MANTRA GAJAH. 21 



and gather together all the men who are working in the en- 

 closure, and we all eat together at the gate of the enclosure. 

 We make a prayer that all harm may be averted from us, after 

 that we repeat this mantra three times at the gate of the 

 enclosure. 



Pawbob yabob kindi judi tangpcng ngai malab 

 mia ji chanak pasta taru chaikol chakukaing. 



This is an alternative form : — 



Om puan om nyamidak midang midak tikalang 

 satayang chadin kauai parok pangalok tawmu 

 chak kauohak tom. 



27. This is what happens either when the chief homo or 

 the subordinate homos make a feast. The feast can be made 

 either at the gate of the enclosure or in the middle of the 

 enclosure. We invite our friends and feast ; and we supply the 

 following materials bras kunyit (uncooked rice dyed with 

 turmeric) and bras basah (washed uncooked rice) and nasi pulut 

 (cooked rice of a glutinous kind, oryza sativa), every kind of 

 sweetmeat, a fish, a little gold and a white cloth. We place 

 these things either at the gate of the enclosure or in the 

 middle of the enclosure, and we breathe (jampi) over them the 

 following mantra. 



PARPOM CHANTI RANG TURUN DISITU KARONG PALI 

 PARPAI CHAUPANANG BiNGKALA KIN LIYURAK SAMA- 

 HALAB MAHACHAI KAIKU ISON RAKAI TANGNAU SUKUN 

 LYU KAULAB KAU KHAN KAIKU KAIKU KAIKU AH AH 

 AH. 



28. This is the mantra we use to ask the spirits for the 

 elephant when we are about to put it in the stocks, where it is 

 kept while being taught the words of command. 



OM BAWK KAU NAK KAU NAI RENGAB PATS C WAT 

 PATSUWAT PATSUWAT. 



Then straightway we strike the elephant three times with 

 the goad, and the elephant will scream when we do it. There- 

 upon the elephant will cease to be disobedient, and will obey us. 



K, A. Soc. No. 45, 1905. 



