Parivarams of Madura, their seclusion of girls at puberty, x. 69
Parjanya, the ancient Hindoo god of thunder and rain, i. 270, ii. 368 sq.;
derivation of the name, ii. 367 n. 3
Parjas, a tribe of the Central Provinces, India, their ceremonial purification for killing a sacred animal, viii. 27 sq.;
their offerings of first-fruits to their ancestors, viii. 119
Parker, Professor E. H., on substitutes for capital punishment in China, iv. 146 n. 1
Parkinson, John, on custom of killing chief after rule of three years among the Yorubas, iv. 112 sq.
Parkinson, R., on contagious magic in New Britain, i. 175;
on the fear of demons in New Britain, ix. 83
Parkyns, Mansfield, on the Abyssinian festival of Mascal, ix. 133 sq.