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Water, Hindu ordeal by, 145
Weapons, Hindu, 143
Weight, Hindu ordeal by, 146
Weinsjas, see Vaisyas
Weistnouwa, see Vaishnavas
Wellala (Vellalare), a sub-caste of the
Sudras, 244
World, three primary divisions of the,
168-169
Xavier, St. Francis, description of the
chapel and tomb of, at Goa, 323-
324
Yajur-Veda, studied by Brahmans, 137,
Yama, the angel of death, directions for
constructing an idol of, 180
Year, Hindu, seasons of the, 127-129
Zamorin of Calicut, royal state of the,
214-215, 222
Zanba (Jambu?), a river having its
source in the pond Arhata, 191
Zarmanochegas, a Hindu who immolated
himself, epitaph of, 67
Zend, see Avesta
Zeus Ombrios (Indra), a Hindu god, 63
