Mr. C. P. Brown's Telugu Spells. CI 



break him like paste of grain : in the fury of thy rage, with 

 red eyes glare upon him ! with thy red eyes destroy him ut- 

 terly^ a) 1 make him burst at the sight of thine eyeballs ! Bha- 

 gavati ! mighty Mother ! Kartta-virya-jayi(6) !" 



Let the above spell be reiterated a thousand times. The 

 mode of using it will now be shewn. 



Select a cemetery on the east of the village, and on a 

 Sunday at night go and view it : walk seven times round 

 the cemetery and stand at the north east of the ground 

 walk thence into the middle of the cemetery, turn to the 

 west ; walk seven steps backwards and then strip naked : 

 take sacred white earth (vibhuti) in your left hand, bind it I 

 in a knot in a yellow cloth, with frankincense; which must 

 be in the same cloth : conceal it in cotton : do not put it in 

 their houses but hide it in any temple erected to the evil 

 goddesses (Qakti). When the due occasion comes, draw the 

 ((^akti-circle) magic figure of the goddess : and put a gold 

 coin in her mouth with a slip of the tulasi plantfc/ Recite 

 the prayer twenty-seven times pouring water over it. 



[The next word anturiyam has no meaning and seems to 

 be an error for avasaram " at the proper time."} 



At the proper time bring water from the well and mingle- 

 the sacred ashes therein and recite the spell 27 timesf d), Then 

 drink that water. If you drink it all he will die instantly. 



(a) Literally, 'do his business/ 



(b) All tbese are epitbets of Kali or her fellow demons. I here omit 

 some words as they are unintelligible. Karaka vati leka ori orivi, Rudra, 

 bhau, e, orili orili, tarila tarila, harili barili, je je je &c. po po &c. &c. yum 

 yum &c. brim brim &c. Tbese words are well-known syllables used in ma- 

 gic. 



(c) " The Ocymum, sanctum, or sacred basil, venerated by the Hindus 



as a type of Vishnu it was used in the administration of oaths 



to Hindus, a few leaves with some holy water [tirtbam] being held in the 

 hollow of the hand of the deponent while the oath was repeated, and af- 

 terwards swallowed by him" — Wilson. The j&en & tulasi leaf is now al- 

 ways used in Madras in swearing both Yaishnavite and paivite wit- 

 nesses. — Ed. 



(d) This alludes to the number of constellations. 



