368 DEMONOLATRT. 



" The Total of the year's conflict therefore is — 

 Lii, Wang-thang, and Lung-ta are good. 

 La and Sok are neutral or middling. 

 The Sky-rope is not broken, and therefore good. 

 The Eartli-dagger is withdrawn, and therefore bad. 



For the latter — 



(o) make as many clay Chaityas as possible ; 



(b) the torma-cake of the earth-goddess [Sa-yi-lha-mo] ; and 



(c) give also torma-cake to the Lu {Naga). 



J I. — According to * Parkha ' — 



His parkha being kham, don't go to a large river, and to pools and 

 other waters reputed to be the abode of water-spirits. Don't stir or 

 disturb the water. Don't go out at niglit. Don't eat fisli. The tscn 

 kind of Nagas are ill disposed to 3'ou. These spirits are especially 

 malevolent to you in the 6th month ; therefore be careful. Don't go 

 in a S.W. and N.E. direction. Have read {\) klu hhum and (2) Ser-hod 

 dampa hdon. 



III. — According to Mewa — 



This Mewa is ku-mar (or ' the red 9 '). The Mamo and Ts(;n are ill 

 disposed to jov.. 



For these two — 



(a) make ' de-gnyis kyi mdos gtong,'' which is like the Sa-go and 



' Sky-door ' with threads and masts, and 

 (h) have read well ' gser-hod gyang skyabsJ 



General Note on the Grand Average of ike above. 



The 3Ieiva is excessively red. It thus betokens shedding of 



blood by accident. 

 Therefore mtdmake^ Tsan mdos ^ \ ^^.^ jjj.^ ^j^^ , ^ , ^^^^_ 

 and ' 3Iamo bloody mdos. ) -^ 



And have read as much as possible — (1) stobs po-chhe-i-gzungs, (2) 

 gzal-i yum, (3) nor-rgyun-ma-l gzungs gang-many sgrogsP 



The above is a fair sample of a prescription of worship to be done 



by one family on account of the current year's 



The enormous demoniacal influences. In addition to the worship 



;3p prfseril'r" therein prescribed there also _ needs to be done 



the special worship for each individual accordmg to 



his or her own life's horoscope as taken at birth ; and in the case 



of husband and wife, their additional burden of new worship which 



