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SPELLS OR CHARMS 



most intelligible. The following is one which is intended to drive 

 a man mad — 



" Oh Brahma, Vishnu and Siva ! I make my adoration to you I 

 Oh, come thou, Hanumana! Oh, come, thou god, Haraunanta! 

 Oh, come thou, Madana! Oh, come, thou goddess, Madana! 

 Come thou, Baddracali! Come, thou goddess, Baddracali! Come 

 thou, Curumbara! Come, thou god, Curumbara! Oh, come thou, 

 Maha Sohona! Oh, come, thou god, Maha Sohona! Come thou, 

 Gopolla! Come, thou god, Gopolla! Come thou, Reeri! Come, 

 thou god, Reeri Yakseya! Oh Samayan, come! Oh, come, thou 

 god of Samayan! Come thou, Wata Cumara! Come, thou god, 

 Wata Cumara! Oh, come thou, Calu Yakseya! Come, thou god, 

 Calu Yakseya! Oh Vishnu, come thou! Oh Vishnu's Avatar, 

 come! Come thou, Ayiyanayaka! Come, thou god, Ayiya-nay- 

 ka! Come from on high! Come from below! Come from all 

 directions! Come from all parts of the universe! Come, all the 

 dewoand all the dewatawas! * Come, all ye demons! Come, all 

 ye demon chiefs! Come, thundering from the sky! Come, mak- 

 ing the earth tremble as ye come! Ye demons Encadawara and 

 Malcadawara, all ye dewo and dewatawas, ye male demons and 

 female demons, look at this human being from head to toe! Look 

 at his bones, his sinews, his joints, his neck, his blood, his lungs, 

 his heart and his intestines of 32 cubits in length. Look, look at 

 them! And Oh! receive this human being, as a sacrifice unto 

 you! Take him for yourself! Take him! I dedicate him to 

 you. I dedicate him to you. I dedicate him to you with his dum- 

 mala j incense. Look at him and accept him. Let this be so." 



* Dewo are the gods; Dewatawas are the inferior classes of gods and the 

 superior classes of demons. But the Cattadiyas often carelessly apply the 

 latter term to inferior demons too. In charms however, flattery being one of 

 the means of drawing the attention of a demon, no distinction is observed in 

 the application of these terms, as is obvious from the above charm. 



f The incense offered to demons by the Sorcerers of this country is not 

 frankincense and myrrh, as elsewhere in the East, but a species of very inflam- 

 mable resin called dummala, which is obtained from the ground a few feet 



