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502 HOLI - the hooly or Krishna festival at the vernal equinox, also a name given to the Indian child dancers who give special dances on this occasion Skt. a holi - the spring-festival (water festival) celebrated at the approach of the spring season, during the ten - but particularly three or four-days preceding the full-moon day in the month of Phalguna (commonly called Holi) HOMA - burnt offering, sacrifice Variant homan 1 Skt. homa homa 1 offering oblations to gods by throwing ghee into theconsecrated fire, (one of the five daily Yajnas to be performed by a Brahmana, called devayajna); a burnt offering, a sacrifice HUMA - to reap the harvest (of corn) 1 Variant - uma snil cold Skt. homa - offering oblations to gods by throwing ghee into the consecrated fire, (one of the five daily Yajnas to be performed by a Brahmana, called devayajna); a burnt offering, a sacrifice HUNA - the small gold coin vulgarly called a pagoda; a temple, pagoda Skt. sthuna - the post or pillar of a house; a post or pillar in general; an iron image or statue I ale ubnill at 12 INDERA - name of a Hindu divinity, god of Mahameru, the Hindu Olympus (keinderaan), the god of rain and wielder of thunderbolt, incarnate in many Hindu Malay and Indonesian rulers; Indra like, i. e. royal or divine like Mahakota Indera royal crown; especially in place names Inderapura (= Pekan, Pahang), Indera Sakti and Indera Mulia (old capitals of Perak); indera mengindera - most royal Imam Perang Indera Gajah Setia Raja - titles of a Pahang magnate. In Minangkabau and Negeri Sembilan the honorific is shortened to Inda and (in the form adiIndera) Dinda