[7] Andropogon schœnanthus. [↑]
[8] See the bow in the hand of the boy in [Fig. 57]. This bow is the same as that used in the pursütpimi ceremony. [↑]
[9] The buffalo given in this way is called pulkwadr, or bow and arrow gift. [↑]
[10] My notes do not make it absolutely clear as to whether he may not also salute the female relatives of his wife, but I do not think that he does so. [↑]
[11] According to a recent account given to me by Mr. Thurston, the people leave the spot about six o’clock in the evening. The time is determined by the opening of the flowers of Ænothera tetraptera which is called by the Todas âr mani pûv, or six o’clock flower. This flower is a garden escape, so that this special practice must be recent, but it suggests that the general practice of telling the time of day by means of flowers may be an old Toda custom. [↑]
[12] Mr. Natesa Sastri (Madras Mail, August 28th, 1894) states that the bow and arrow are tied round the neck of the woman, so that they definitely take the place of the tali. [↑]
[13] This seems to have occurred in a similar ceremony practised by the Badagas, among whom it is said that a woman is not fully considered a wife till about the seventh month of the first pregnancy, when a cord is put round her neck by the husband and the legal marriage becomes complete. (See Thurston, Bull. IV., p. 167.) [↑]
[14] Called by the Todas tòri or tòrimul (Berberis nepalensis); its leaves are used in the ordination of the kugvalikartmokh. [↑]