KSHETRAPÁL: The guardian spirit of fields; a kind of stone. KUBER: The lord of wealth, the regent of the north and the king of the Yakshas and Kinnaras. KUKAD VEL: A kind of creeper. KUL: A totem; a clan. KULA-DEVATA: Family deity. KULA-DEVI: Family goddess. KULADHARMA: A special worship of the family god or goddess of each family. KULATHI: A kind of corn. KULERA: A mixture of wheat, oat or rice flour, clarified butter and sugar or molasses. KULKARNI: A village accountant. KUMBHA: Aquarius. KUMBHAKARN: Name of a demon. KUMBHÁR: A caste of potters. KUMBHÁRAN: A woman of the Kumbhár caste. KUMBHAVA: Name of a cattle disease. KUMBHAVIVÁHA: Marriage with an earthen jar. KUNBI: A cultivator. KUND: A pond; a pit; a sacred pool. KUNDALAN: A kind of magic circle. KUNDALI: An astrological diagram of the position of planets at any particular time. KUNDALIA: A name of Hanumán. KUNDI: A shoe-maker's earthen pot. KUNKU: Red powder. KUNTI: The first wife of Pandu. KUPOTSARGA: Digging a well for the benefit of the public--and abandoning one's right of ownership over it. KURANANDI: Wheat flour lumps used in the ceremony of the Bodan. KURI: An implement for sowing corn. KURMI: Name of a water nymph. KURUKSHETRA: The extensive plain near Delhi, the scene of the great battle between the Kauravas and Pándavas. KUSHMÁND: An order of demi-gods. KUSUMBA: The dye prepared from the dried flowers of the Kusumba (Carthamus tinctorius). KUTRO: A dog. L. LÁDU: A sweet ball. LAGHURUDRA: A rite in honour of the god Shiva. LÁHYA: Parched rice. LAKSHACHANDI: A recitation in honour of the goddess Párvati. LAKSHAMANA: Brother of Ráma. LAKSHMI: The goddess of wealth. LÁLA HARDEV: Name of a minor local deity. LÁLO: Name of a field deity. LÁLO BHAGAT: Name of a saint. LÁMANDIVO: An iron lamp. LAMLAN: A branch of black magic. LANKA: Ceylon. LÁPSI: Coarse wheat flour fried in ghi and sweetened with molasses or sugar. LAVENG: Clove. LÁVANI: A kind of ballad: plantation. LÁWANI: Plantation. LÁVO: A Parasite. LÁVSANT: A ghost of a widow. LIMDO: A tree, Alantas excelsa. LIMBO: Poisonous. LINGA: Phallus. LINGAM: See Linga. LINGÁYAT: An individual of the Lingáyat religion whose chief object of worship is Shiva. LOBÁN: Olibanum. LOBHÁN: Incense powder. LOTA: A water pot. LUVÁNA: A caste of traders. LUXMI: See Lakshmi. M. MACHCHENDRA NÁTH: Name of a saint. MACHHI: Name of a water nymph. MÁCHHO: Name of a goddess. MACHHU: See Máchho. MADALIUN: A hollow bracelet. MADAN: Cupid. MADHAVI: A village headman. MADHU: Name of a demon. MADHU PAVANTI: An order of ghosts. MADHWÁCHÁRYA: Name of a great saint who founded a sect of Vaishnavism. MAFAT: Useless. MAFATIO: Useless. MAG: A grain, Phaseolus mungo. MÁGH: The eleventh month of the Deccani Hindu and the fourth month of the Gujarát Hindu calendar year. MAGHA: Name of a constellation. MAGHALO: A lamp of mud covered with leaves to represent the god of rain.