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shipping the snake, when he could afford it ; and I take it, the list is similar 

 to what would be used in ordinary Siva worship. 



1. Water. 



2. GandJi, pigment of sandalwood for the forehead or body. 



3. Cleaned rice. 



4. Flowers. 



5. Leaves of the Bail Tree. 



6. Milk. 



7. Curds. 



8. A thread or piece of cloth. 



9. Red powder. 



10. Saffron. 



11. Abir, a powder composed of fragrant substances (?) 



12. Garlands of flowers. 



13. Suttemah or gram soaked and parched. 



14. Joioarri (holcus sorghum) do. 



15. Five lights. 



16. Sweetmeats. 



17. Betel leaves. 



18. Cocoanut, or nut. 



19. A sum of money (according to means). 



20. Flowers offered by the suppliant, the palms of the hands being 



joined. 



All these articles, my informant assured me, were offered to the snake 

 in regular succession, one after the other, the worshipper repeating the 

 while certain mantras or incantations. Having offered all these gifts, the 

 worshipper prostrates himself before the snake, and begging for pardon if 

 he has ever offended against him, craves that the snake will continue his 

 favour upon him and protect him from every danger. 



The Deshpandia or chief Pandia (Putwari) of the parganah, who 

 was in attendance with the Settlement Camp, also got for me the following 

 mantra or verse to be used in the antidote for a snake-bite or to charm 

 snakes. 



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