[13] This is a creeper used in the funeral ceremonies. [↑]
[14] Probably the tree or bush from which the material called twadrinar is manufactured by the Todas. [↑]
[15] My informants could not say whether the boy went away in the air as a child or as a kite. The boy often assumed the form of a kite later, and it is tempting to suppose that the assumption of this form by the child was connected with the death of the kite, i.e., that it was a case of transmigration. The fact that the child went away in the air and was found sitting on a tree makes it highly probable that it flew in the form of a kite, but my informants could not say that this was definitely part of the legend. [↑]
[16] The kwarzam is the name used in prayer (see [Chap. X]). [↑]
[17] This place is close to the spot at which the path from Pishkwosht (Bikkapatimand) to Kodanad crosses a stream soon after leaving the former village. [↑]
[18] This pool has been converted into the Marlimand reservoir, the source of the water-supply of Ootacamund. [↑]
[19] The Hindu god who sends smallpox is Mari or Mariaman. The Toda name for buttermilk is mòr. [↑]