226 index
International Classifi cation of Diseases
(ICD), 61, 63
Izhava caste, 197–98
Janzen, John, 21
Japanese healing systems, 116–17,
118–19
Jecker, Nancy S., 167
Kali (divinity), 73
Kanota, Mohan Singh, 200
Kapferer, Bruce, 140
kapha (phlegm), 46
Kaplan, Harold, 55
Kerala: agriculture of, 24; as tourist
destination, 22; author’s
experience in, 27; author’s reasons
for traveling to, 22; communism
in, 26; conducting research in,
19; cuisine, 23; education in, 121,
134, 136n15; fi eldwork in, 32–34;
hospitality in, 27; importance of
food in, 22–23, 114; literacy rate
in, 25–27; map of, 23; people
suff ering mental illness in, 12, 15;
privacy in, 28; religious life of,
25; saying “thank you” in, 27–28;
socioeconomic development in,
39n16; state government of, 25;
stressors for people in, 196–97;
suicide rate in, 26, 94, 109,
136n11; work in, 197–98
Kermode, Frank, 189, 195
Kirschner, Suzanne, 84
kizhakke kavu (temple to Kali), 72–74.
See also Chottanikkara temple
Kleinman, Arthur, 37n3, 37n6, 141,
157n3, 164
Kleinman, Joan, 141
Kline, Nathan S., 55
Kothari, Manu L., 166
Kottakkal (Malappuram District, Kerala),
49, 51, 94, 102, 109, 136n8
kulirmma (coolness, satisfaction), 12,
161, 173–74Laderman, Carol, 19, 163
Langford, Jean, 45, 57, 154
Leslie, Charles, 45, 181
literacy, 25–27, 156
Lock, Margaret, 15, 37n3, 37n6, 141Madhavanpillai, C., 150
Malayalam, 26; the ambiguous subject
in, 29; therapeutic terms in,
134–35, 161; transliteration of,
36n2
Malayalis, 22
manas/manasika (mind/mental), 14, 143,
146, 162. See also mental illness
mantravādam (magic/sorcery), 58,
85–86, 183
Marcus, George, 201
marmas (physiological points on the
body), 53
marriage, 99–100, 109, 134
Marriott, McKim, 114, 144
Martin, Emily, 202
māruka (change, improve, get better),
13, 73–74, 187
maya/mayakkuka (intoxication,
confusion, coma, enchantment,
dimness), 150
medical pluralism, 21, 201–2
medications. See allopathic medicines;
ayurvedic medicines
Mehta, Lopa A., 166
mental illness, 14, 42; categories, 31;
causes of, 51; kinds of, 30–32;
narratives of, 96–98, 105–09,
113–17, 120–24, 130–33;
relief from, 79; severity of, 31;
symptoms of, 195
mental illness therapy, 11; aesthetic
experience of, 11, 12, 19–20, 35,
126, 159; at Beemapalli mosque,