index 229
Trivandrum, 22, 39n12; neighborhoods
in, 81–82; searching for housing
in, 27
Ummachi (female Muslim saint), 76,
78, 133. See also Beemapalli
mosque
unmāda rog (mental illness). See mental
illness
Upadeśa Sāhasrī, 143
Urus festival, 80
Vaidyanathan, T. G., 28
vaidyans (ayurvedic practitioner), 45,
58, 85, 189. See also ayurvedic
practitioner
vaiśesika (Hindu school of
philosophy), 44
Van Hollen, Cecilia, 167, 179, 198–99
Varier, Vaidyaratnam P. S., 60
vata (wind), 46
Vedānta. See philosophy, Indian
Vettucaud church, 35, 66–67, 81;
author’s experience visiting,
82–83; counseling at, 83–84;
history of, 82; prayer at, 83,
183–84
violence, 107–9
Virchow, Rudolf, 201
virechana (ayurvedic purgative
treatment), 52
vishamam (sadness/depression),
112–13, 115
Western medicine. See allopathic
medicines; allopathic treatment;
allopathy
Whorf, Benjamin Lee, 189
Wilce, James, 39n21
work discipline, clock-time, 199
worker’s movements, 115
World Health Organization, 20, 31,
39n11, 201
World Trade Organization, 64, 89n21
yoga, 44. See also philosophy, Indian
Young, Allan, 55
Young, James C., 21
Zimmerman, Francis, 15, 46, 48, 180