1876.] Rajendralala Mitra— On Human Sacrifices in Ancient India. 101 



light, one who plays on the talava (a musical instrument, probably the 

 archetype of the modern tabid), or one who produces music from his 

 mouth ;* 



150, To the divinity of gambling with the dice, a proficient gambler ; 

 151, to that of the Krita age, a keeper of a gambling hall • 152, to that of the 

 Treta age, a marker or reckoner at a gambling table ; 153, to that of the 

 Dvapara age, one who is a spectator at a gambling ; 154, to that of the Kali 

 age, one who does not leave a gambling hall even after the play has stopped ; 

 155, to that of difficult enterprises, a teacher of gymnastics on the top of a 

 bamboo ; 156, to that of roads, a Brahmachari ; 157, to the Pisachas, one 

 who commits robberies on public highways and then hides himself in a 

 mountain ; 158, to the goddess of thirst, one who skins cattle ; 159, to 

 that of sin, a cattle-poisoner ; 160, to that of hunger, a cow-butcher ; 161, 

 to the goddesses of hunger and thirst, one who lives by begging beef from 

 a butcher ;f 



162, To the divinity of land, a cripple who moves about on a crutch ; 

 163, to that of fire, a Chandala ; 164, to that of the sky, one whose profession 

 is to dance on the top of a bamboo ; 165, to that of the celestial region, 

 a bald person ; 166, to the presiding divinity of the sun, a green-eyed per- 

 son ; 167, to the presiding divinity of the moon, one who twinkles his eyes 

 too frequently ; 168, to the presiding divinity of the stars, one affected 

 with white leprous blotches ; 169, to that of day, an albino with tawny 

 eyes ; 170, to that of night, a black person with tawny eyes ;% 



171, To the goddess of speech, a fat person ; 172, to Vayu, the five 

 vital airs : prana, apana, vyana, udana and samana, of that person ; 173, to 

 Surya should be immolated his eyes ; 174, to Chandrama his mind ; 175, to 

 the regents of the quarters, his ears ; 176, his life, to Prajapati.§ 



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