INDEX 731
Kshetraja, 250. Kubera, 242, 481, 617, 033,718, 720. Kudimis, the, 75 n. Kudlugondur, 132.
Kullars( robber-caste), 17.
Kumara, 634. Kumbokanam, 603.
Kuravers or Kurumarus, the, 65 et seq.
Kurgas or Kudagas, 11. Kurma-avatar, 616. Kurubas, the, 48.
La Fontaine, 449. Lakshmana, 619, 621-2. Lakshmi, 207, 224, 346, 388, 546-7,
636, 715. Lakshminarayana, 410 n.
La Loubere, 106. Lambadis, or pillagers, 68 et seq.,
678. Lamps, feast of, 571. Languages, Hindu, 427 et seq.
Lankah( Ceylon), 619 et seq. Laos, 106. Launay, M., xii. Law, administration of, 654 et seq. Lazarus, 607. Learning, Hindu, 376 et seq. Leather, Hindu repugnance to, 182. Lethe, 563. Letter-writing, Hindu, 420 et seq. Linga-basavis, 133. Lingadaris, sect of, 111. Lingam, the, 112, 117-19, 121, 538,
540, 568, 580, 628-31, 686, 707, 708. Linga-purana, 629. Lingayats, the, religious customs and tenets of, 20, 114, 116-18, 181, 190, 193, 560, 568, 639. Lingis, 410 n. Litigation, Hindu propensity for, 664.
Lizard omen, 216. Logan, W., Manual of Malabar,
17 n., 58 n. Logic, study of, 406, 408.
Lokayatha Sastra sect and doctrine, 414.
Longinus, 399.
Louis XI, 608 n.
Low castes, contempt for, 48 et seq. Lycurgus, 103, 377, 426, 504.
Mackintosh, Sir James, xiv. Madhya-loka, or middle world, 690-2. Madhya-Yandana, the, 258.
Madras, xi, 375 n., 598 n.
Madras Government, xiv et seq. Madura, 17, 60, 300, 598 n., 603. Magic, Hindu, 382 et seq.
Magic syllables, 143, 388. Magicians, powers attributed to. 382, 385, 681; rivalry amongst,
391; stock-in-trade of, 389, 646. Magog, 102, 103. Mahabharata, 2, 360. Maha-damai-pravai, 691. Maha-deva, 627. Maha-gurus, 125. Maha-loka, 258.
Maha-makham festival, 196.
Mahameru, Mount, 145, 633, 692.
Maha-navami festival, 569-70. Mahanuvu, 47, 48 n.
Maha-sankranti feast, 571 et seq.
Mahomedans, conduct in public,
78; dress, mode of, 323, 341;
Hindu attitude towards, 304 military service of, 675-6, 678-9,
681; proselytizing efforts of, xi,
610; rule, effects of their, 187, 194, 355, 647, 657; salutations of, 326; superstitious practices of, 385, 570; tyrannical methods
of, 178, 290, 299, 303, 590, 659, 660; vices of, 311, 312, 678. Mahrattas, the, evil propensities
of, 69; military prowess of,( M8, 674-6, 679. Malabar, 13, 17 n., 56 et seq., 76,
78, 317, 323, 341, 645, 700.
Malacca Straits, 106. Malai-Kondigarus, the. 78. Malcolm, Sir John, 663 n. Malcyur, 688. Mandakini, the.( 134. Mandara, Mount, 101, 651.