Yakkun nattannaw- a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, The practices of a Capua or devil priest; as described by a Budhist and Klan nattannaw- a (14782296195)

Identifier: yakkunnattannawc00budh (find matches)
Title: Yakkun nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, The practices of a Capua or devil priest; as described by a Budhist and Klan nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characters assumed by natives of Ceylon in a masquerade. Translated by John Callaway
Year: 1829 (1820s)
Authors: A Budhist
Subjects: Demonology
Publisher: London Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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f the planets in the burying-place has beenmade from the beginning. 66. Make seven sorts of cake of a red colour. Takethe flesh of land and aquatic animals, and odoriferousmeat-offerings. Put these offerings in a pot, and coverit with a black cloth. Thou devil Oddy* look uponthese offerings now, and recognise these signs! 67. Put the land-turtles shell in a buffalos horn,and fasten it with the clay used in the blacksmithsforge. The devil Oddi/ is watching at the roads byopening wide his mouth and doing mischief. He standswhere three ways meet. Therefore understand, youthat perform the ceremony dexterously, that the saidenchantments are buried in one of these roads. O thoupowerful devil Oddij, cure this sickness speedily! 68. Scatter black sand, and offer camphor, sandal,flowers, beetle-leaves, and all sorts of fragrance. Acceptthe various offerings by looking at the lights of the * See the accompanying plate of Sooniyaii Yakshaya, or Oddy. Si f^y//€>ni/y^i/?7 UMAj/i^y/f, w (/aa?j
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. Xr..i^rr.,/! Zj^j; ^^.-.i^^iV./-■..>./ 7>j->i.!^j.v..-7, /J^, YAKKUN NATTANNAUA. 11 candle, and inquiring every where. Take away thesesicknesses, namely, swelling, fever, and head-ache. Othou devil Oddij, heal this sick person to-day, and blesshim! 69. Make offerings with mustard, and two sorts ofgrain called telle and mun, and grain burst by parching;also flesh of land and aquatic animals. Prepare andoffer the meat-offerings with reddish, green, yellow,black, and white boiled rice, and with cow butter. Tieup two arches with plantain-leaves on both sides, andtie up a black cloth above. Reserve a fowl for a victimfor the devil Oddij, in order to heal the sickness. 70. The follovv^ing sicknesses the devil Oddi/ will takeaway, and confer blessing and preservation, namely,inflammation of the bowels, phlegm, coughing, con-sumption, asthma, pain in the lungs and gall, pain inthe breast, vomiting, and all manner of other diseases,especially such as are attended with loss of appe