Coppersmiths--Tamera
Counting, official counter or Medha Gantia--Bhatra 4, Parja 7, Intro. 60
Courtesans, education of--Kasbi 4
Couvade, practice of--Oraon 9, Sonjhara 4, Verukala, Intro. 60
Cow-killing, penalty for--Tiyar
Cradle songs--Chitari 5
Criminal practices--Badhak 17, Banjara 21, Beldar 6, Beria 2, Bharota 1, Chamar 16, Kanjar 5, Pardhan 6, Pasi 7. See also _Theft_
Crows, beliefs about--Kunbi 15
Cultivating status--Jat 5, Kunbi 4, Kurmi 45, Intro. 21
Cultivation--Gond 79; patch cultivation 80
Dacoity--Badhak 2, 3, 4, Korwa 10, Mang Garori, Mina 3, Pardhi 12, Pindari 4, 5, 6, Ramosi 2, Sansia 4, 5
Daily life--Maratha 8
Dancing--Gond 76, Gondhali, Kashi 3, 8, Kharia 12, Kol 17, Korwa 8, Majhwar 7, Oraon 25, 26, Parja 4
Dasahra festival--k.u.mhar 10, Mahar 2, Sunar 4
Dauwa or wet-nurse--Ahir 7
Dayanand Saraswati--Arya Samaj R. 1, 2
Days--Joshi 9, 16; omens from--Kawar 10, Parja 7
Dead, beliefs about the--Kurmi 29
Death ceremonies--_Pa.s.sim_. See especially Bedar 3, Binjhwar 6, Bishnoi 8, Brahman 14, Chamar 7, Dhakar 3, Gond 32-38, Gosain 10, Gujar 6, Gurao 6, Halba 12, Kabirpanthi S. 7, Katia 4, Kawar 7, 8, Kharia 9, Khatri 4, Khojah, Khond 6, Kirar 3, Kol 14, Koli 6, Korku 9, Kunbi 14, Kunjra, Kurmi 20, 21, 22, 26, Lingayat, Mahar 6, Muhammadan R. 14, Panwar Rajput 11, Parsi R. 16, 17, Rajput 6, Sonjhara 5, Intro. 89
Dehendra Nath Tagore--Brahmo Samaj Religion 4
Deo Brahman, ceremony of--Bedar 2
Demeter, the G.o.ddess--k.u.mhar 7
Deshmukh and Deshpandia, offices of--Kunbi, 2
Devi, the G.o.ddess--k.u.mhar, 11
Dhar and Ujjain--Panwar Rajput, 3
Dharam Das, legend of--Kabirpanthi S., 4
Dharna, sitting--Aghori, 2, Bhat, 14, Maratha, 14
Dhatura--Kalar, 10
Digging earth for oven at wedding--Kirar, 2
Diseases--Mehtar, 13 magical cure for--Koshti, 6
Disguises--Badhak, 5, Bhamta, 1, Jadua Brahman, Thug, 7
Divorce--Binjhwar, 5, Chamar, 6, Dewar, 3, Dhanwar, 6, Dhimar, 4, Gadba, 2, Gond, 25, Halba, 10, Katia, 3, Kohli, 2, Koli, 4, Korku, 10, Koshti, 3, Kunbi, 8, Mahar, 5, Mina, 4, Muhammadan R., 6, Panwar Rajput, 8, Savar, 4, Taonla
Diwali Festival, the--Ahir, 15, Bania, 15
Dog--Banjara, 20; a.s.sociated with the G.o.d Khandoba--Maratha, 7
Domestic animals, taboos about--Dhangar, 4, Mang, 7, Naoda, Sonjhara, 6
Doms, the--Kanjar, 4
Donkey, the--Dhobi, 7
Dravidian tribes, their origin and immigration--Kol, 4, 5, Intro., 37, 39
Dress--Banjara, 18, Bharia, 7, Bohra, 7, Brahman, 22, Darzi, 4, Gadba, 5, Gond, 61, Gosain, 4, Halba, 19, Jogi, 7, Kasbi, 8, Kawar, 11, Kol, 16, Korku, 10, Koshti, 7, Kunbi, 22, Kurmi, 37, 38, Mahar, 12, Muhammadan R., 31, Oraon, 23, 24, Pardhi, 5, Parsi R., 18, Rajput 11
Dyeing clothes--Rangrez, Chhipa
Ear, tearing the--Sunar, 10
Ear-piercing--Gond, 62, Kachhi, 5, Muhammadan R., 11, Sunar, 10, 11
Earth, beliefs about the--Bhunjia, 4
Earth-eating--Chitari, 3, Kurmi, 14
Earth-G.o.ddess--k.u.mhar, 11
Eating with relatives, taboos on--Gauria
Eclipse, legends about--Mehtar, 19, Teli, 8
Emasculation. See article Hijra
Eunuchs. See article Hijra
Evil eye--Bhatra, 8, Chitari, 4, Khangar, 3, Mahar, 11