Ch[=a]rans, 479.

  chief, divinity of, 534.

  child-marriages, 519.

  children, sacrifice of (see merias), 450.

  Ch[=i]rus, 535.

  choirs, 557.

  chrematheism, 135, 166.

  Christ, Christianity, 389, 395, 428 ff., 431,
    479, 482, 503, 524, 545, 566, 569, 570;
    and Buddhism, 546, 557.

  Christmas, 430, 568.

  churik[=a], 441.

  circumambulations, 271, 454.

  Citragupta, 424.

  Clive, 566.

  cock, 415, 535, 538.

  commandments (see morals), 267, 317, 401, 479,
    506.

  confessional, 203, 373, 557.

  cosmic tree, see tree.

  courage, 527.

  covenants, 192, 361 ff.

  cow, 156, 189, 527, 547.

  cow-bells, worship of buffalo cow-bells, 537.

  cow-boys, 454.

  creation, 60, 141, 173, 207 ff., 216, 540.

  creator, 384, 444.

  crocodile, 450, 547.

  cross, 537.

  Cupid, see Love.

  custom, 531, 554.

  Dabist[=a]n, 480, 510.

  D[=a]d[=u] Panth[=i]s, 480, 502, 510, 513, 547.

  daevas, 10, 168.

  Dak[s.]a, 406.

  D[=a]navas, see devils.

  dance, 443, 454, 456, 504, 535.

  Darius, 544.

  darkness (as hell and evil), 147, 206, 227, 422.

  Dacan[=a]mis, 482.

  Dacapeya, 477.

  Dasyus, 524, 542.

  dates, 3-8, 434 ff., 571, 595, note.

  Datt[=a]mitra, 545.

  Dawn (see Ushas), hymns, character of, 553, 571.

  Day[=a]nanda, 521.

  Death (see dogs, M[=a]ra), 43, 129, 136.

  Debendran[=a]th, 516 ff.

  Decoits, 494.

  Dedr[=a]j, 514.

  deism, 498, 515, 523.

  deluge, 160, 162 214, 369, 421, 542, 543.

  demons, see devils.

  demonology, 46, 135, 168, 538.

  Demetrius, 545.

  depressed classes, 568.

  devas, 10, 168.

  Devadatta, 309.

  Devak[=i], 465, 467.

  devils, 368, 414, 423, 475, 526, 539.

  Dhammapada,346.

  dhan, 508.

  Dha[=n.]gars, 531.

  Dharma, dharma (see Path, Right), 249 ff.,
    358, 373, 380 417, 420, 554.

  dharma, 361.

  Dhav[=a], 452.

  Dh[r.]ti, 452.

  dhvaja, 443.

  Digambaras, 284 ff., 480.

  Dionysos, 458 ff.

  D[=i]p[=a]l[=a], 456.

  discus, 440, 462.

  disease (see small-pox god), 452 ff., 538.

  divination, 535.

  dogs of Death, 132, 138, 147, 163.

  Dol[=a] Y[=a]tr[=a], dolotsava, 453 ff.

  dolmen, 538.

  dolphin, 450.

  dragon (see N[=a]ga, snake), 42, 48, 165, 539.