Pongal festival, [35], [133], [202]
Porcupine, [85]
Portuguese, spirits propitiated, [179]
Possession of men by gods, [56], [142], [144], [147], [172], [213], [255], [267], [278], [279], [282], [284], [287], [301], [308]
Pot broken at boundary, [37];
to cure disease, [243];
to scare away owls, [66];
offered to cholera god, [176];
to ward off evil eye, [112], [113], [114];
worn as charm, [194]
Prayogasara, [181]
Pregnancy [44], [53]–4, [70], [85], [100], [246]
Pregnant corpses exposed in jungle, [74]–5
Prehistoric stone celts offered at shrines, [178]