130 THE SANGUINARY CHAPTER 



Let the Cawfici * Mantra be uttered, and the fa- 

 criricer fay EJha bah Sevaha, " Myfterious praife to 

 " this victim*" 



A prince may facr'ifice his enemy, having firfl invoked 

 the ax with holy texts, by fubftituting a buffalo or 

 goat, calling the victim by the name of the enemy 



oupmout the whole ceremony. 



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Having fecured the victim with cords, and alfo 

 with facred texts, let him ftrike off the head, and 

 prefent it to Devi, with all due care. Let him make 

 thefe facrifices in proportion to true increafe or decreafe 

 of his enemies, lopping off' the heads of victims for 

 the purpofe of bringing deltmc~tion on his foes, in- 

 filling, by hjoly texts, the foul of tine enemy into the 

 body of the victim, which will, when immolated, de- 

 prive the foe of life alio. 



Let him firfr fay, iC O Goddefs of horrid form, O 

 " Chdndlca! eat: devour, inch a one, my enemy, 

 -• O eonfort of lire ! Salutation to fire ! This is the 

 " enemy who has done me mifchief, now perfonated 

 (i by an animal : deftroy him, O Malmmari ! Spheng! 

 " fpheng ! eat, devour. " Let him then place iiowers 

 upon the victim's head. The victim's blood mult be 

 prefented with the Mantra of two fyllables. 



If a facrifice is performed in this manner on the 

 Mehanawani (the ninth of the moon in the month of 

 - 7m J let the homa, (i- e. oblation to lire,) be per- 

 formed with the fieili of the victim. 



* The Cawjici Mantra: « Hail Cawjici! three-eyed Goddefs; 

 r « of moil terrifying appearance, around whofe neck a firing of 

 " human ikulls is pendant, who art the deftroyer of evil fpirits 

 " who art armed with an ax, the foot of a bed and a fpear, Rbing 

 *■ Qmv/ici. Salutation to thee with this blood." 



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