VRUNDA: See Vrinda. VYATIPÁT: The seventeenth of the Astrological Yoga (the twenty-seventh part of a circle measured on the plane of the Ecliptic). W. WAD: The banyan tree. WÁDI: An enclosed piece of meadow-field or garden ground. WÁGH-BÁRAS: The twelfth day of Ashvin. WÁGHE: Male children offered to the god Khandoba. WÁGHESHWARI: Name of a village goddess. WÁGHJÁI: Name of a deity. WÁGHOBA: An order of ghosts. WÁJRESHWARI: Name of a village goddess. WÁGHYA: Name of a deity; a male child offered to the god Khandoba. WÁMAN-DWÁDASHI: The twelfth day of the bright half of Bhádrapad. WÁNI: A trader; a, general name for all castes of traders i.e., banyas. WÁNPRASTA: A Bráhman in the third order of his life; a hermit in general. WÁRUL: An ant-hill. WATA: The Banyan tree. WATA-PAURNIMA: The fall moon day of Jyeshtha. WUDA: Incense. Y. YADNA: See Yajna. YADNOPAVIT: The sacred thread worn by Bráhmans. YADNYA: See Yajna. YAJAMÁN: A host; a person performing a sacrifice. YAJNA: A sacrifice. YAKSHA: A class of demi-gods, attendant on Kubera and employed in guarding his treasures. YAKSHINI: A female Yaksha; a fairy. YALLAMMA: Name of a goddess. YAMA: The God of death. YAMADUTA: A messenger of the god of death. YAMAGHANTA: A Yog or conjunction of times, viz., a Sunday falling upon the second day of the bright or dark half of a month; a Friday falling upon the third lunar day, etc., etc. YAMALOKA: The region of Yama. YAMAPURI: The city of the god of death. YANTRA: A mystical formula or diagram. YOGA: Religious and abstract meditation. YOGA MÁRGA: The path of meditation. YOGA-SUTRA: Name of a work by Pátanjali containing aphorisms of the science of Yoga. YOGAVÁSHISTHA: Name of a work on philosophy. YOJAN: A measure of distance equal to eight miles. YUDHISHTHIR: An epithet of Dharma, the eldest of the Pándava brothers. Z. ZÁMHÁDI: A female spirit guarding the village gates. ZAMPAHADI: An order of ghosts. ZANZARKA: Name of a goddess. ZANZIRA: A kind of magic incantation. ZÁR: Fever. ZARMÁN ZARVÁN: A ceremony in which a woman fetches water for the first time after delivery. ZILAKESHWAR: A name of Mahádeva. ZINI: Small. ZOD: An order of ghosts. NOTES [1] School Master, Palshet, Ratnágiri. [2] School Master, Adivare, Ratnágiri. [3] School Master, Parule, Ratnágiri. [4] School Master, Makhnele, Ratnágiri. [5] School Master, Rájápur, Ratnágiri. [6] School Masters, Agáshi and Arnála, Thána. [7] School Master, Málád, Thána. [8] School Master, Shahápur, Thána. [9] School Master, Dasgaum, Kolába. [10] School Master, Chaul, Kolába. [11] School Master, Akola, Kolába. [12] School Master, Poladpur, Kolába. [13] These twelve names are:--1 Mitra, 2 Ravi, 3 Surya, 4 Bhanu, 5 Khaga, 6 Pushne, 7 Hiranyagarbha, 8 Marichi, 9 Aditya, 10 Savita, 11 Arka, 12 Bhasker. [14] School Master, Phonde. [15] School Master, Devarukh. [16] School Master, Parule. [17] School Master, Anjur.