{"product_id":"2940014955126","title":"OMENS AND SUPERSTITIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIA","description":"PREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed\u003cbr\u003ethe psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency,\u003cbr\u003eand the Native States of Travancore and Cochin. In my \"Ethnographic\u003cbr\u003eNotes in Southern India\" (1906), I stated that the confused chapter\u003cbr\u003edevoted to omens, animal superstitions, evil eye, charms, sorcery,\u003cbr\u003eetc., was a mere outline sketch of a group of subjects, which, if\u003cbr\u003eworked up, would furnish material for a volume. This chapter has\u003cbr\u003enow been remodelled, and supplemented by notes collected since its\u003cbr\u003epublication, and information which lies buried in the seven bulky\u003cbr\u003evolumes of my encyclopædic \"Castes and Tribes of Southern India\"\u003cbr\u003e(1909). The area dealt with (roughly, 182,000 square miles, with\u003cbr\u003ea population of 47,800,000) is so vast that I have had perforce to\u003cbr\u003esupplement the personal knowledge acquired in the course of wandering\u003cbr\u003eexpeditions in various parts of Southern India, and in other ways, by\u003cbr\u003erecourse to the considerable mass of information, which is hidden away\u003cbr\u003ein official reports, gazetteers, journals of societies, books, etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the many friends and correspondents, European and Indian, who have\u003cbr\u003ehelped me in the accumulation of facts, and those whose writings I\u003cbr\u003ehave made liberal use of, I would once more express collectively,\u003cbr\u003eand with all sincerity, my great sense of indebtedness. My thanks\u003cbr\u003eare due to Mr L. K. Anantha Krishna Iyer for supplying me with the\u003cbr\u003eillustrations of Malabar yantrams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                            Page\u003cbr\u003e    I.    Omens                               13\u003cbr\u003e    II.   Animal Superstitions                73\u003cbr\u003e    III.  The Evil Eye                       109\u003cbr\u003e    IV.   Snake Worship                      121\u003cbr\u003e    V.    Vows, Votive and other Offerings   137\u003cbr\u003e    VI.   Charms                             180\u003cbr\u003e    VII.  Human Sacrifice                    199\u003cbr\u003e    VIII. Magic and Human Life               224\u003cbr\u003e    IX.   Magic and Magicians                237\u003cbr\u003e    X.    Divination and Fortune-Telling     273\u003cbr\u003e    XI.   Some Agricultural Ceremonies       289\u003cbr\u003e    XII.  Rain-Making Ceremonies             305\u003cbr\u003e          Index                              312","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084076007664,"sku":"2940014955126","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014955126","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}