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].