GENERAL INDEX.

Vamanas, a religious sect of Hindus, ii. 74.

Vanambady, iii. 46*1.

Varagu, a kind of corn. See Paspahim fru*

mentaceum.
Varaha, or Varahun, a gold coin of India,

commonly called Pagoda. See Pagoda.
Varnish of Malabar, ii. 476*.
Varum, in Malabar, implies rack-rent, ii. 519.
Vatum, a disease occasioned by cold winds, ii.

428.
Vaum, a fathom. See Mar.
Vayasa, or Veda Vayasa, or Vedi Vayasa, a

personage celebrated among the Brdkmans,

ii. 425. iii. 76, 91. 95,98, 131.
Vaylalar, a cast of SMras among the Tamuls,

ii. 329.
Vaylu, a kind of rice land in Malabar, ii. 563.
Vaypura, a town of Malabar, ii. 471.
Vaytuvan, alow cast of Malabar, ii. 482.
Vedatxdti river, iii. 344.

Vees, a weight. See Weights, i. 6. ii. 209, 354.
Veideswara, a deity of the Hindus, ii. Q3.
Velami, tot a ground cultivated like a garden,

and watered by machinery. See Gardens,

kitchen.
Vcllater, a district of Malabar, and its Rdjd,

ii. 434, 435.
Vellore, a town of Arcot, i. 18. iii. 464.
Vencata cotay, a village of Malabar, ii. 461.
■ -------g^ery, or giri, a town of Karnata

annexed to the Bdra-mahdl, i. 30.

-Ramana, a celebrated image of

Vishnu at Tripathi, i. 241, 359.
Venja Nayaka, iii. 178.
Ventarii, an inferior kind of spirits, iii. 77-
Vijaya-nagara, corrupted Beejanagur, a city

and kingdom of Karnata. See Anagundi,

Rdyalu,\ 194,332, 346. ii. 59, 130, 170,

172, 173, 201. iii. 74, 82, 97, 101, 109,

114, 122, 362, 364.
Villages, i. 32, 34, 50, 400. ii. 317, 352. iii.

427-
Village gods, i. 388. ii. 64, 214, 2l6, 297-
--------------establishment of officers, i. 268.

ii. 110,213, 297, 310.

servants, i. 269. ii. 110, 214.

Viranchi-pura, iii. 463.

Virapakshima, one of the deities called Saktis,

ii. 312.
Vira Belalla Ray a, iii. 310.
Vira Peimal's Choultry, an inn near Madras, i.

8,10.
Vir'Rdyas, or Vir'Rdjds, the princes of Coorg.

See Coorg,

Vir'Rdyas, Fanam, Hana, or Palam, a gold
coin, ii. 210, 353, 280. iii. 25.

Virika, a kind of spirits that are worshipped in
some parts of Karnata, i. 359. ii. 120.

-----------, a kind of evil spirits, ii. 152.

Visay, a weight. See Weights, and Vees.

Vishnu, a deity of the Hindus, i. 13, 144., 304
334, 335, 353. iii. 22, 77, 92, 95. See
Budha, Krishna, Narayana, Parasu Rama
Rama.

•-----------------; Verdana Raya, a celebrated

prince of the Belalla dynasty, i. 139. ii, 75
81. iii. 117.

Vislvwa Karma, chief artist in heaven, ii. 268,

Vit/.y Rdjds, petty chiefs of Canara, iii. 20.

Vullam, a land measure. See Bulla.

--------------, a dry measure. See Bulla.

Vyasa. See Vayasa.

IVacul-eray, a town of Mysore, i. 276.

Waddel, Mr. an active magistrate in Malabar
ii. 387, 388, 443,

Wages, i. 124, 133, 212, 217, 218, 298, 390.
ii. 12, 17, 22, 37, 90, 108, 217, 315, 320,
372,481, 482, 525,562. iii. 35, 140, 226,
243,280,298, 306, 321, 349, 398, 428,454,

JValachery, a village of Malabar, ii. 494.

Wallaja-petta, or IVallaj'-abad, iii. 464.

Waluru, a town of Mysore, i. 37, 264.

Waracadu, a town of Mysore, ii. 150.

Warden, Mr. a collector of Malabar, ii. 347*
361.

Waste land in Soondaj iii. 244.

Watchman. See Talliari and Toti.

Water for drink. See Donay, i. 8, 12, 15, 38,
49, 164, 191. ii. 71, 91, 92, 255.

Watered-land in Mysore and Coimbetore,
called Nir' Arimiba in the former, and
Nwiji in the latter, analogous with the low-
land of Malabar, as being inundated when
cultivated ; but differing, in that the supply
of water is artificial, i.83, 98,137, 279> 364,
ii. 98, 218, 229, 253, 280, 300,311, 333.
iii. 292, 327, 421, 433, 445.

Wax. See Bees.

Weather, fair or rainy, hot or cold, and the
prevailing winds, i. 24, 33,317- «• 98, 114,
177, 183, 206, 237, 24-9, 280, 2S3, 286,
308, 317, 427, 433. iii. 63, 87, 229, 271,
286, 289, 333, 36'0, 373, 390, 456, 460,
466.

Weavers. See Bily-muggas, Coicular, Cuttery,

Devangas, Nairs, Padmashalay, Parriart

Puttuegar, Samay Shalay, Shaynagaru,Togo-

tarUf Torcaru, Whalliaru, i. 221, 222, 271*