condone
accept and allow
excommunicate
officially exclude someone in a religious context
auspicious
favorable; conducive to success
misdeeds
wrongdoings
dilemma
problem
decadent
luxuriously self-indulgent
ambrosia
mythic drink of gods
rupees
Indian currency
omen
bad sign
plantain
banana-like fruit
cremate
burn a dead body to ashes
dhoti
trousers commonly worn in India
Brahmin
highest caste in Hinduism, traditionally priests
welfare
well-being
fatigue
exhaustion
creeper
species of vine
aghara
temple
hearten
make more cheerful
municipality
city or town that has government status
chariot
two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage
