Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

Author:Edgar Thurston [Thurston, Edgar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

1

See Bishop Whitehead, “The Village Deities of Southern India,” Madras Museum Bull., 1907, v. No. 3.

2

Ibid., 1901, iii. No. 3, 270–1.

3

”Gazetteer of the Tanjore District,” 1906, i. 219.

4

Madras Dioc. Mag., November, 1910.

5

See Fawcett, Note on the Mouth-lock Vow, Journ. Anthrop. Soc., Bombay, i. 97–102.

6

“Gazetteer of the Trichinopoly District,” 1907, i. 289.

7

Scottish Standard Bearer, November 1907.

8

The Patnulkārans claim to be Saurāshtra Brāhmans.

9

“Gazetteer of the Tanjore District,” 1906, i. 71.

10

“Gazetteer of the Madura District,” i. 86.

11

“Primitive Tribes of the Nilagiris,” 1873, 17.

12

Sūdra is the fourth traditional caste of Manu.

13

“Manual of the North Arcot District,” 1895, i. 242.

14

Mysore Census Report, 1901, part i. 519.

15

Basavi, see article “Dēva-dāsi” in my “Castes and Tribes of Southern India,” 1909, ii. 125–53.

16

“Manual of the Cuddapah District”, 1875, 283.

17

Madras Museum Bull., 1907, v. No. 3, 149.

18

“Gazetteer of the Trichinopoly District,” 1907, i. 289.

19

Jeypore, Breklum, 1901.

20

“Gazetteer of the Tanjore District,” 1906, 1. 72.

21

“Gazetteer of the Madura District,” 1906, i. 86–7.

22

Ibid., 86.

23

Madras Museum Bull., 1906, v., No. 2, 78–9.

24

Madras Museum Bull., 1907, v., No. 3, 149.

25

“Ind. Ant.,” 1881, x. 364.

26

The Pallis claim to be descendants of the fire race (Agnikula) of the Kshatriyas, and that, as they and the Pāndava brothers were born of fire, they are related.

27

“Gazetteer of the South Arcot District,” 1906, i. 375–6.

28

“Gazetteer of the Madura District,” 1906, i. 85.

29

“Narrative of Little’s Detachment,” 1794, 212–3.

30

Lambādis or Brinjāris, who formerly acted as carriers of supplies and baggage in times of war in the Deccan.

31

Journ. Anthrop. Soc., Bombay, i. 253–4.

32

“Ind. Ant.,” 1879, viii. 219.

33

Ibid., 1880, ix. 150.

34

Journ. Anthrop. Soc., Bombay, ii. 272.

35

“Gazetteer of the Madura District,” 1906, i. 86.

36

“Gazetteer of the South Arcot District,” 1906, i. 102.

37

“Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies” translation by H. K. Beauchamp, 1897, ii. 610.

38

“Ind. Ant.,” 1880, ix. 152.

39

“Mysore,” 1897, ii. 350.

40

Madras Museum Bull., 1901, iii., No. 3, 266.

41

The making of a shrine, Calcutta Review, 1899, cviii. 173–5.

42

Bhūtha, or demon worship, prevails in South Canara, where the villages have their bhūtha sthānam or demon shrine.

43

“Cochin Census Report,” 1901, part i. 25.

44

“Gazetteer of the Vizagapatam District,” 1907, i. 329.

45

“Gazetteer of the Anantapur District,” 1905, i. 164.

46

“Native Life in Travancore,” 1883.

47

“Gazetteer of the Madura District,” 1906, i. 102.

48

“Mediæval Sinhalese Art,” 1908, 70–75.

49

Philalethes, “History of Ceylon,” 1817, 163.

50

M. Bapu Rao, Madras Christian Coll. Mag., April 1894, xi.

51

“Gazetteer of the Madura District,” 1906, i. 286.

52

“Gazetteer of the South Arcot District,” 1906, i. 278.

53

F. Fawcett, Man, 1901, i., No. 29, p. 37.

54

“Madras Census Report,” 1901, part i. 134.

55

“Malabar and its Folk,” Madras, 2nd ed., 133.

56

Thula (scales), purusha (man), dānam (gift).

57

See Shungoony Menon, “History of Travancore,” 1878, 58–72.

58

Madras Diocesan Record, October, 1905.

59

“Christianity and Caste,” 1893.

60

Rev. J. Cain, Madras Christian Coll. Mag., 1887–8, v. 358.

61

In Southern India, turmeric ( Curcuma ) is commonly called saffron ( Crocus ).

62

“Gazetteer of the Vizagapatam District,” 1907, i. 75.

63

Madras Museum Bull., 1907, v., No. 3, 134.

64

Ibid., 171.

65

“An Indian Olio,” 79–80.

66

“Gazetteer of the Nilgiris,” 1908, i. 340.

67

“The Tinnevelly Shānars,” 1849.

68

Madras Dioc. Mag., March, 1903.

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