Folk Lore Notes. Vol. II—KonkanJackson, A. M. T. (Arthur Mason Tippetts)
Religion
Folk Lore Notes. Vol. II—Konkan
Jackson, A. M. T. (Arthur Mason Tippetts)
Folklore -- India
SOMAGA: Name of a religious ceremony.
SONI: A caste of goldsmiths or an individual of it.
SORRO: Sulphuret of antimony.
SOSHI: Name of a class of chudels.
SOVALEN: A silk garment.
SPHATIKA MANI: A crystal stone.
STAMBHAN: A branch of black magic.
STHÁNA: Locality.
STHÁNA-DEVA: A local deity.
STHÁNADEVATA: See Sthána-deva.
STHÁPAN: Installation.
SUD: The bright half of a month.
SUDARSHAN: See Sudarshan chakra.
SUDARSHAN CHAKRA: The discus of Vishnu.
SUDHA: Nectar.
SUDHÁKAR: The moon.
SUDYAMAN: Name of a mythological king.
SUGAD: A little earthen vessel.
SUKÁL: A plentiful harvest.
SULIO: An order of ghosts.
SULEIMÁNI PÁRO: A kind of stone.
SUMARIA GANESH: A name of Ganpati.
SUNA: Unoccupied.
SUNAKU: A kind of cattle disease.
SUNKÁI: Name of a goddess.
SUNTH: Dry ginger.
SUPADUN: A winnowing fan.
SURA: Liquor.
SURAKANO: Twisted iron wire.
SURAN: A morphophallus campalatus (elephant foot).
SURANG: A kind of tree.
SURDHAN: Ghost of a male member dying with certain of his desires
unfulfilled.
SURMO: See Sorro.
SUROPURO: A spirit of one who meets death on a field of battle.
SURYA: The sun.
SURYA KAVACH: A hymn in honour of the Sun.
SURYA-VRAT: A vow in honour of the Sun.
SUTAKI: One ceremonially impure on account of the death of a relative.
SUTÁR: A caste of carpenters or an individual of it.
SUTI: An order of ghosts.
SUTTEE: A woman who burns herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.
SUVA: An ingredient used in preparing spices.
SUWARN: Gold.
SUWÁSINI: An unwidowed woman.
SWÁMI: A lord, a term applied to saints.
SWÁMI MAHÁRÁJ: An epithet of Dattátraya or Shri Dutta.
SWÁMINÁRÁYAN: A sect of Hindus.
SWAPNA: A dream.
SWARGA: Heaven.
SWASTIKA: A kind of mystical figure.
SWÁTI: Name of constellation.
SWAYAMBHU: Self-existent.
SWAYAMVAR: A maiden's choice marriage.
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TÁDIA: A fruit of the fan-palm.
TADULI: The full moon day of Ashádh.
TAKSHAK: Name of a snake.
TÁL: A kind of cymbal.
TALABDIA KOLI: A sub-division of the Koli tribe.
TALKHÁMBA: A ghost of an unmarried Shudra.
TÁLI: A plate.
TALI BHARANE: A rite performed in honour of the god Khandoba.
TALO BHAGAT: Name of a great saint.
TAMÁSHA: A diverting exhibition; a show, play, farce, mock-fight, etc.
TÁMHAN: A flat saucer-like metal plate.
TAMJÁI: Name of a goddess.
TANYATUN: Lightning.
TAPAKESHWAR: A name of Mahádev.
TÁRÁ-BÁRAS: The star twelfth, the twelfth day after the death of
a person.
TARIA TÁV: Periodical fever.
TARPAN: An offering of water.
TÁV: A sheet of paper.
TAVA: A cake fried in oil in a pan.
TAVO: Flat unleavened loaves.
TAXAMI: The ghost of a woman dying in child-bed or menses.
THÁKORJI: A name for the Deity.
THÁL: A dish.
THÁNA: A station.
THÁNAK: Locality.
THOR: A tree. Euphoria nerifolia.
TID: A locust.
TIL: Sesamum.
TILA: The sectarial mark made with coloured earths or unguents upon
the forehead.
TILAD: A singing sparrow.
TINDOTÁN: A kind of creeper.
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