386 DEMONOLATRY. 



•'there! Quickly begone ! Jump ! Turn about (reverse) ! ' And thus 

 "the devil was turned away and the king was cured. Again in the 

 " Indra country in the south of India was a king named Dana-aso, 

 " &c., &c. (here are cited several additional examples of the efficacy 

 "of this rite) 



'■'■ Hung ! O! Yamantaka. Thou greatest of the gods, the Des- 

 " troyer, the King of the dead ! Let the death-demon be sent oflf 

 " to our enemy! 



"O! Ekajati, thou chief of the Ma-mo fiendesses, let the death- 

 " demon be sent off to our enemy ! 



" O ! one-eyed white devil ! let the death-demon be sent off to 

 ' ' our enemj' ! 



" O ! Hanubhati, flesh-eating demon, chief of all the demons, 

 "let the death-demon be sent off to our enemy ! 



" ! Nanda and Takshaka, chiefs of the Nagas, let the death- 

 " demon be sent off to our angry enemy ! 



" ! Red Father Shu/ chief of all the Tstjn, let the death-demon 

 " be sent off to our enemy ! 



" ! ' The well-filled One,' ^ chief of all the Yaksbas, ^ let the 

 " death-demon be sent off to our enemy ! 



"0! Eastern King,* the chief of all the Gandharva, let the 

 "death-demon be sent off to our enemy ! . 



"0! Western King, the chief of all the powerful Nagas, let the 

 " death-demon be sent off to our enemy ! 



" ! Northern King, the chief of all the givers, let the death-demon 

 " be sent oft' to our enemy ! 



" ! Guardians of the ten directions and your retinue, let the death- 

 " demon be sent off to our enemy ! 



" ! all you Ts6i, Ma-mo from the grassy valleys and all Men-mo, 

 " let the death-demon be sent off to our enem}' ! 



" ! all male and female Gong-po, who abstract the essence of 

 " food and your retinue ! let the death-demon be sent off to our enemy ! 



"O! Death-demon, do thou now leave this house and go and 

 " oppress our enemies. "We have given you food, fine clothes, and 

 "money. Now be off far from here ! Begone to the country of our 

 " enemies ! ! Begone ! ! ! '' 



Here the lama smites his palms together, and all the lamas beat 



their drums, &c., clamourously, and the laymen wield 



effi^i^fdeS-demt! t^i^i^ weapons, shouting " Begone ! Begone ! " Amid 



all this uproar the platform containing the image 



and its attendants is lifted \x\) by a layman, one of the relatives, 



' Sliu£i=" active." 1 ^ ^uod-sbyin. 



2 kaDg-wa bzang-po. | ^ rgyal-po. 



