534 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [September, 1911. 
it is impossible to find out the truth of a case, and there is no 
reliable evidence. One party agrees to take the oath. First 
he has a cold bath. Then he goes to the temple and says that 
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man can be released from an oath by the thal darohi, 
which consists in making a present to the Raja and also per- 
forming a yag, i.c., sacrificing a he-goat in honour of the god. 
The 14th of the dark half of Bhddo is termed Krishan 
chaudas or Dagydli-chaudas (from Dag-wali-chaudas) ; and on 
that day the worship of Kali is observed. It is a general belief in 
the Punjab hills that some women are Dags or Dains, that 1s to 
say, that asight of them is not lucky, or in other words they know 
some incantations by which they can assume the form of a tiger 
or vulture, and that any beautiful thing which comes into their 
sight ig destroyed. The 14th of the dark half of Bhado is their 
feast day, and they then assemble in the Bias Kund in Kullu, or 
at some other place, such as the Karol hill, which lies between 
daché 
Customs iy Kaniwar. 
In the Kanawar valley Buddhism is the dominant faith, 
but the social customs of the people generally resemble “— 
of the Hindus, though the observances bear Tibetan names, an 
Om tare tutére Tére swihd 
Om pata lige nichungnd tami 
hadki dowd dol dolmd kharché 
shekst lddang lini chat pang 
shydbgi padmo ladukté fangmo 
kulnd dobzadmé dolmd yumla 
chhak-chalo. 
Translation. 
**O goddess Tara, I bow down to thee, be pg pad 
bestow on this woman thy choicest blessings.’? And re the 
itten on & bit of paper or birch-tree bark is tied round 1 — 
woman’s neck, ; ; 
