AND DEHENA CHARMS, 



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I. 



Maha Seyiyadu Bandena 



13. 



Cal-lu Bandena 



2. 



Demalla Seyiyadu Bandena 



14. 



Agni Rama Serra Bandena 



3. 



Raja Gingili Bandena 



15. 



Mahammadu Bandena 



4. 



Demalla Gingili Bandena 



16. 



Seyiyadu Bandena 



5. 



Cadiramala Bandena 



17. 



Subu Cama Bandena 



6. 



Lanka Bandena 



18, 



Garukee Bandena 



7. 



Wahalla Bandena 



19. 



Brahma Bandena 



8. 



Canda Cumara Bandena 



20. 



Wilocha Bandena 



9. 



Maha Dewa Bandena 



21. 



Mulu Sanni Bandena 



10. 



Hanuma Bandena 



22. 



Dewa Sanni Bandena 



11. 



Seema Bandena 



23. 



Rawura Rama Bandena 



12. 



Rooban Gala Bandena 







Dehenas are less powerful than Bandenas, but are still more 

 numerous than either the Bandenas or any other class of Charms. 

 They are made use of in curing slight diseases, and in removing 

 in time any Tanicama influence from a man. Each Dehena con- 

 sists of seven classes or divisions. The following are the names 

 of a few of these charms. 



1. Diagat Dehena 



2. Ginigat Dehena 



3. Sunakat Dehena 



4. Canda Cumara Dehena 



5. Attrottra Dehena 



6. Randaney Dehena 



7. Visnu Dehena 



8. Hena Wali Dehena 



When you try to convince a Demon-worshipper of the absurdity 

 of his belief in charms and other Demon Ceremonies, the greatest 

 difficulty you meet with is not so much any captious or cavilling 

 arguments in defence of his faith and practice, as two other insu- 

 perable obstacles, which render all your arguments perfectly use- 

 less. One is a sort of mental apathy, an unenquiring, contented, 

 and lethargic state of mind, satisfied with what is, and incurious 

 or indifferent to learn any thing new — a state of mind, in which 

 the man sometimes mechanically acquiesces in all that you say, 

 and admits the force and truth of your arguments, without however 

 his reason being at all convinced or his feelings affected. The 







