Pepper in magic ceremony, [253]

Periyapālayam, leaf festival, [148]–51 Phaseolus Mungo, thrown into ant-hill, [136]

Pig, [83];
sacrifice, [56], [65], [165], [189], [201], [211], [284], [305]

Pigeon, [70], [176], [228]

Pipal (Ficus religiosa), [118], [133], [138], [288]

Placenta, burial, [55]; tied to tree, [81]

Plague, [171], [266]–7

Plantain, [65], [78], [117], [121], [131], [147], [160], [185], [202], [212], [251], [252], [293], [294] Plumbago zeylanica, in magic, [228]

Pollution and purification, [26]–7, [28], [29], [34], [40], [43], [59], [67], [79], [81], [83], [110], [121], [123], [131]–2, [159], [179], [200], [297], [298], [301]

Pompada devil-dancer, [237]