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Sra'vana. 



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II. 

 III. 



IV. 



V. Nagapanchami. a a 



VI. 



Vl% 



VIII. ! ' '■ / 1 



IX. 

 X. 



XL 



XII. ' . «« 



XIII. 

 XIV. 

 XV. S'ravanf. 



^ s Sacred to the demigods in the form o£ Serpents, who are enumerated 

 in the Pedma, and Garuda, purdnas. Doors of houfes are fmeared with cow- 

 dung and Nimba-lttvts, as a. prefervative from poifonous reptiles. 



Rhawifhya. Rknacara. 



Both in the Pddma and GflVw^ we find the ferpent Ca'liya, whom- 

 Crishna flew in his childhood, among trfe deities worshipped on this day* 



as the'Pythajt make, according to Clemens, was adored with Apollo at 

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