Bijlesvari Devî, a goddess of lightning, I. 224.
Bind tribe, worship of Kâsi Bâba, I. 145.
Binjhiya tribe, totemism, II. [158].
Bîr, a ghost, I. 178, 253;
a companion of the witch, II. [266].
Birch, a sacred tree, II. [86], [114].
Bird, marriage to, I. 236; II. [119];
omens from, II. [48].
Birhor tribe, respect for the bamboo, II. [113];
cannibalism, II. [168];
funeral rites, II. [56];
tattooing, II. [31].
Bîrnâth, worship of, II. [182].
Birth rites, I. 277;
fiends, I. 264.
Biruri Panchami feast, the, II. [137].