, [107], [174];
friend of man, [176],
of crane or parrot, [180]–[182];
goddess of (Mīdum Ammā), [167];
gold and silver goods, [107], [172], [174], [181], [182];
guards treasure, [335];
killed by Bhimasēna, [436],
by eating charmed body, [179],
by elephant, [108],
on refusing alms, [172];
(or spirits) kill bridegroom on wedding night, [334], [335];
palace of, [82], [172];
protects country, [436];
re-birth from Yaksanī’s bosom, [179];
releases man on promise to return to be eaten, or provide substitute, [167]–[170], [172], [176], [178];
robbed by thief, [181],
youth, [174];
unable to eat wakeful boys, [173];
wife elopes, [175];
youths save travellers, [83]
Rākshasas abduct Princess, [133];
animals, dwellings and habits of, [172], [174];
driven away by man, [438];
eat Gamarālas, [166];
exceed Yakās in power, [169], [172], [179];
fatal fight of, [166];
not in Ceylon, [172];
oath not to eat visitors, [83]
Rākshasī abducts Princess, [134];
afraid of Moorman, [168];
assists man or Prince, [434], [438];
becomes bee, [134];
begs cakes, [167];
buried alive, [134];
carries Rākshasa in sack, [168];
magic boat of, [133], [134];
marries youth, [175]
Ram frightens leopard, [441]
Rat, and turtle, [9], [12];
assists deer to escape, [11], [12],
Brāhmaṇa or Prince to recover stolen ring or talisman, [131]–[135].
Rats dig tunnel, [326]
Rat-snake, white, eating head confers sovereignty, [48]
Reaping custom, [147]
Re-birth, [35], [37], [52], [60], [179], [228], [229], [308], [327], [332]
Removable animal jacket, shell or skin:—Ass, bird, crocodile, dog, woman’s skin, [445];
caterpillar, [132];
hare, monkey, [188];
mungus, [435];
turtle, [121]–[126], [301], [302]
Return to earth after death, [52], [143], [227], [228]
Rewards by K. or Princes, claimed falsely, [375], [451];
daughter’s hand, [46];
daughter’s hand and half or share of kingdom, [46], [47], [295], [312], [371];
district and elephant’s load of goods, [107], [164], [165], [350];
district, elephant’s load of goods, and a thousand masuran, [366];
elephant’s load of goods, [218], [219], [266], [306], [360];
five hundred masuran, [255];
kingship and offices, [122];
Office of Commander-in-Chief or Minister, [372];
offices, [186];
presents or wealth, [353], [374], [375], [440];
Treasurer’s post, [222]
Rhampsinitus K., story of, [46]
Rice, dust eaten, [123], [125], [144];
field custom, [142], [147];
mortars tied up for trampling crops, [207], [209];
pounded at grave, [448];
raw, [123]–[125]
Ridī (larin) value and weight, [452], [453]
Ring, as trophy, [119], [120];
identification by, [197], [362], [363];
in well, [445];
jewelled, of K., [106], [107], [184];
magic, becomes Prince, [403], [404],
cures mutilated youth, [360],
turns things to gold, [133];
power of Nāga or snake’s ring, [129], [134];
sent in water-jar, [361]–[363]
River God saves man, [434]
Roads, bad and good, [272], [286], [292]
Robe hidden in thigh, [366];
of Apsaras or Nāga maiden concealed, [366]
Robin, black, killed, [17]
Rolling on ground, a mark of grief, [298], [299], [446]
Royal Council, [327]
Rupee, [139], [151], [201], [216], [243]–[245], [408], [444], [452], [455]
Saddhunanda Sthavira, story by, [272]
Śakra as god of death, [87], [88],
old man, [87], [145];
eats dāna and leaves presents, [145];
gives fruit to be eaten to bear son, [154];
prevents arrow from falling, [49];
sends rain, [14];
white throne of, [14]
Sale of child, [197];
land, [136];
Q., [382]
Sāli, Prince, marriage of, [309]
Sannyāsi, killed by Yakā, [79];
performs spell for birth of children, [78]
Sapta-Kanyās, [197]
Sawu-sarana, saw-saraṇak, [400], [421]
Scarecrow, [39]
Scarves knitted by Princess, [314], [315]
School, [35], [89], [90], [115], [168], [173], [230], [231], [234], [300], [392], [400], [406], [407];
at pansala, [363]
Sciences learnt, by boy, [115],
Princess, [313],
Yakās, [35];
taught by Princess, [318]
Seed and out-turn, [457]
Semi-consonants, omission or misuse of, [162]
Senasurā, as leopard and polan̆gā, [250];
his jealousy, [252];
induces beggar to gamble, [249]
Sendings, animal, [451];
by Senasurā, [250];
by Yakā, [177]
Sentence, irregularity of arrangement, [418];
seven headings, [418]
Sēruwa, [456]
Seven, amuṇas, [147];
blows, [348];
boxes, [131];
brides, [146];
caskets, chests, [437];
chenas, [146];
children, [121];
cocks, [409];
cubits, [133];
days, [68], [69], [84], [93], [169], [215], [385];
demons, [371];
divine maids, [197];
fishes, [409];
fish-owls, [18]–[21];
magicians, [409];
marriages, [331];
padlocks, [119];
patas, [29];
pieces, [22], [170];
pots of arrack, [306];
Princes, [127], [187], [265], [331];
Princesses, [301], [360];
Queens, [152];
seas, [157], [451];
sons, [230], [313];
wazīrs, [97];
wet-nurses, [373];
widows, [364];
wives, [78];
women, [187];
years, [48], [409], [443].
Seventy-five masuran, [305]
Shāhi, Persian coin, value, [452]
Shark bought, [152];
caught and eaten, [82];
swallows chank, [152]
Sheep’s burning fleece fires buildings, [451]
Ship bought, [234]–[236];
swallowed by fish, [385]
Shooting, [49], [64], [65], [96], [153], [253], [270]
Sickle gets fever, [446]
Sisters, seven married in turn, [146]
Siṭāna, buried, [137];
daughter married by Prince, [377];
reduced to poverty, [240];
son becomes Treasurer, [220]–[222];
wife bears turtle, [121],
buried, [241]
Śiva, and Batmasurā, [57] ff.;
and Pārvatī, [398];
causes bridegrooms to be killed, [334];
his bull visits earth, [211];
saved by Mōhinī, [58]–[60];
split open, [60];
teaches soothsaying, [58];
tells story to wife, [53]
Siwurāla assists travellers, [142], [143];
celestial cars sent for him, [143];
wife returns after death, [143]
Six, acres, [76];
bulls, [73];
children, [139];
days, [389]–[391];
friends, [436];
maunds, [216];
months, [133], [134], [197], [343];
sons, [84]–[87].
Sixty yālas, [71]
Skin jacket or shell, removable, [123], [126], [132], [188], [301], [302], [435], [445]
Sky near earth, [433]
Slavery, [273] ff., [284], [286];
slave’s head shaved, [272],
sold for [1],000 masuran, [273]
Smelling heads, [382]
Smith makes bow and arrow, [153],
trap, [49]
Smoke eaten by deities, [436]
Snake, and man who saved it, [447];
assists beggar, [185], [186];
bought by Brāhmaṇa or Prince, [127], [131];
breath kills elephant and lion, [456];
deities ate men, [228];
deity burns lovers, [120];
drives elephant mad, [185];
gives dog’s form to girl, [445],
magic ring, [129], [131]–[134],
power to understand animals’ speech, [260];
issues from nostril of Princess or Q., [334];
killed or cut in two, [228], [327], [332], [334], [434];
K. bites and disguises Nala, [250], [252];
kills bridegroom on wedding night, [332]–[334];
venom blinds K., [436]
Sokkā, beggar, story of, [367] ff.;
frightens enemy, [369];
kills flies and thought a murderer, [367];
plot to kill wife, [369];
killed by her, [370]
Sokkā (Prince), and Heṭṭiyā, story of his slavery, [285] ff., [457], [458]
Son, and mother, [223] ff.,
drowns mother-in-law, [224];
killed instead of intended victim, [438], [439];
made Treasurer, [228];
wife burnt, [227], [229]
Son-in-law cheats and mutilates Gamarāla, [71]–[75];
mutilated, [71];
(or servant) scalds father-in-law or master, [73], [76]
Sons deceived by sham money, [242];
identified when guards, [92], [382], [383]
Soothsayer, and boy, [355];
finds hidden treasure, [355];
pretended, becomes sub-K., [437], [438];
robbery explained by, [45]
Soothsaying studied by Prince, [117];
taught by Śiva, [58]
Soul in cage, [445];
in dead body, [410]
South, residence of smoke-eating gods, [436]
Sovereign, [452]
Sparrows’ or swallows’ nestlings killed by spines or thorns, [94], [97]
Spell, [58], [59], [79];
Kala, [307];
protective, [119], [177], [178], [226], [227];
to bear children, [78];
to cause horse to void coins, [151];
to find lost property, [437];
to find or open treasure chamber, [357], [358];
to give magic power to articles, [375], [407];
to keep off demons, [177], [178];
to kill Rākshasa, [179];
to perform desired acts, [301], [375];
to prevent movement, [70], [307], [340];
to restore human form, [409];
to revive mother, [448];
to sail boat, [133], [134];
to seize Yakā, [163], [164]
Spirit, human, enters and revives dead animals, [408], [410];
man’s spirit leaves body, [409], [410]
Statue, wax, made, [319]
Step-mother falsely charges Princes, [95], [97], [98];
pierces eyes with spike, [96]
Stocks constructed, [347], [348];
maker and K. put in them, [348], [351]
Stone-bow, [253]
Stones as coins or valuables, [242]
Stories, how written, [413];
story told, [52], [53], [116], [381], [382]
Subject governed by wisin, [414]
Subjunctive, form of, [417]
Subtlety of women, [115], [116], [118]–[120]
Sulambāwatī city, [19]
Sun God, and fish owls, [20];
assists girl, [104];
moon and wind, story of, [433]
Swapna-mālaya, [415], [417];
on length of pæya and watch, [452]
Swimming, [39], [82], [83], [298], [299], [379]
Sword, becomes wooden, [97];
life in, [36], [256], [257], [266]–[268], [378], [379];
magic, [358], [409];
marriage, [320], [434]
Tailor’s clothes, story of, [440]
Talisman, [135]
Tamarinds sown, [263]
Tambi, innocent, executed, [338]
Tasks given:—To girl or potter—to bring bear’s hair or milk, collect mustard seed or pulse, bring tiger’s milk, [443], [444];
to husband—to bring bear’s, elephant’s, giju-lihinī’s milk, and wrestle with Yaksanī, [79], [81];
to Prince, two, [335],
three, [363], [443], [444];
to servant, or son-in-law, [71], [76];
to wife,—to bear son, [326];
to youth,—to bring Nāga girl, [135],
before marriage to collect mustard seed, [362],
plough yam enclosure, [361],
select Princess in dark, [362]
Teacher and girl pupils, [392]–[396];
cheated by magician-pupil, [401]–[409]
Ten, children, [165];
cowries, [444];
days, [201], [368];
flies, [367], [368];
marriages of woman, [99];
masuran, [314];
men, [448];
peasants, [442];
pingo loads, [148];
pounds of fritters, [434]
Texts of stories, [419] ff.
Thief becomes K., [323];
beheads brother or father, [41], [44], [46];
elopes with Princess, [46];
falls from tree, [42], [45];
hanged, [46];
hides stolen money, [215];
impaled, [338];
killed by Prince, [298];
kills parrot that saved his life, [180], [182];
married to Princess, [46], [47], [323], [399];
mutilated, [215];
personates K., [349],
Yakā, [162]–[164],
Rākshasa, [181];
plot to kill Prince, [296], [297];
puts carpenter and K. in stocks, [348], [351];
rides tiger, [456];
robs Yakā, [37];
scalds sleeping man, [451];
steals K.’s clothes, [348]–[350],
led ass, [206];
thrown down precipice, [371];
tied to corpse and thought a Yakā, [179], [180]
Thieves cheat each other, [321]–[324];
killed by Prince, [296];
made motionless by spell, [70];
robbed of booty, [222], [225]–[226], [228], [229];
steal flowers, [360], [361]
Thigh split and money or robe hidden in it, [366]
Thousands:—Archers [125];
bags of rice, [236];
dīnārs, [215];
gold kahāpaṇas, [454];
Kinnarīs, [363];
leagues, [133];
masuran, [106], [127]–[129], [155], [273];
muhrs, [399];
ounces of silver, [111];
pagodas, [408];
pounds, [234], [236], [249], [291];
ridīs, [453];
robbers, [125];
rupees, [139], [151], [444];
slaves, [151];
stolen goods, [226]
Thread magic, [79], [163], [164], [227]
Three, animal guards, [182];
arrows, [437];
bags of masuran, [254];
brothers, [173];
children, [105];
cornered hat, [201];
countries, [254];
cultivators, [189];
days, [45], [170], [269];
districts, [303];
doors, [182];
flowers, [254];
girls, [393];
gold coins, [139];
gryphons, [444];
houses, [39], [216];
hundred cakes, [39];
magic obstacles, [123]–[125], [434];
masuran, [136];
meats, [385];
men, [118], [200], [442];
mī seeds, [407];
months, [218], [311], [312], [350], [378];
omens, [196];
paths, [35];
pieces, [332];
persons, [363], [445];
Princes, [253], [443];
rogues, [205];
ships, [310];
sons, [443];
tasks, [362], [363], [443], [444];
thieves, [336];
thousand rupees, [444];
times, [307];
trees, [205];
truths, [354];
turtle-doves, [443];
widows, [123]–[125];
women, [118];
Yakās, [35];
years, [91], [340], [410]
Three-cornered Hatter’s bull made goat, [200];
his revenge, [201] ff.
Throne of Śakra, [14]
Tiger, and man or musk-deer who saved it, [446], [447];
assists Prince, [443];
fights lizard, [448];
foolish, loses crop, [446];
frightened by animals, [441],
man, [455], [456];
ridden by man, [456]
Tōmān, Persian, value, [452]
Tom-tom beater and Gamarāla and Rākshasa, [457];
becomes K., [48], [49];
beaters killed, [49];
beating, [50]
Tongue bitten by man or woman, [226], [229], [308]
Tortures:—Burying alive, [98];
impaling, [257], [312], [338], [438], [451];
pouring boiling oil into wounds, [98];
scourging with thorns, [98];
thirty-two, list of, [449]
Toṭagamu city, [21]
Transformations:—Bitch into golden pumpkin, [103],
precious stones, [105];
boy and magician, [401]–[409];
of man, [409];
Princess and Ifrit, [409];
Q. into mule, [407];
woman into gold stool, [104]
Transliteration, table of, [419]
Travellers’ shed (ambalama), [35], [73], [223]
Treasure, hidden, discovered by Sannyāsi, [79],
soothsayer, [355];
guarded by Yakā, [79],
by Jinni, [335];
human flesh offering to demon in charge, [79], [170], [355];
procedure on taking, [79], [177], [178], [357];
revealed by Yakā, [176], [177]
Treasurer, and mad K., [261], [262];
boy appointed, [239],
rich man, [228],
Siṭu man, [222];
seizes throne, [262]
Tree, as life-index, [35];
bears clothes, [150];
cut with hair or wax hatchet, [443];
deity personated, [212], [215];
or figure as judge or witness, [215], [216]
Tri-Sin̥hala, [303]
Tun pas-wissak, [305]
Tunnel dug by rats, [326]
Turtle, [29];
and deer, [5]–[12];
and rat, [9]–[12];
carried by crane or geese, [442];
disguised Prince, [301], [302];
goes for jewelled Fire-cock, [122]–[125];
marries Princess, [122];
out-witted by monkey, [449];
receives three magic obstacles, [123]–[125];
turtle shell burnt, [126]
Turtle doves brought from Pearl Fort, [443];
turtle dove or pigeon kills mate or young, [13]–[15]
Turtle Prince, [301]–[303];
becomes K., [303];
hunting episode, [302], [303]
Twelve, amuṇas, betel-creepers, calves, dogs, haunches of venison, [71], [73];
cubits, [132];
fathoms, [132];
furrows, [76];
pearls, [177];
persons, [119];
plates of rice, [119];
sacks, [238];
soldiers, [232];
years, [131], [321], [333];
years’ drought, [447]
Twenty-five years, [138], [301]
Uḍakkiya, [156]
Udaya, dawn mountain, [362]
Uncle = boy’s father, [356]
Ungrateful men kill animals that assist or save them, [182]
Unlucky day, [341]
Vaeddā, and deer, [6], [7];
and iguana, [24], [25];
and Princess, [117], [119];
finds Princesses in cave, [102], [103]
Vaeddās and Princess, [269], [270], [317]–[319]
Vedarāla, cheats Mārayā, [339] ff.;
prescription of, [21];
stuck to bullock’s skull, [66], [67]
Vibhīsana, K., supplies young Garuḍa to Brāhmaṇa, [198]
Vidēhā K., [51]
Vikramāditya, story of, [334]
Villager buried, [68], [218];
corpse left at cemetery, [179], [225], [228];
cremated, [308];
fall on journey to heaven, [209]–[211]
Vowels shortened, [417]
Vulture carries off elephant and man, [81];
rears children, [436]
Walahā, derivation, [61]
Wal-bowā, wild cat, [55]
Washerman, cheated and robbed, [349], [350];
rears and instructs tom-tom beater youth, [49]–[51]
Watch-hut, [62], [63], [65], [66], [148], [161], [217], [222]
Water, ordered to stop running, [445];
thirst, [254]
Waterhen, an areka-nut trader, [353]
Wax flying horse, [193] ff.;
melted, [195]
Weaver appointed Minister, [372];
frightens enemy, [371], [372];
kills demons, [371],
tiger, [219];
marries Princess, [371]
Wedding customs, [64], [66], [188]
Weighing Princess or girl, [194], [198], [305]
Wheel, turning on, [450]
Widow kills mungus which saved her child, [27], [28];
witch or ogress abducts Princess, [130]–[134]
Wife beaten, [151], [260];
cheated, [240]–[242];
name not mentioned, [102]
Wijaya-Bāhu paid kahāpaṇas for relic casket, [454]
Wolf, fox and hare in larder, [56];
out-witted by jackal, [449]
Woman abandons blind husband, [339];
abducts Princess, [130], [131]–[134], [378];
appointed K., [93];
becomes gold stool, [104];
burnt, [225], [227];
cheats ascetics, deities, men, [118], [120],
Badawi, [435];
dancing, [155], [157];
death sentence, [391];
divorced for greediness, [99],
idleness, [146],
sterility, [78];
elopes, [39], [160];
frightens demon-expeller, thieves, servant, [226], [229];
impaled, [257];
kills son, [439];
many marriages, [99], [158], [160];
prays for husband’s blindness, [212], [213], [215], [216];
pushes husband over precipice, [371], [372];
reaps millet, [147];
rears lost children, [380], [381];
returns to earth after death, [143];
son assisted by Mārayā, [105], [339]
Woodpecker, and deer, [5] ff.;
makes evil omens, [6], [7], [12]
Yakā abducts Princess, [266], [311];
afraid of Rākshasa, [169], [172], [179];
at burial place, [179];
causes illness, [376];
chief, general or K., [35];
deceived by woman, [120];
eats corpse, [36],
people, [337];
gives wealth, [176], [177];
in log, [217];
in tree, [169];
killed by Prince, [377],
by wife, [36];
kills treasure seeker, [79];
life in sword, [36];
mode of invocation, [163], [164];
not usually man-eating, [36], [172];
personated, [162], [164];
“Sendings” of, [177];
visits woman in guise of man, [176]
Yakā, pretended, [161] ff.;
attempts to seize him, [163], [164];
carries off articles and bride, [162];
grants made to him, [165]
Yakadurā, tongue bitten by pretended demoness, [226]
Yakās attend school, [35];
emblems, [35];
learn sciences, [35],
life-indexes, [35];
cultivate, trade, marry women, [36], [37];
forms of, [237]
Yaksanī bears Rākshasa by bosom, [179];
has no tongue, [226];
her wealth, [247];
killed by monkey, [247];
kills and revives man, [81], [82];
pretended, [226];
wrestles with man, [81], [82]
Yōgī deceived by woman, [120]
Young birds killed by step-mother, [94], [97], [98]
Youth, banished for uselessness, [220];
becomes K., [132], [135], [145], [334];
conceals coins inside thigh, [366];
elopes with Rākshasa’s wife, [175];
frightens thieves, [222];
jumps into Rākshasa’s mouth, [171];
kills snake issuing from wife’s nostrils, [334];
long hair of, [132];
made Treasurer, [222];
marries Princess, [361], [362];
mutilated by brother, [359], [364];
performs K.’s tasks, [361], [362];
robs and escapes from Rākshasa, [174], [175];
set afloat on raft, [149];
taken alive out of fish, [299]
Youths, and Rākshasa, [171], [173]–[175];
change his sons’ clothes, [173];
eaten by R., [171], [178];
not eaten when awake, [173]
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