ASHTAKA: A hymn consisting of eight verses. ASHTAMAHÁDÁN: A gift consisting of eight kinds of articles. ASHTÁVASU: A class of divine beings eight in number. ASHVIN: The seventh month of the Deccani Hindu and the twelfth month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year. ASHVINI: Name of a constellation. ASHVINI KUMÁR: The twin sons of the sun by his wife Sanjnya in the form of a mare. They are famous as heavenly physicians. ASHWAMEDHA: Horse sacrifice. ASHWATTHÁMA: The only son of Drona, the military preceptor of the Kauravas and Pándavas. ASMÁNI: An order of ghosts. ASO: A corrupted form of Ashvin. ASOPALAVA: Name of a tree. ASUR GATI: The path of the demons. ATIT: A class of religious beggars. ATLAS: A kind of cloth. ATRI: Name of a sage. ATYÁPÁTYA: Name of an out-door game played in the Deccan. AVAD-MÁTA: Name of a goddess. AVAGAT: An order of ghosts. AVAGATI: Fallen condition. AVALIA: A Muhammadan saint. AVALA: Name of a tree. AVATÁR: An incarnation of Vishnu. AVI: An order of ghosts. AVLI: Name of a tree. AWDUMBAR: A tree, Ficus glomerata. AWUTA: Wood bill. AYAN: Name of a tree. B. BÁBARO: An order of ghosts. BÁBHUL: Acacia arabica. BÁBRIO: See Bábaro. BÁBRO: See Bábaro. BABRUVÁHAN: Name of a demon; a son of Arjuna. BÁBUL: Acacia arabica. BÁDHA: Impending evil. BÁGHADA: Name of an evil spirit. BÁGULBÁWA: Name of a goblin. BAHIRI: Name of a goddess. BAHIRI-SOMJAI: Name of a goddess. BAHIROBA: Name of a minor deity. BAHIROBÁCHE BHUT: An order of ghosts. BÁJA: Dish. BÁJALE: A wooden cot. BÁJAT: A wooden stool. BAJÁNIA: A cast of tumblers or an individual of it. BAKA: Name of a demon; name of a sage. BÁKLA: A small round flat cake of dry boiled beans. BÁKLÁN: See Bákla. BAKOR: Noise. BÁLÁ TERASH: The 13th day of the dark half of Bhádrapad. BALAD: An ox. BALADI: An order of ghosts. BALDEV: Name of the brother of Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Vishnu. BALEV: The full moon day of Shrávana. BALEVA: See Balev. BALEVIÁN: A kind of worship. BALI: Name of a mighty demon, the lord of the nether world or pátál; an oblation; a victim offered to any deity; name of a procession. BALIDÁN: Offering of a victim. BALLA: An order of ghosts. BÁNÁSUR: Name of a demon. BANDHÁI-JAVAN: Name of a cattle disease. BANIA: A trader. BÁPA: Name of a guardian spirit of fields. BÁPDEV: See Bápa. BARANESHWAR MAHÁDEV: A name of Mahádev. BÁRAS: The twelfth day of the bright or dark half of a month. BÁRVATIA: An outlaw. BATÁSA: A kind of sweetmeat. BATRISA: A man possessed of thirty-two accomplishments. BATUK: Name of a minor deity. BÁU: A word used to frighten children; a goblin. BÁVA: A term of respectful compellation or mention for an ascetic or religious teacher. BÁVAL: See Bábul. BÁVO: See Báva. BAYA: Name of a deity presiding over small-pox. BÁWAN VIR: Name of a minor deity. BECHRA MÁTA: Name of a goddess. BEDA: Name of a tree. BEL: Aegle Marmelos.