Siva, vehicle of, II. [156].
Skandhabâta, the, I. 258.
Skin, a seat, II. [35].
Skull-breaking rite, I. 239.
Sleeping person awakened, I. 232.
Small-pox, and the Nîm tree, II. [104];
precautions during epidemics, I. 135;
transference of, I. 165;
worship of goddess of, I. 125.
Smell, bad, a spirit scarer, II. [21].
Snake, an ancestor, II. [133];
killing of, a cause of barrenness, I. 226;
bite cured at a shrine, I. 221;
charm for bite of, I. 151, 239; II. [140];
charming of, II. [141];
connected with Diwâlî feast, II. [295];
double-tongued, II. [137];
feeding, II. [138];
euphemism, II. [142];
heroes deified, II. [133];
in folk-lore, II. [136], [141];
gods, II. [131];
household, II. [144];
jewel, the, II. [143];
connected with the Nîm tree, II. [104];
path of, I. 25;
connected with the rainbow, II. [144];
connected with the Satî, I. 187;
shrines, II. [125];
race, II. [124], [151];
stone, II. [141], [224];
in temples, II. [126];
treasure guardians, II. [134];
tribe, the, II. [151];
ruler of the weather, II. [129];
women, II. [137];
worship of, I. 121 sqq.
Sneezing, I. 240.
Snow, caused by tree-cutting, II. [91].