jadu
जादू jādūMagic, in Hindī and Urdu. In the vernacular print trade the word ran to stage conjuring and card tricks as readily as to occult remedy, a distinction the English word magic collapses and the Indian vocabulary keeps.
Where this term appears
- The bazaar press Treatise
The Śābara corpus became a mass phenomenon in modern India through the vernacular steam press, and one document shows it happening. The trade catalogue of the…
- The Saora, who are still there Treatise
Sabara-mantras have long been famous: they are, as distinct from jadu-mantras , addressed only to the deified ghosts of those who have met with violent deaths." Verrier Elwin, The Religion of an Indian Tribe (O…