DORA: Piece of a string; a magic thread. DORLI: Solanum indicum. DOSO: Old. DRO: A kind of sacred grass. DRONA: Son of Bháradvája, by birth a Bráhman but acquainted with military science which he received as a gift from Parashurám. He instructed the Kauravas and Pándavas in the use of arms. DRUSTAMANI: A kind of black beads. DUDHA: Milk. DUDHPÁK: Rice cooked in milk and sweetened with sugar. DUG-DUDIOON: See Dákla. DUHITRA: Shráddha performed by a grandson to propitiate his maternal grandfather. DUKÁL: Famine. DUNDUBHI: A kettle-drum. DUNGAR: A hill. DURBÁR: The court of an Indian Chief. DURGA: Name of a goddess. DURGATI: Fallen condition. DURVA: A kind of sacred grass. DURYODHANA: The eldest of the Kaurava brothers. DWIJA: A twice-born. A Bráhman, a Kshatriya or a Vaishya, whose investiture with the sacred thread constitutes, religiously and metaphorically a second birth. DWITIYA: The second day of the bright or dark half of a month. E. EKÁDASHI: The eleventh day of the bright and dark halves of a month. EKAL PER: Zizyphus jujuba. EKÁNTARIO: Intermittent fever. EKOTISHTA: The rites performed on the eleventh day after death. ETALÁI: Name of a goddess. F. FÁG: A vulgar song. FÁGAN: A corrupted form of Fálgun. See Fálgun. FAKIR: A Muhammadan mendicant. FAKIRI: Alms given to Fakirs in the Muharram. FAKIRO: A beggar. FÁLGUN: The twelfth month of the Deccani Hindu and the fifth month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year. FÁVADI: Name of a bird. FIRANGÁI: Name of a goddess. FUL: A flower. FUL DOL: A festival in which coloured water is thrown. G. GADHEDA: A donkey. GADHEDO: See Gadheda. GADHERIMÁTA: Name of a goddess installed to protect a fortress or a street. GAFAL: Stupid. GAGANACHAR: An order of ghosts moving in the etherial regions. GAGARBEDIUN: A piece of leather thong or a piece of black wood on which mystic spells have been cast. GAJÁBÁI: Name of a goddess. GAJACHHAYA: A festival--the day of the new moon of Bhádrapad the moon being in the Hasta constellation. GALÁL: Red powder. GANA: A troop of demigods considered as Shiva's attendants. GANAGOR: Name of a vow. GANDHARVA: A celestial musician; a class of demigods who are considered to be the singers of gods. GÁNDIVA: Name of the bow of Arjuna. GÁNDU: Name of a tree. GANDH: Sandal paste. GANESH CHATURTHI: The fourth day of the bright half of Bhádrapad celebrated as the birthday of Ganesh. GANESHIO: A hook-shaped instrument used by thieves in boring holes through walls. GANGA: The river Ganges. GANGÁJAL: Water of the Ganges. GANGIGOR: Name of a vow. GÁNGLO: Stony. GÁNGUD: An order of ghosts. GÁNJA: Hemp flower. GANPATI: The son of Shiva and Párvati. He is the deity of wisdom and the remover of difficulties and obstacles. GANPATIPUJAN: The worship of Ganpati. GÁNTHIA: A preparation of gram flour. GAON-DEVI: Village goddess. GARABI: A song in propitiation of a goddess. GARBHÁDÁN: The marriage consummation ceremony.