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naks.atra

vahana

1

As`vini

horse

2

Bharan.i

corpse

3

Krttika

throne

4

Rohin.i

antelope

5

Mr.ga-s`ira

deer

6

Ardra

serpent

7

Punar-vasu

purn.aghat.a

8

Pus.ya

waterlily

9

As`les.a

goose

10

Magha

calf

11

Purva-phalguni

mountainous landscape

12

Uttara-phalguni

rocks

13

Hasta

elephant

14

Citra

peacock

15

Svati

throne

16

Vi-s`akha

goat / ram

17

Anu-radha

goose

18

Jyes.t.ha

tortoise

19

Mula

root

20

Purva-as.adha

cushion

21

Uttara-as.adha

cushion

22

S`ravan.a

corpse

23

Dhanis.t.ha

throne

24

S`ata-bhis.a

calf

25

Purva-bhadra-pada

throne

26

Uttara-bhadra-pada

throne

27

Revati

landscape

p.

attack by __

speech

symptoms

105

boks.i (female witch)

Jha~kri tieth together thumbs & big-toes of patient, forcing witch to speak through victim and thus to be interrogated (p. 106, fn. 22)

pp. 105-6 pinprick-like sensations; trembling while doing possession-speaking

106

d.aini (spirit of dead female witch)

daini cannot speak intelligibly through victim, instead merely uttering "uuuaaaahh"

bok.si ban (witch’s arrow)

paralysis

masan (dead non-witch)

pp. 116-7 the 12 varieties of masan

name : "__-masan"

description of masan

symptoms

therapy

Karbir

king of the masan

--

offerings & phu~kn.e~

Ghate (’quay’)

at river-banks : died nigh river

exhausted; insomnia (because soul was stolen)

deu basne

Chyane (‘choice’)

in burning-grounds

Rukhs`e (‘s`e-tree’)

died by falling from tree

misfortune

grain-offerings; animal-sacrifice

Jala (‘net’)

dead fisherman

Bhire (‘slope’)

died on mountain

Bhate (‘road’)

died during journey

skin becoming black

phu~kn.e~ followed by deu basne

Dekhi (‘look’)

haunting during day

children are attacked : they become weak, shivering and feverish

Dulaha (‘bride-groom’)

died after being married only a short while

Khole (‘creek’)

died in creek

Jal (‘holy-water’)

drowned

Murkat.t.o (walketh about carrying its own head)

?

similar to boks.i lagyo

deu basne

"__-bhed"

effectualization

time to take effect

kera ko (‘banana’)

knife is inserted into banana

3 to 9 days

matiyas (‘assistant’)

footprints of victim are bewitched

a month

Jal (‘holy water’)

nails & hair of victim are put into water-bowl

next day

p.

ailment

aetiology

symptoms

107

Akas` ban (‘aither arrow’)

a god hath shot arrow from the sky at victim

hunger; vomitting

a~khi dekhi (‘evil-eye look’)

covetous glance at the afflicted

conflicts; accidents

108

bhut (‘evil spirit’)

haunt the sleeping

vertigo; depression

picas (‘goblin’)

bir (‘female daimones’)

bleeding from the mouth

p.

therapy

procedure (performed by Jha~kri)

109

phu~kn.e~

application of as chap (stamp-sigil ), blackened with soot, pressing jantra (charm) to ailing body-part; barley-grain is hurled; 3 heated ladles are tapped on patient’s forehead, palms of hands, and soles of feet (in this order); afterwards, the ladles are thrown through doorway (divination : ladle’s handle must point toward house) {cf. Daoist determination of ritual based on direction pointed toward by handle of Big Dipper constellation}

109-110

deu basne (‘god be seated’)

‘tutelary possession’ of Jha~kri by "tutelary deity’, who seated itself within the body of the Jha~kri and speaketh about the origin of the illness

110-1

jinsa (‘property’)

in a square on the ground are drawn figures of the evil spirits dwelling in the house, as well as various jantra-s; in the centre of this square are placed a candle and 3 gtorma-s, personifications of the 3 Bhairab-s (Rati ‘red’, Kali ‘black’, and Seti ‘white’); now the evil spirits are lured, with the offerings as bait, into the square, where the power of the 3 gods and the jantra-s hold them arrested.

status

diagnosis

health

normal pulse on fore & middle fingers and on wrist

physical illness

on right & on left of wrist irregular

masan

pulse on right of wrist regular, on left of wrist irregular

d.aini

eyen dull or cloudy

boks.i

eyen large, dilated, & rolling

bhut

eyen yellow

picas