Female, unlucky omen, [21]

Ficus hispida, [293]

Finger, amputation, [240]–1

Fire by friction, [14], [35]

——, sacred (hōmam), [51], [185], [186], [212], [213]

Fire-walking, offering of hair to deity, [141];
omens, [35];
priest sits on thorns, [145]

First-born child, amputation of finger, [240]–1;
buried where jackals can devour it, [58];
used in magic, [224]–5, [277], [240]–1

Fish, sacred, [100]–1

Fishermen’s gods, Ganjam, [164]–5

Fishes, superstitions, [100]–2