Raāhu, [43]
Rain caused by monsters in the air, [310]–1
Rāma, legends, [17], [24], [83]–4, [87]
Rāmānuja, [297]
Rāma tanka, [235]
Rat-snake (Zamenis), [25], [71], [98]
Red sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus), wooden figures carved at Tirupati, [159]
Reptiles, omens, [70]–1;
superstitions, [89]–100
Rice at agricultural ceremonies, [290], [291], [293], [294], [295], [300], [302], [304];
at Badaga festival, [116];
at Koyi festival, [303];
at meriah sacrifice, [201], [202];
at rain-making ceremony, [309];
at Vishu festival, [18], [289];
effigies, [130], [185], [244], [245];
in fortune-telling, [283];
in learning alphabet, [30];
in parturition, [54];
offerings, [15], [68], [73], [125], [133], [134], [135], [147], [150], [156], [175], [221], [243], [287], [299];
omens, [20], [33], [34]–5, [36], [37], [65];
ordeal, [146], [285], [288];
pot smeared with, [170];
poured over bullock, [166];
Russell’s viper stuffed with, [98];
thrown on corpse, [264];
tied to marriage cloth, [49]
—— balls, [22], [26], [67], [86], [115], [117], [253], [262]