734 INDEX
Panchangam, or Hindu calendar, 13G-7.
Pancha-tattfra( fables), vi, xxviii,
434 et seq. Panchayat, or arbitration tribunal, 655. Pandals, or pavilions, 154, 162,
232, 233, 338. Pandarams, or beggars, 117, 120,
129, 132. Panda, King, 360. Panjab, xxvii. Paper, manufacture of, 429. Parabrahma, or Supreme Being,
140, 297, 406, 506, 509, 518, 562,
566.
Paramannam, the, 540. Paramatma, or Supreme Spirit,
297, 402 n., 406, 407. Parameswara, 627. Parasu-rama, 234 n., 271. Parasu-rama-avatar, 616.
Paravati, 568.
Parents and their children, 307-8.
Pariahs, or outcastes, 15, 32, 393; abject condition of, 29, 49 et seq., 187, 558; domestic servants, 52-3i feasts of, 280; flesh-eaters, 60, 192; food eaten by, 56; gurus of, 61-2; Hindu contempt for, 305, 476; huts of,
59; improvidence of, 59; intoxicants used by, 188; mark worn by, 121; marriage amongst,
24, 62, 338; menial occupations, 54; origin of, 52; privileges of, 32, 118, 583; servitude of, 56 et seq.; soldiers, 54; supporters of Right-hand faction, 25, 60; vice and uncleanliness of, 55. Parvata, 628, 635.
Parvati, 207, 224, 546, 613, 628, 635.
Patala( hell), 256, 259, 515, 564, 691.
Patanjala philosophy, 406. Patitas, or heretics, 688. Patna, 406. Pattanattu-pillai, 274, 275 n. Paul, St., 298.
Pavadam sacrifice, 114et seq., 608.
Pavitram amulet, 150-1. Penances, 517 et seq., 529 et seq.,
535, 597 et seq. Penitents, religious, 332, 519, 522 et seq. Penitents, the seven, 98-9, 102, 107, 108, 219, 416, 417, 426, 502, 503, 635. Perjury, prevalence of, 662. Persia, 435 n., 504, 505.
Persian language, 449.
Perumal( Vishnu), 615.
Phallus worship, 631. Pharaoh, 193. Pharisees, the, 269 n. Phasis, the, 200. Philosophy, Hindu systems of, 274,
297 et seq., 401 et seq., 500 et seq. PiHay, the, 22. Pillayar, 162, 249, 631. Pitri-loka, the, 495. Plato, 298, 435 n., 554, 559, 562,563. Plotinus, 554, 561. Plutarch, 435 n. Pluto, 546, 547, 718. Plutus, 718.
Poet historians of India, 2. Poetry, Hindu, 392 et seq.; different kinds of, 393; epics, 2,
401; feet in verse, 396; long and short quantities, 394 metres, 397; richness of metaphors, 399; superstition in, 395-6; taste and style, 399,
400; verses, 398-9. Poison, ordeal by, 717, 722.
Poligars, or chiefs, 677. Polygamy, 207, 210, 368. Pompilius, Numa, 32. Pondicherry, 301.
Pondicherry Mission, xi.
Pongul feast, the, 57 1 et seq. Pons, Father, 268, 377. Poothana, 627. Population, increase of, 93. Porphyry, 554, 561. Potters, 63. Poverty, Hindu, 7, 80 et seq.
causes of, 93 et seq.