344 MAGIC RITES. 



bird, representation of the eagle or other bird of prey; and around 

 it is the following text : — 



"A guard against all injuries of the covetous, sky-soaring Monarch 

 Bird. (It is) fixed ! fixed ! Om smege smege hhumhhum ngu I " 



CEAEM FOB KILLING ONE'S ENEMY. 



The full details are here translated : — 



" Om ! Salutation to the revered Manjusri! " 



9^"'^„,*°' ^^"''^ The necessary materials for the killing of one's 

 enemy are the loUowing : — 



1. An axe with three heads, the right of wliich is bull-headed, 

 the left snake-headed, and the middle one pig-headed, 



2. On the middle head a lamp is to be kept. 



3. In the pig's mouth an image of a human being made of 

 wheaten flour (a lingo). The upper part of the body is black and 

 the lower part I'ed. On the side of the upper part of the body draw 

 the figure of the eight great planets, and on the lower part of the body 

 the twenty-eight constellations of stars. "Write also the eight parkha, 

 the nine mewa, the claws of the Gainda in the hands, the wing of the 

 eagles and the snake tail. 



4. Hang a bow and an arrow on the left and load him with 

 provisions on the back. Hang an owl's feather on right and a rook's 

 feather on left ; stick a piece of the poison tree on the upper part of 

 the body, and suiTound him with red swords on all sides. Then a 

 red Rgyangbu wood on the right, a yellow one on the left, a black 

 one in the middle, and many blue ones on several places. 



5. Then sitting in quiet meditation recite the following: — 



*' Hung ! This axe with a bull's head on the right will repel all the 

 " injuries of the sngagpas and Bonpos — sorcerers ; the snake on the left 

 " will repel all the classes of plagues; the pig head in the middle will 

 "repel the sa-dag and other earth-demons; the linga image in the mouth 

 " will repel all the evil spirits without remainder, and the lamp on the 

 *' head will repel the evil spirits of the upper regions. ! the axe will 

 " pierce the heart of the angry enemy and also of the hosts of evil 

 " spu'its! ! ! 



'■^ Hung I The axe having its upper body black will repel the 

 " hosts of idiid demons ; the lower part of the body which is red will 

 " repel the mamos, she-fiends, and diseases; the eagle-winged part of 

 " the body will repel the eight classes of demons ; the snake-tailed body 

 " will repel the sa-dag, nagaand the^nyan demons ; the Guruda-clawed 

 " hands will repel the hosts of she-demons ; the arrow on the right will 

 "repel all the inauspicious cases, and the bow in the left will repel all 



