CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

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[INTRODUCTION] 1

CHAPTER II

[THE TODA PEOPLE] 18

CHAPTER III

[DAIRIES AND BUFFALOES] 38

CHAPTER IV

[THE VILLAGE DAIRY] 56

CHAPTER V

[THE TI DAIRY] 83

CHAPTER VI

[BUFFALO MIGRATIONS] 123

CHAPTER VII

[ORDINATION CEREMONIES] 144

CHAPTER VIII

[SPECIAL DAIRY CEREMONIES] 166

CHAPTER IX

[THE TODA GODS] 182 [[x]]

CHAPTER X

[PRAYER] 213

CHAPTER XI

[THE DAIRY RITUAL] 231

CHAPTER XII

[DIVINATION AND MAGIC] 249

CHAPTER XIII

[SACRIFICE AND OFFERINGS] 274

CHAPTER XIV

[BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD CEREMONIES] 313

CHAPTER XV

[FUNERAL CEREMONIES] 337

CHAPTER XVI

[FUNERAL CEREMONIES (continued)] 372

CHAPTER XVII

[SACRED DAYS AND NUMBERS] 405

CHAPTER XVIII

[SACRED PLACES AND OBJECTS] 417

CHAPTER XIX

[THE TODA RELIGION] 442

CHAPTER XX

[GENEALOGIES AND POPULATION] 461

CHAPTER XXI

[KINSHIP] 483

CHAPTER XXII

[MARRIAGE] 502 [[xi]]

CHAPTER XXIII

[SOCIAL ORGANISATION] 540

CHAPTER XXIV

[ARTS AND AMUSEMENTS] 570

CHAPTER XXV

[LANGUAGE] 602

CHAPTER XXVI

[PERSONAL NAMES] 619

CHAPTER XXVII

[RELATIONS WITH OTHER TRIBES] 628

CHAPTER XXVIII

[THE CLANS OF THE TODAS] 643

CHAPTER XXIX

[TEIVALIOL AND TARTHAROL] 679

CHAPTER XXX

[THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE TODAS] 693

[APPENDIX I] 719

[APPENDIX II]—BIBLIOGRAPHY 731

[APPENDIX III]—LIST OF VILLAGES 734

[APPENDIX IV]—LIST OF PLANTS 738

[GLOSSARY] 741

[INDEX] 749

[GENEALOGICAL TABLES.] [[xiii]]

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