Mr. C. P. Brown's Telugii Spells. Gl 



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

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

 terlyfaj ! make him burst at the sight of thine eyeballs ! Bha- 

 gavati ! mighty Mother ! Kartta-vnya-jayi(fr) !" 



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 

 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 

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

 coin in her mouth with a slip of the tulasi plantf c ). Recite 

 the prayer twenty-seven times pouring water over it. 



[The next word anturiyam has no meaning and seems ta 

 be an error for avasaram u at the proper time."] 



At the proper time bring water from the well and mingle 

 the sacred ashes therein and recite the spell 27 timesfd). Then 

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



(a) Literally, 'do his business/ 



{b) All these are epithets of Kali or her fellow demons. I here omit 

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

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

 yum &c. hrim hrim &c. These words are well-known syllables used in ma- 

 gic 



(c) " The Ocymun 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 [tirtham] 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 & tulasr leaf is now al- 

 ways used in Madras in swearing both Yaishnavite and ^aivite wit- 

 nesses. — Ed. 



(d) This alludes to the number of constellations* 



