HOONIYAN CHARMS, 



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Yamacali Yaksenee, Raticami Yaksenee, and Sanni Cami Yaksenee, 

 come hither. Come instantly. Come, thundering from the sky. 

 Make the sky and the earth roar and reel, as ye come. The she- 

 demons Cadawara Reeri Yaksenee and Muni Billey Yaksenee with 

 others once went to the city C'apila, and began to devour the 

 citizens; whereupon the king Wissamonny and the king of the 

 gods, binding them with chains of fire and human bones, checked 

 their ferocity and frightened them exceedingly. Therefore by the 

 power of these gods, I command you, oh she-demons, to look here. 

 I command you to come directly to me without looking anywhere 

 else. I bow down to thee, Oh Buddha! The she-demons Lay 

 Cadawara Yaksenee, Reeri Cadawara Yaksenee, and Aavvey Cada- 

 wara Yaksenee once went to the mountain Nawasiagiri Parwatte, 

 where they devoured the heads of nine hundred princes, and killed 

 the great prince Cewulia Cumara, whose blood they drank. When 

 the son of king Wijeyo was playing in his royal father's flower 

 garden, Aaweysa Cadawara Reeri Yaksenee struck him with her 

 necklace of flowers, which hurled him many thousand fathoms high 

 into the air. She once went to the rock Maha Lay Parwatte, but 

 the great demon chief Malla told her to descend to the earth inha- 

 bited by men, and to feed on such as she liked. Oh Aaweysa 

 Cadawara Reeri Yaksenee, I call upon thee to listen to what thy 

 priest tells thee. Demon, thy own priest calls upon thee. I beg 

 thee to attend to what I tell thee, and not to any thing else, which 

 any other priest may tell thee. Oh Aaweysa Cadawara Reeri 

 Yaksenee, oh great she-demon, I call upon thee this day to bo 

 bound by my charm. I call upon thee to accept an offering, which 

 I make to thee and thy sisters. I call upon thee by the power of 

 all the gods. Therefore, come here. Look here and come soon. 

 I call upon thee, and command thee by the power of Vishnu, to 

 cast thy influence upon this human being, and to take him wholly 

 to thyself. I beg thee to protect me. I call upon thee to tell thee, 

 that from this day, and this hour, and this minute this human 

 sacrifice, which I dedicate to thee, is wholly thine. The Cattadi- 

 yas are thy obedient "slaves. Therefore protect me, but take this 



