CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I
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INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER II
THE TODA PEOPLE 18
CHAPTER III
DAIRIES AND BUFFALOES 38
CHAPTER IV
THE VILLAGE DAIRY 56
CHAPTER V
THE TI DAIRY 83
CHAPTER VI
BUFFALO MIGRATIONS 123
CHAPTER VII
ORDINATION CEREMONIES 144
CHAPTER VIII
SPECIAL DAIRY CEREMONIES 166
CHAPTER IX
THE TODA GODS 182
CHAPTER X
PRAYER 213
CHAPTER XI
THE DAIRY RITUAL 231
CHAPTER XII
DIVINATION AND MAGIC 249
CHAPTER XIII
SACRIFICE AND OFFERINGS 274
CHAPTER XIV
BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD CEREMONIES 313
CHAPTER XV
FUNERAL CEREMONIES 337
CHAPTER XVI
FUNERAL CEREMONIES (continued) 372
CHAPTER XVII
SACRED DAYS AND NUMBERS 405
CHAPTER XVIII
SACRED PLACES AND OBJECTS 417
CHAPTER XIX
THE TODA RELIGION 442
CHAPTER XX
GENEALOGIES AND POPULATION 461
CHAPTER XXI
KINSHIP 483
CHAPTER XXII
MARRIAGE 502
CHAPTER XXIII
SOCIAL ORGANISATION 540
CHAPTER XXIV
ARTS AND AMUSEMENTS 570
CHAPTER XXV
LANGUAGE 602
CHAPTER XXVI
PERSONAL NAMES 619
CHAPTER XXVII
RELATIONS WITH OTHER TRIBES 628
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE CLANS OF THE TODAS 643
CHAPTER XXIX
TEIVALIOL AND TARTHAROL 679
CHAPTER XXX
THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE TODAS 693
APPENDIX I 719
APPENDIX II—BIBLIOGRAPHY 731
APPENDIX III—LIST OF VILLAGES 734
APPENDIX IV—LIST OF PLANTS 738
GLOSSARY 741
INDEX 749
GENEALOGICAL TABLES.