carrying butter, 197, 198, 306;
from glass-ware, 198
Fortune-telling, 23, 101, 173, 289
Four tasks of Prince, 295-298, 301;
four tom-tom beaters, 262
Frame for cooking pots, 10, 338;
for demon offerings, 147
Frere, Sir Bartle, on cookery by
King's family, 33; on poisonous
snake's biting boy, 24
Frog Prince, 67

Gāla, a fold for cattle or goats, 2,

102, 230, 367, 368

Galgamuwa tank, in N.-W. Prov.,
375

Gama-gaeni, wife of Gamarāla, 319,

336; treated for fever, 338
Gama-mahagē, wife of Gamarāla,
124, 219, 328, 329, 284; aban-
dons child, 124, 125
Gama-mahayiyā, wife of Gamarāla,

125

Gama-puta, son of Gamarāla, 319,

336-338; exchanged bull for
bill-hook, 337; wife for bull,
337; his wife's illness, 336;
treats bill-hook for fever, 338;
treats mother for fever, 338
Gama-rāhami = Gamarāla, 326,
327

Gamarāla, 78, 126, 129, 284; aban-
dons child, 124, 125; duties, 27;
keeps many horses, 228
Gamarāla and foolish son, 319,

320; and leopard, 367, 368;
and washerman, 322, 325; their
cattle-grazing, 325, 326; their
exchange of timber, 324, 329;
lawsuits, 322, 327; quarrels,
326; sharing cattle, 323, 326;
chena, 322; onion garden, 323;
rice field, 323
Gamarāla's cakes, 219-223; cat,
350; search for stars, 284; vil-
lage sold, 284

Gamayā, village headman, 201–204,
208

Gambling, 22, 30, 174, 177, 178
Gambler assisted by cat, 175, 177
Garā Yakā, 318

Garuda in Ceylon, 251, 300; man

rides on, 251; nature of, 300;
races turtle, 244. See Aet-kanda
Lēniya and Rukh.

Gem, contained sand, 140; cut

with sword, 140; drops from
mouth on laughing, 90; stones
given to Princes, 80, 82, 83, 89
Gifts, magic, 68, 71; King's, 99,
133, 365, 366

Giants accompany Prince, 161;
imprisoned by Rakshasī, 162;
restore Prince's life, 165; fight
of, 313-315

Gilding woman's body, 290
Girl, at Rakshasa's house, 121, 124,
125, 163-165; eyes plucked
out and restored, 130, 131;
figure made of flour, 303; her
thief-lovers, 330 ff.; imprisoned
in tree, 269; in golden swing,
129; storks', 120 ff.; wants
Nikini, 284 ff.
Glass bed, 61, 62

Glass Princess, 57-65; becomes
mare, 64; magical gifts, 63;
power of flight, 59, 60, 64
Goat and jackal, 361, 362; and
lion, 215; and tiger, 215;
foreign, 306; price, 304

Gods give son, 336; inform ani-
mals of coming events, 19; make
man, 48; unable to create earth,
47; visit men in men's disguise,
51, 55, 157, 223
Golden branches, 269; cock,
jewelled, 67-70; kaekiri, 129,
131, 132; leaves, 269; peacock,
70, 71; salt chillies, 367; shoot,
273; swing, 129; tree, 264, 268
Goods given away, 306

Goonetilleke, W., on folk-tales, 31
Goonewardene, E. G., folk-tales
by, 197, 199

Grain measures, 133, 208
Grateful animals, 295, 296; Aet-
kanda Lēnī, 293; cobra, 64;
dog, 365; jackal, 373; monkey,
279-282; Rakshasī, 163; Yakā,
142, 144

Ground Cuckoo, 13, 349, 351
Guard, Chinese, counted articles,
259

Guardian deity, 222, 223; pro-
tects Prince, 173, 175
Guru Paramarta) and disciples
count themselves, 259

Gypsies, 22-24; their cobras, 23-25

Hair, cuts iron tree, 64; first cut-
ting, 72, 73; knot's absence a
mark of slavery (?), 84; Rāk-
shasi's causes fire, 71
Hare and jackal, 209 ff.; and tom-
tom beaters, 255; devil-dancer,
349-352; feigns death, 209, 210
Hay, Drummond, on poisonous
snakes' biting charmers, 24
Headmen, Kandian, grades and
duties, 27

Heaven, visit to, 76, 106, 301
Heron and crab, 342; pond, 7, 342–
345

Heṭṭiya or Seṭṭiyā, man of Cheṭṭi
caste, 30, 82-89, 139-145, 287-
288

Hidden Prince, 69; treasure, 64
Hides, cattle, not bought, 104
Hokkiye, cry of jackal, 316
Hopscotch, 193, 194

Horoscope, 101, 173

Horse, borne by oil-mill, 229, 233;
eaten by tree, 233; flying, 64,
66, 277, 379; many kept by
Gamarāla, 228; price, 50 ma-
suran, 229; speaking, 199; two
out of pumpkin, 233; white,
of King, 144, 199

House burnt, 106, 108; deity, 222;
Kandian, 10; surrounded by
seven, 83

Hunchback and robin, 207
Husbandman and devil, division of
crops, 324

Huts, of gypsies, 22; watch, 2, 169,
170, 172

Hyaena and hare, 233

Idiots, twenty-five, 318
Imgig, lion-headed eagle, emblem
of Lagash, 300
Immortality through eating golden
peacock, 71

Improvisation of stanzas, 28
Incense box, 308

Indra, 223; creates Brāhmaṇa

from earth, 48; creates Princess,
157; teaches use of jak fruit,
51; work of, 150-152
Infanticide, 36, 101, 120, 124-126,
173

Iron house against Yakā, 137, 145
Iron tree cut by hair, 60, 64, 66

Jacana, 7

Jackal, 204; advises man, 367;
against leopard, 368; and boar,
359; and Brāhmaṇa, 347, 348;
and crocodile, 216-218, 380, 381;
and goat, 361; and hare, 209;
and leopard, 367; and lion, 316,
359; and Mahādeo, 381; and
turtle, 234; assists man, 340,
341, 367, 373; as witness, 231-
233; cheated by lizard, 240;
cheated by turtles, 235 ff.;
cheats crocodile, 240; cheats
hare, 211; cheats scavengers,
251; cheats Śiva, 251; cheats
tom-tom beaters, 249, 250; Dē-
vatāwā inside bullock, 251;
inside elephant, 249-251; eats
dainties of lion or tiger, 360, 362,
363; enmity against crabs, 381;
hares, 212; gets washed, 212;
grateful, 373; induces King to
marry daughter to weaver, 283;
judgment, 339-341; leopard's
preceptor, 213; offers to marry
women, 113; pious, 354; proud,
316; settles lawsuit, 228-233;
skin dress, 310; titles, 213, 230,
316, 367; warns girl, 300;
wounded by knife in fruits, 358
Jacket made by Princess, 94
Jak fruit, eating taught by Indra,
51

Janel Siññā, Mr., 278; his cities,
282

Jayawardana, D. A., legends of

primitive times, 50

Jewelled ring, 143-145, 295
Jõgi, white cow of, 276; three
became copper pots when killed,
269

Journey abandoned through dream,
16, 260

Jungle and forest, appearance of,
1-4

Jungle-fowl, 4, 204, 322, 349, 353

=

Kāccale Ground Cuckoo, 349
Kadambawa men and bush, 257;
and hares, 255; and mouse-deer,
256; count themselves, 258;
interpret dream, 260; journey
to Puttalam, 253

Kaekiri, a small cucumber, 3, 117,
120, 125, 126, 140, 365; golden,
129-132

Kattāēpahuwa, story of origin of
name, 376

Kahawaņa, 33; golden (?), 348
Kalinga, Indian kingdom, 37, 40-
43; Kings and Queens came
from, 37, 38
Kandian castes in folk-tales, 27 ff.;
headmen, 27; houses, 10; vil-
lage, 6, 8, 26

Kayiyā,

a party of labourers
assisting a person without pay,
52

Ketala, aquatic plant, 235, 381
Kettledrum, double, used at tem-
ples, 14, 238

Kettle with twelve spouts, 87
Kindness rewarded, 36, 365
King carries off Princess, 94;
cheated, 334; chops firewood,
265; death sentence on Prince,
36, 66, 80, 91, 137, 160, 173, 278,
279, 291; on Princesses, 270;
dreams of gold or silver tree, 264,
269; gifts to girls, 365, 366;
loses sight or dies on seeing son,
173, 177; marries Rakshasi or
ogress, 186, 190, 272, 276, 277;
rescues girl from Rākshasa, 303;
sells firewood, 65, 66; seized
by Yaka or ogre, 141, 145;
wicked, 191

Kings in folk-tales are Parumakas,

34; unfavourably depicted, 36
Kinnara, 30, 95, 98; and parrots,
224-226; curly hair, 30; stories
by, 375; villages, 30
Kitten assists Prince, 301
Kitul seeds, story of, 197
Knife run through fruits, 355, 358

Lagash, lion-headed eagle the em-
blem of, 300

Lāla, a district of Vanga, 41
Laņkā, or Lakdiva, name of Cey-
lon, 38

Latti's man, 76, 77, 78
Lawsuits, 21; Gamarāla v. washer-

man, 322, 327; servant v. oil-
mill owner, 229 ff.; thief v. mer-
chant, 331, 332; weaver-bird v.
monkey, 247

Lēniya or Lihiniyā, Aet-kanda =

Rukh, 291-293, 296, 297, 299;
assists Prince, 293, 299; carries
off elephant, 293; nest in tree,
292, 296

Leopard, 3; and jackal, 367; and
mouse-deer, 213; and lizard,
355-358; carries off boy, 357:
fear of lizard, 357, 358; noosed,
368; stupidest animal, 35;
warns man, 356
Letter changed by Fakir, 276, 277 ;
by Princess, 195, 275, 276; by
Sannyasi, 276; by Yōgi, 277;
in orange, 95; sent, 144, 188,
193-195, 274-277

Life index:-Barley plant, 165;
blue-lotus flower, 162, 164; lime
trees, 162, 164; nosegay, 165;
plant, 165; tree, 165
Life concealed in bees, 166, 167;
birds, 166, 167; box, 167;
brightness of sword, 167; cocks,
166; golden parrot, 190; lemon,
167; mountain, 167; necklace,
166; parrot, 167; pigeon, 166;
snow, 166; spinning-wheel, 166;
starling, 166; sword, 164, 166,
167; tree, 167; veranda pillar,
166
Lightning unlucky, 174, 227, 313,
359, 360

Marriage customs, 238, 240, 308;
to bridegroom's sword, 58, 65
Masurama (coin), 33, 62, 189,
191-193, 228-230, 278, 279, 294–
296, 313, 315; measure for, 280
Mātalange Loku-appu, 108
Midula, open ground in front of
house, 10, 73, 74, 130, 163, 209
Milk-rice, 13, 211

Millet Trader, 72 ff.
Mini-gedi, hawk's-bell, 352

Mini Ran Kukuļā, jewelled golden
cock, 67

Minister, Chief, 154; giant ap-
pointed, 315; pay of, 189
Mi-paețikki, young mouse or rat,
308

Money, 33; kahawaṇa (golden ?),

348; masurama, 62, 189, 191-
193, 228-230, 278, 279, 294-
296, 313, 315; panam, gold, 259;
pence, 262, 263, 304; rupee, 181,
304, 313; salliya, 85, 87, 139;
tuttuwa, 73, 74, 304, 306;
warāgan, 182

Monk and Yakā, 375; and boy, 320
Monkey and crocodile, 381; and

Prince, 278; and weaver-bird,
247; brown, 5, 278; grey, 3,
247; induces King to marry
daughter to Prince, 281; skin

dress, 310, 311

Moon as a man, legend, 52; travels
in breezes, 53

Mouse, dead, fortune from, 197;
jacket, 310

Mouse maiden, cooks food, 309; in
incense box, 308; reaps paddy,
309; becomes Princess, 310
Mouse-deer, 4, 35; and leopard,
213; and tiger, 340; and tom-
tom beaters, 256
Müller-Hess, Prof., inscriptions
translated, 38

Muņ, a small pulse grown in chenas,
3, 295, 296

Mun-aeța Guruwā, 169; re-born as
Yaka, 170, 172

Murders, frequent and unpunished,
36
Murunga tree, 79, 88, 123, 124,
126, 323, 328

Musical instruments, 238

Naekata, 173, 323, 324
Nāga or Nāgayā, 157; takes form
of cobra, 158; belt, 158; King,
267, 269; killed by Prince, 267;
Princesses, 267; beheaded, 268;
marry Princes, 268; three were
a golden tree, silver flower, and
silver cock, 268; stone, its
qualities, 269
Nagul-Munnā, 169

Nari-nayidē, 230, 231, 239, 316, 340
Nayidē, artificers' caste, 28

New Year, 22; ceremonies at lucky
hours, 22

Nikini, story, 284; non-existent,
285; search for it, 286
Niśśanka-Malla, K., 37, 43
North, inhabited by demons, 13
Number of stars, 150, 153, 154

Pied Robin and its song, 206
Pigs saved by Prince assist him,
count themselves, 259;
kill Rakshasa, 370, 371

295;

Pious cat, 349-354; crow, 354;
heron, 342; jackal, 354

Planets, influence of, 18

Poison by powdered glass, antidote,
300

Polyandry, 36, 115

Polygamy, 36, 64, 145, 176, 177,
186, 262, 272

Pond heron, 7; and crab, 342-345
Pool guarded by cobra, 58
Portents, 16 :-Favourable words,
14; house lizard's chirp, 14; no
obstruction on leaving house or
starting on journey, 14, 15;
seeing first a person of superior
rank, 14; stepping over thres-
hold with right foot, 14; wood-
pecker's cry, 19

Portrait displayed, 99; sent for

approval before marriage, 57, 66
Possession, 181, 182, 184; sooth-
saying due to goading by deity,
289

Pots, cooking, stand for, 10, 338;
of oil, story, 304
Potters' caste, 28
Pōya day, 14

Preceptor, leopard's, 213; royal,
151

Presents, magical, 68, 71; by King,
99, 133, 365, 366
Proud jackal, 316
Prince abandons kingdom for wife,
93; accompanied by animals,
277, 297-299, 300, 301; and
monkey, 278 ff.; and Yakā,
137 ff.; assisted by animals :-

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