[15] The panoti cannot affect anybody who has an elder male relative living, i.e., it influences only the eldest male member of a family.—K. D. Desai. [↑]

[16] The Schoolmaster of Jodia. [↑]

[17] The Schoolmaster of Sanka. [↑]

[18] The Schoolmaster of Dadvi. [↑]

[19] K. D. Desai. [↑]

[20] A sweet preparation of wheat flour fried in ghi. [↑]

[21] Sweet balls of wheat flour fried and afterwards soaked in ghi. [↑]

[22] Small biscuit-sized cakes of pulse flour treated with spices and fried in oil—K. D. Desai. [↑]

[23] The Schoolmaster of Rajpara. [↑]

[24] A ghāni is that quantity of oil seeds which is put in at one time to be crushed in an oil mill. [↑]