[1] Jari is the Santali name for Crotalaria Juncea, a fibre yielding
plant the seeds of which when ripe, rattle in the pods when the plant
is shaken.
[2] Bita is Santali for span, and Bitaram is span Ram, or span-long
Ram.
[3] A small basket with a contracted opening.
[4] Covering for the head and shoulders made of leaves pinned together,
worn as a protection from the rain by women, while planting rice.
[5] Said to bullocks when ploughing to cause them to turn at the end
of a furrow.
[6] Ghur pank is a phrase used by ploughmen when turning their bullocks
at the end of a furrow.
[7] Mount the buffalo.
[8] The spirit believed to preside over a certain class of rice land.
[9] Semi-Hinduised aborigines, whose touch is considered polluting.
[10] Ficus religiosa, Willd. one of the hugest of India's many
huge trees.
[11] The fibre yielded by Bauhinia Vahlii, W. and A. goes under that
name among the Santals.
[12] Lelha in Santali means foolish.
[13] Diamonds.
[14] A mythical gem, said to be found in the heads of certain snakes.
[15] Celestial horses.
[16] Celestial Maiden.
[17] AEgle Marmelos, Correa.
[18] A mythical bird which figures largely in Indian folk lore.
[19] Huti is the name given by Santals to a certain timber boring
insect. Budhi is an old woman.
[20] Calotropis gigantea, R. Br.
[21] Diospyros tomentosa.
[22] Ischoemum agustifolium, Hack.
[23] Stereospermum suaveolens, D. C.
[24] Recinus communis, Linn.