316 MAGIC RITES. 



" O ! you pig and rat-headed of the northern sa-khams (earth- 

 " region) ! I beg you to repel the enemies. 



"O! you four ffshed with the heads of bull, sheep, dog, and 

 " dragon ! I beg you to repel the enemies. 



"O! Axe! cleave the heads of the enemies and all the hosts of 

 " the injuring evil spirits. 



" This most powerful axe will split the hardest caves, dry up the 

 " mightiest oceans, break down the tallest trees, flatten the powerful 

 ''iron, knock down the strongest man, kill the biggest cattle, and 

 "destroy all the most gigantic evil spirits. Now, overtake the injur- 

 "ing evil sjjirits and the enemies. 



" This all-powerful axe will bring everything to complete exter- 

 "mination and defeat whoever challenges. Now, go on to them, 

 " destroying whatsoever comes in your way ! 



" May you cause this dispenser of gifts to be separated from lust ; 

 "may you not break the true commands of the 'sngags-/«chbang,' 

 " or the mantra-holder, and the holy orders of the three Holy Ones. 

 " Separate all injuries of enemies from the dispenser of gifts. Let my 

 " Cy*^o^ ^^' »'Qal-Abyorpa) desires be fulfilled. Pray carry out all the 

 "works that are here entrusted to you, 



"0! you three-headed one with a black body! now promise that 

 "you will comply with the orders. 



" Upset all the bad dreams and unlucky signs; 

 80,000 kinds of evil spirits ; 

 42-4 ,, bad deeds; 

 720 ,, diseases ; 

 360 ,, mind-distractions; 

 8 ,, untimely deaths. 



"Let glory come ! Tashi-shok ! 

 " Sarla-7nangalam ! " 



During the Sikhim expedition of 1888, near Mt. Paul on the 

 Tukola ridge, where the final attack of the Tibetans 

 fofthe^same"*"'^'"'"' ^^^ made, there was found one of the mystic con- 

 trivances for the destruction of the enemy. It 

 consisted of an obliquely carved piece of wood, about 14 inches long, 

 like a miniature screw-propeller of a steamer, and acted like the tan 

 of a wind-mill. It was admittedly a charm for the destruction of 

 the enemy. And on it was written a long, unintelligible Bon Muntra 

 of the kind called zhang-zlmng, followed by a call for the assist- 

 ance of the fierce deities Tam-din, Vajra-pani and the Garuda, and 

 concluding with '■'■ phat ! fliaV — Break! Destroy! It may also be 

 mentioned here that the bodies of all the Tibetans slain in these 

 encounters were found to have one or more charms against wounds, 



