Indra, [149], [310]

Infanticide, Toda, [210]

Insect in death ceremony, [106]

Insects as omens, [72]

Iron against evil eye, [117];
at puberty, marriage, death, etc., [69], [256];
chains dedicated to deity, [153]–4;
hung on trees, [156];
worn by Saniyāsi, [184];
cure for scorpion sting, [105];
hooks in back, [140];
nails in magic, [148], [222], [247]–50, [253]–6;
omen, [17];
swinging on, [145];
ordeal, [52], [154];
piercing body, [144]

Irula, [178], [234], [284]

Ivory beads worn as charm, [193]

Jackal, [58], [78], [191];
spurious horns, [189]–91

Jagganātha temple, Puri, [142]

Jaggery, [78], [133], [147], [287]