Jhan-kri (*Dhyana-kriya) texts

1:6:30-4 8 moons & 8 suns as dowry, given by Nara-ayan.a

1:6:

races of mankind, successively created out of __

variant list in 1:18:16-27

variant list in 1:34:193-222

:49

gold

gold & silver (:16)

gold (:193)

:51

silver


silver (:198)

:53-5

copper

bronze (:21)


:57

brass



:58

nickel


nickel (:199)

:59

iron


iron (:200)

:65

white sandalwood; these latter were:

white & red sandalwoods (:27)

sandalwood (:222)

:83

Haha & Huhu (Gandharva-s)



1:6: animals were besought by Maha-deva as volunteer substitutes to postpone untimely deaths for humans

[incomplete in list in 1:20:279-95]

2:6: beast-hearts

3:2:44 80-year old woman

:60 gobbled up grapefruit 9 sections,

:61 thus the 9 shining little witch sisters were conceived

5:5:287- subsequent re-births of man who had, while living, grown feathers (:212) and become drongo-bird

1:6:

mother __ (animals) were successively besought

2:6:

beast-heart

5:5:

subsequent re-births of man who had, while living, become drongo-bird

5:5:

how died

:156

elephant

:17

elephant

:287

elephant

:287

emmets ate his turnk

:161

horse

:18

horse

:289

white-footed stallion

:290

rearing up and down, he died

:163

buffalo

:19

buffalo

:291

stud buffalo

:292

was sacrificed to the goddess

:165

cow

:22

cow

:293

bull

:294

was impaled on tethering-peg

:178

sheep

:20

sheep

:296

ram

:297

was sacrificed to Barah

:173

goat

:21

goat

:298

billy goat

:299

was sacrificed to the goddess

:180

pig



:300

boar

:300

was sacrificed to honor a shaman

:183

chicken, who was besought successfully, and so originated:



:302

cock chicken





:23

tiger [cf. were-tiger]






humans

:24

human





the version (of the story of 5:5) in 5:12 is similar in its animal-sequence to the 2:6 & the 3:2 forms:

3:2:

5:12: re-incarnation as

3:17:

:111 flies

:107 insects



:108, 113 hound

:17 hounds

5:12:4-35 involveth a brother & sister both growing feathers and becoming drong birds:-

5:12: 4-35

brother & sister

Yama & Yami

5:12:113

"he inhabited a dog's life"

hounds of Yama

5:12:58 etc.

"your milk we vomit"

bitch Sarama vomited milk

5:12:110

"you inhabit a funeral offering"

funeral-deities

[the application of this animal-sequence:]

3:2:44 80-year old woman

:60 gobbled up grapefruit 9 sections,

:61 thus the 9 shining little witch sisters were conceived

3:2:

these 9 shining little witch sisters successively devoured the males of:

3:17:

the 9 little sister all-skillful successively devoured the males of:

6:40:

salt in fodder, causing to give birth to female young:

:111

flies





:114

bull-elephants



:3

female elephant calves

:115

stallions

:19

stallions

:4

fillies

:116

stud buffaloes

:20

buffalo-bulls

:5

female buffalo calves

:117

bulls

:18

bulls

:6

female calves

:119

rams

:21

rams

:7

female lambs

:120

billy goats

:22

billy-goats

:8

female kids

:121

boars





:122

cock chickens

:16

cock chickens





:17

dogs



:118

virile men





:124

"they finished Rad.i Village, finished Mad.i Village."





deities of the cardinal directions [1:10:2-5 = 1:21(4)]

1:10:

direction

deity

5:5:

direction

deity




:275

upward

Indra




:276

downward

Vasu-deva

:2

east

Candana




:3

north

Bhairava

:277

eastward

Bhairava

:4

south

Go-raks.a

:278

southward

Go-raks.a

:5

west

Ratana

:279

westward

Ratana




:280

northward

Candana

spirits having to be bound

1:10:

__-dwelling

spirits

:38

wall-niche

one's own forbears

:48

ridge

solitary fiends

:49

tomb

shamans

:50

crossroads

dead souls

dead souls

1:10:

sky-entering important "dead souls" [incomplete in 2:1:57-50]

6:3:

dead souls,to arise lest they be caught in net of birth (:13, 28)

:61

king

:15

king


Kar-bir


Kar-bir

:62

ash-covered

:16

ash-covered


Ganga-rama


Ganga-rama

:63

Man-bir



:64

charred dread

:18

charred dread


coaled


coaled

:73

Alika (goddess of vowels)




Kalika (goddess of consonants)



:74

new air-born



:74

strong earth-bound



more spirits having to be bound [similar to 2:1:65-9, but different position for :65]

1:10:

__-dwelling

spirits

2:1:

__-dwelling

spirits

:79

ridge

solitary fiends

:66

ridge

solitary fiends


tomb

shamans


tomb

shamans

:80

shrine

Brahman.a-s

:68

shrine

Brahman.a-s


well

forebears


corner

forebears

:81

waterfall

Bhuta ghosts

:65

waterfall

Bhuta ghosts


spring

forbears


spring

Deurali

locations of oaths relative to one's body [also in 1:15]

1:10:

at one's __

the oath of __

:85

front

Agni warrior (Skanda ?)

:86

back

black-white field-guardian

:87

right

Nara-simha

:88

left

Hanu-mant

:89

head

Go-raks.a Natha

:90

feet

Kurmin Natha

:91

navel

Bhairama

Danava-s of the cardinal directions

1:12:

direction

Danava

:20

east

80-maund-iron-staff

:21

south

Kanka-asura

:22

west

Maika-asura

:23

north

long-eared

the 12 Bhairama-s

1:12:

Bhairama

2:1:

Bhairama

:30

black

:20

black


white

:21

white

:31

awakened (jaga)




blue

:22

blue

:32

yellow

:23

yellow


rogue

:24

reversed



:25

straight



:26

forward


dwarf

:27

backward

1:20:223-4 how trees were torched, scorched; springs were dried, fried

1:20:225 "Satyavati River could pierce the eye of a needle."

1:20:227 humankind "sat in the shade of a lentilbush."

1:20:

in the __ direction

she (Candra) released __

:216-7

eastern

9 moons & 9 suns

:218

northern

snow storms

:219

southern

cyclones, fog

:220

western

lightning, darkness

what daughter-in-law did to cause 8 pairs of moon-&-sun to depart: 1 pair remained

1:20:

her inauspicious deed

pairs of moon-&-sun

:232

addressed elders abusively

1st

:235

to a guest arriving at dust, say there is no place to stay

2nd

:237

hit, with a stick, a hound sitting in a doorway

3rd

:239

with uncombed hair go in &out of a house

4th

:241

comb hair backwards with a dry comb

5th

:243

beat together 2 pots

6th

:245

scratch right foot with left foot

7th

:247

sit atop the drying rack

8th

what survived the world-fire

1:20:

the eldest of __,

namely __

:256

grass

soft trail grass (1:32:175)

:257

thatch

dumb thatch (1:32:175)

:258

stone

black ammonite fossil

:259

tree

black oilwood (1:32:144 & 171)



banyan-pipal

places whereto was successively transferred Juma-duta (Messenger of Death)

1:20:

place

:325

tear-filled flood-plain


cremation ground of the dead

:326

riverside graveyard


crossroads of deceased Brahman.a-s

9 fevers cured by Eagle "Yellow Feathers" (:8) the pupil by means of the hair-knot of the Guru

1:21(1):

jaro "fever"

:10

sanu common


linya chilling


kama shivering

:11

gasping


fainting


burning the body's internal organs

:12

body-consuming


thigh-piercing

:13

bone-splitting

1:25:27-35 9 leaves of mustard

Cf. "nine leaves" (na lau eiwa) of the Haha --

named in Beckwith, Kumulipo, p. 69 http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/ku/ku14.htm

1:25:

day

act of mustard-plant

:21

4th

saw a terrifying vision

:22

5th

saw a terrifying dream

:23

6th

emerged from the womb

:24

7th

roots left deep earth {to walk about like Zulu primordial tree ?}

:25

8th

roots left the sky

:26

9th

saw the world of death

2:3:421-7 the 9 leaves must be cast off in order to rescue someone dying from a spell

deities assembling the cardinal directions

1:26(1):

direction

deity-class

1st deity

2nd deity

3rd deity

4th deity

:121-2

east

warrior

young difficult

sharp-tusked

Hanu-mant

fighting

:123-4

west

Mas.t.a

tooth

milk

ladle

guru

:125

north

Barma





:126

south

ghost

blacksmith-trembler

iron sailya

elephant-trunk

horse-print

Natha-s of oaths

1:26(2):

Natha

:5

Pas`u-pati


Kalu

:6

Kurmin


Sime


Bhumi


Mairsura

Jumratam grandfathers

1:29:

grandfather

:12

pine

:13

stone


abusive

1:32:107-8 dowry of 9 moons & 9 suns

:113 "her skirts, she hitched them over her shoulders,

:114 came to the crossroads,

:115 she tripped ... and fell."

:119 the 9 moons & 9 suns "hid in a bamboo tube."

{cf. Maori goddess Rona, who tripped & was carried to the moon}

ophidian structure of plough drawn by "mottled" & "spotty" (2:8:9; 2:9:32)

2:8:

plough part

2:9:

plough part

:10

boa plough upright

:33

boa plough upright


python plough beam


python plough beam

:11

beautiful snake strap




spiky snake yoke

:34

swollen snake yoke

:12

wind snake stick




cobra yoke fastener



:13

blunt-tailed snake yoke-bars



mustard-plants grown from mustard seeds sown by "mottled" & "spotty" (2:1:8; 2:8:9)


part of mustard-plant

color of that part

2:1:15

stalk

blue

2:1:16

leaves

green

2:1:17

flowers

silver

2:8:33

seeds

pearl-like

2:3: Tili-grama event

with __, used by his 2 daughters

Vidhan.-sera's son (:8) Khanu-sera the blind (:9) was caught as as ½-__

2:17: variant -- father caught by 2 daughters, he as __

goldwood lever (:16)

fish (:21)

fish (:50)

fossil rocks (:37)

fern-shoots (:39)

fern-shoots (:56)

Room-of-Death poison on arrow (:55)

stag (:58)

stag (:75-77)

:53 in the last case, "skinny-wasp" & "forehead-spot" were the hunting-hounds

2:3: seeking by his daughters of Khanu-sera the stricken ½-stag, ½-man

2:10: seeking by his daughters of Goraparun the stricken ½-stag, ½-man

2:17: seeking by his daughters of the stricken ½-stag, ½-man

whether having observed the stag

2:3: observor who is quaestioned

2:10: observor who is quaestioned

2:17: observor who is quaestioned

result to observor

yes


mother dubo-grass


if top is cut, will resprout (2:10:63)

yes

mother raspberry

mother raspberry

mother mulberry

if top is cut, will resprout (2:3:71; 2:10:79; 2:17:109)

no


mother elephant


mouth a tail (2:10:90)

no


mother horse


slave of men (2:10:101)

no

mother pine

mother pine

mother pine > leprosy (2:17:121)

if top is cut, will die (2:3:81; 2:10:109; 2:17:120)

yes



mother blackberry

gold-colored flowers & iron-colored fruit (2:17:128)

no


mother banana

mother banana

give birth through mouth (2:10:120; 2:17:136)

no

mother buffalo

mother buffalo

mother buffalo

immolated (2:3:91; 2:10:134; 2:17:155)

no



mother goat

will carry the star-obstructions (2:17:158)

no



mother hen

die as offering to guests (2:17:166)

yes

mother cow

mother cow

mother cow

will live 12 lifetimes (2:3:102; 2:10:152)

no

mother sheep



will become squint-eyed (2:3:108)

2:3: house of Ramma shaman's wife

2:17 & 2:10 likewise

3:17 house of son of Jumratam

2:3:

building-materials

as __

2:17 & 2:10

building-materials

as __

3:17:

building-materials

as __

:189

young snakes

house-rafters

2:17:274

young snakes

thatch





star-vipers

beams

2:10:288

star-vipers

beams

:331

forehead-starred snakes

planks




2:10:288

cobras

pillars

:332

cobras

pillars




2:10:289

python snakes

rafters


vipers

beams

:190

green-ear snakes

bindings

2:17:274

wind snakes

tie-ropes





monal wings

shingles

2:17:275

eagle-wings, monal-wings, trogopan-wings

shingles

:333

eagles, vultures, monals, trogopans

tiles

:191

golden shells

walls








wasps

to make it shine at night (lamps ?)

2:10:288

wasps

covering




2:3 where Ramma Jumratam left pledges {Ramma = Ramana, a Zarathustrian god}, when he

2:3:277 "went to Eye of Needle, Slippery Slope, went to Shadow Pass"

lowered a on a thread (:279) through 7 underworlds to Tili-grama (:280)

{cf. thread used by Theseus through Labyrinth}

3:2 whence the wife of Ramma Jumratam brought for him to wear so as to

protect him from being devoured alive by the 9 shining witch sisters

3:11 similar to 3:2:220-46, with some other body members

2:3:

pledge

where it was left

3:2:

apparel

whence it was taken

3:2:

body-member

:250

matted lock of hair

leafy tree

:142

matted lock of hair

leafy tree

:220-1

head

:251

monal wings

Charkabhot.

:143

monal wings

Charkabhot.

3:11:64

skull

:252

fragrant leaves

black hill

:144

fragrant leaves

black ridge



:253

tie-strap

Tibetan-nettles-grove

:149

tie-strap

Tibetan-nettles-grove

3:11:76

chin




3:11:78

necklace




:254

cowrie shells

merchant's store

:148

cowrie shells [3:11:79 black cowrie shells]

merchant's store

3:11:77

heart

:255

bitter turmeric root

bitter turmeric garden

:146-7

bitter turmeric root

bitter turmeric garden

:223-4

mouth

:256

charcoal ash

sandalwood tree

:151-3

charcoal ash

Malaya-giri sandalwood

:225-6

forehead

:258

pair of clanging bells

brassworker's store

:159

pair of clanging bells

brass worker's shop

:227-8

shoulder

:259

wild goat's skin

red hill {cf. "goat-skins dyed red"}

:155

wild goat's skin

red hill {cf. "goat-skins dyed red"}



:260

complete hoop

shaman tomb-tree

:154

bloodwood hoop

shaman tomb-tree



:261

drum's inner handles

clear water

:156

drum's inner handles

clear water

:216-7

right hand

:263

bramble-wood drum-stick

brambles tree

:158

bramble-wood drum-stick

brambles tree

:218-8

left hand

:264

wild swine's skin

sissu tree

:172

wild swine's skin

sissu tree

:243-4

posterior

:265

pair of bells & bell-strikers

fig tree

:161-2

pair of bells & pair of bell-strikers

edible-fig tree

:229-30

chest

:266

leather belt

catechu thicket

:160

leather belt

catechu thicket

3:11:86

waist

:267

swirl of yak-tail

Charkabhot.

:163

swirl of yak-tail

Charkabhot.

:235-6

back




3:11:84

langur's hand, monkey's skin




:268-9

cow bell, perforated bell, solid bell, ringing bell

elder brother

:166-8

cow bell, perforated bell, solid bell, ringing bell

elder brother

:237-9

front [3:11:89 belly]

:271

sows' teeth

on earth everywhere

:164-5

long teeth of sows

new-born animals

:231-2

right side

:272

boars' teeth

on earth everywhere

:164-5

long teeth of boars

new-born animals

:233-4

left side

:274-5

cross-slung wrap, straight-hung wrap, tailored pajamas

tailor's shop

:170-1

cross-slung wrap, straight-hung wrap, tailored pajamas

tailor's shop

:240-1

"where ?" [3:11:92 thigh]




3:11:95

woven cornstraw mat, flat wooden seat


:245-6

heel

N.B.: as for the assignment in 3:2:231-4 of female to right side, male to left side, this is Chinese rather than Astika

used by finder Ramma Jumratam

2:3:

used __

as __

:307

lizard

aide

:308

evergreen wood

drumstick

:309

milkywood

drum hoop

:310

domestic goat

drum skin

:321

lungs

meat to be eaten

:328

hot broth

bath

2:3: substitutes for shaman's equipment used by coppersmith of the netherworld [also in 2:10:374-415]

matted locks of hair, monal wings, fragrant leaves (2:3:361)

head-strap for carrying charcoal, ore (2:3:364)

head-dress (2:17:424)

head-strap for carrying charcoal (2:17:428)



throat tie-strap (2:17:425)

sweat (2:17:429)

complete drum, drumstick (2:3:366)

hammer (2:3:370)

bramble-wood drumstick (2:17:432)

pincers (2:17:435)

complete drum (2:3:372)

beat plates, pots (2:3:374)



familiars (familiar spirits) -- used by spell-caster to restore health

2:3:

Varan "familiar"

:432

iron


leather

:433

sweet


scorpion

12 warriors [shorter lists: 2:18; 2:19; p. 495]

2:4:

-vira (bira) "warrior"

#

# in list of Vira (bira) "warrior"on p. 495

:1

maha great

1


:2

kalya blacky

2

1


kailya browny

3

3

:3

chad.rakya sharp-tusked

4

4


dhaulya difficult

5

2

:4

eklya rogue

6



Hanu-mant

7

9

:5

jodha fighting

8

5


pani water

9

6


cuncu snout

10


:6

khupo sickle

11


:7

pani bunyo water-sunken

12





7 upward




8 head-covered




10 wrestler

animals [a different list is on p. 495]

2:6:

animal

5:4:

animal

p. 495 animal

:1

regal eagle

:1

regal eagle


:3

tusked elephant

:2

tusked elephant

1. tusked elephant


wild buffalo


wild buffalo

2.colorful body

:4

monkey-handed one

:3

monkey-handed one

3. 15-hands-tall


rogue monkey


rogue monkey

4. solitary monkey



:4

wolf pair

5. wolf pair




wild cat pair

6. rat pair

:5

clawed hawk

:5

wing-fluttering hawk-flock



clawed kite


kite flock


:6

strong-clawed eagle




barbs

2:7:

Ban.a ("barb") of __

2:18:

Ban.a ("barb")

5:22:

Ban.a ("barb")

:11

Arjuna






Kangaka strong one





:14

Indra





:15

Kuiri fog

:8

Kuiri fog

:13

Kuiri fog




Dhuiri dust

:14

Dhuiri dust



:9

Jala liquid

:15

Jala liquid




Mula water-source

:16

Mula water-source


Sailo thorn






Sata Sallya Vajra seven pines thunderbolt





means of binding

2:9:

bind with __ !

:50

plough pins

:51

cherry-wood spikes

:52

flint stones

:53

edible foods

:54

animal fetters

:55

dog-vines

:56

foundation-stone cords

marriages of the 2 daughters of Gorapa -- the 2 -s`erpa sisters

daughter

went to town __

and there married __

the __ (title of office)

elder

Taratali (2:10:195)

Ramma Puracam

Jhangri Jhingratam (2:10:196)

younger

Sijakot. (2:10:173)

Sijapati

king (2:10:174)

Gorapa, dying in stag-form, was rescued by the husband of his elder daughter

parallel of shaman & his wife with & Dli^lah

2:10:305

what shaman's wife told to his enemies: "My husband's ... is the trick of that knotted hair."

what Dli^lah told to his enemies: " S^ims^o^n's strength is in his hair."

2:10:307

"... grind him in a grinder."

S^ims^o^n was made to grind grain in a mill.

2:10:310 Van.a "barbs" in Tili-grama (in netherworld), protecting shaman from court-officers

6:4 to awaken dead souls

2:10:310

6:4:

rise up, __ !

1:17:

move, __-barbs !




:19

wild bee





honey-bee

black hornets



:21

wasp; hornet

huge scorpions



:20

scorpion

tigers

:6

tigers

:22

tigers; tigresses

monkeys

:7

monkeys



bears

:6

bears

:23

bear; she-bears

goddesses of the 4 yuga-s

3:1:

yuga

goddess

:15

satya truth

Sitala

:16

treta "third"

Dur-pada

:17

"second'

Tulsa

:18

Kali ("black")

Kalika Malika

the names of the 9 shining witch sisters

3:2:

shining witch sister

#

3:5:

little sister

:266

Ova-rani secluded queen

1

:58

Ova-rani secluded queen


Biba-rani backward queen

2


Biba-rani backward queen

:267

Mala-rani garland queen

3

:59

Mala-rani garland queen


Ghyapa-rani fat queen

4


Ghyapa-rani fat queen

:268

D.id.ina-mala dangerous garland

5

:60

D.id.ina-mala dangerous garland


Pakuma-sera dancer

6


Pakuma-sera dancer

:269

Mayaki lover

7




T.humuke stomper

8





(7)

:61

Khut.ukya cripple


Barule waspy waist

9 (8)

:62

Barule waspy waist



(9)


Patalya skinny

alternative names of the 9 skillful little witch sisters

3:11:

skillful little witch sister

#

3:13:

little sister

:55

soft-spoken one

1

:1

dark beauty


cow-mannered one

2

:2

skinny girl


tough sinewy one

3


tough girl

:56

pretty as gold

4

:3

pretty as gold


pretty as silver

5


pretty as silver

:57

skinny girl

6

:4

Siyala shadowy


butterfly

7


Putalayai butterfly


Indra-kali

8

:5

waspy waist girl



9

:26

knotty hair one

yet other list of "little sisters" (witches)

3:23:

little sister

:6

dear girl

:7

hiccougher


secluded queen

:8

complainer


ridge dweller

:9

giantess


pebble player

:10

skilled eyen


skillful mouth

:11

love garland


giant garland

:12

pebble tosser


thin one

likenesses to parts of woman's body

3:2:

woman's body-part

similitude

3:5:

woman's body-part

similitude

:285

whole

lithe reed stalk

:31

hair

splinters of reed

:286

head

swallow's nest

:32

head

swallow's head

:287

forehead

straight furrow

:33

forehead

straight ridge trail

:288

ears

bitter turmeric leaves

:34

ears

bitter turmeric leaves

:289

eyen

twinkling of doves

:35

eyen

twinkling of doves

:290

nose

blade of axe




:291

lips

coral-colored




:292

tongue

darting little snake

:37

tongue

darting little snake

:293

teeth

seeds of pomegranate

:36

teeth

seeds of pomegranate

:294

neck

neck of crane




:295

chin

tower standing tall

:38

chin

tall round-tower

:296

breasts

filled storerooms

:42

chests

filled storerooms

:297

heart

seed of round cucumber

:43

heart

seed of round cucumber

:298

liver

wide taro leaf

:44

liver

wide taro leaf

:299

palms

golden dishes

:39

palms

golden dishes

:300

fingers

little twigs

:40

fingers

girl's little twigs

:301

waist

waist of wasp

:45

waist

waist of wasp

:302

fingernails

seeds of peaches

:41

fingernails

girl's seeds of peaches

:303

thighs

sculptured doorways

:46

thighs

sculptured doorways

:304

calves

slippery little fish

:47

calves

shapely fish

:305

heels

eggs laid by geese

:48

heels

eggs laid by geese

[the sequence in 3:5 is more natural than 3:2]

alternative likenesses to parts of woman's body

3:13:

woman's body-part

similitude

3:17:

woman's body-part

similitude

:14

top of head

swallow's nest

:202

head

polished walking stick knob

:15

forehead

rising sun




:16

eyen

twinkling of doves

:204

eyen

beam of doves

:17

nose

blade of axe

205

nose

slippery fish [instead of calves of legs !]




:206

ears

taro leaves [instead of liver !]

:18

lips

fig-leaf lips

:207

lips

hole-moving

:19

teeth

cucumber seeds [instead of heart !]

:208

teeth

cucumber seeds [instead of heart !]




:209

tongue

fig-leaf tongue [instead of lips !]

:20

chin

round-tower chin




:21

neck

neck of crane

:203

throat

crafted water spout

:22

fingers

little twig fingers

:224

fingers

radish-twig fingers

:23

waist

waist of wasp




:24

calves

slippery little fish

:225

calves

empty milk jugs

:25

heels

goose eggs

:226

toes

serpent head toes

# of facets on rudra-aks.a seed wore by deity

3:3:

facets

deity

:23

22

Vasu-deva

:24

21

the 21 Lama-s

:25

20

Vis.n.u's throne [Garud.a ?]

:26

19

the 19 Lama-s

:27

18

the 18 goddesses

:28

17

the 7 r.s.i-s

:29

16

the 1,600 cowherderesses

:30

15

the 5 Bhavani

:31

14

the 14 goddesses

:32

13

the 13 tri-loka-s triple-worlds

:33

12

the 12 Barma

:34

11

the 11 Lama-s

:35

10

Das`a-ratha "10-chariots"

:36

9

900,000 33-kot.i-s [cf. 900,000 stars in 3:10:8]

:37

8

the 88 goddesses

:38

7

the 7 r.s.i-s [again!]

:39

6

the 56-kot.i-s

:40

5

the 5 tiers of heaven [as in Radha Swami]

:41

4

the 14 goddesses

:42

3

the 3 tri-loka-s "triple-worlds"

:43

2

goddess Durga

:44

1

"our guru, ourself"

the 100 banes, originating in dancing of witches

3:6:

Bhaya "bane"

:3

bone-consuming


deadly

:4

imbecile


writhing


babbling

:5

nose-blocking

:6

ear-blocking

:7

limb-afflicting


crippling


joint-afflicting

:8

failing sight

:9

blister

:10

toothache

characteristics of women, by castes

3:15:

characteristic

caste

:8

hairy

Brahman.i

:9

slippery

Ksa.triyi

:10

unkempt

Khasa

:11

clumsy

Magar

:12

dark

D.ombi

3:17:90 Jumratam in form of fly (:93) was eaten (:94) by the 9 little sisters all-skillful (:93)

:128 magically blinded were the sisters' mother, Andha-sora (:118), and father, Bandha-sora (:119)

:147, 164 the 9 sisters dancing on needles' point, passing through needles' eye

:306 bridge of 1-ply thread of Tibetan nettles, shot via arrow (:307) to far side (:308) broke (:317) while:

the 9 sisters' brother Gorapa (:312) was crossing (:315) in form of fly, flea (:313)

4:2(1):115 bent old woman from the Satya Yuga dug roots out from wind-howling ridge (:117)

4:2(1):

root

4:4:

root

4:10:

root



:3

plentiful; great

:80

great herbal






strong

:118

fist; finger



:81

finger-sized; fist-sized



:4

bitter; spicy

:82

bitter; sweet


alcohol

:5

alcohol yeast




yeast





:119

wild basil






great






upthrust






edible





when alcohol (4:2:146) was invented, it was tested by being fed to animals

4:5:87-96 is similar to 4:2(1):160-175

4:2(1):

test subject

with result that

4:4:

test subject

with result that

:160-4

stray hound

found spoor better

:70-1

"blacky" hound

began to bark

:167-9

pig

uprooted herbs better




:172-5

dumb cretin

began to speak

:72-3

dumb cretin

began to laugh, began to giggle




:74

dumb cock

began to mark the hours

separating

4:2(3):

the separated

:1

drum-skin


spout-water

:2

well-water


stone-water

:3

spring-water


tree-notch-water

:4

spout-water [again!]


patient


relatives

:5

harmful planets


harmful star-obstuctions

:6

Barma afflictions


Barah afflictions (male suicides)

:7

Bajyu afflictions (female suicides)


witch afflictions

:8

goddess Deurali (of water-springs)


respect

:9

charms & harms


water & spring

:10

Mas.t.a & Mankal


Bhayar & forbears

:11

body & diseases


body & afflictions

dreams

4:2(6):

personal disasters praesaged by dreams

:4

a ladle breaketh, a stirring-stick breaketh

:5

the drying rack falleth, a wall saggeth

:6

a rockslide falleth, a landslide falleth [4:10:180 a landslide may have slipped]

:7

a mustache disintegrateth, hair falleth from a topknot

:8

a tooth falleth out


a leech sucketh [4:10:167 a leech may have bitten]

:9

one person is pressed atop another


[poisonous] mushrooms are [inadvertantly] picked [to be eaten by picker]

:10

your house is filled with strife

inauspicious dreams praesaging personal disasters

4:2(6):

dream of oneself

travelling toward the

:11-12

riding black horse & wearing black clothes

south

:13-14

riding red horse & wearing red clothes

east

:15-16

carrying salt or cooking oil

north

miscellaneous inauspicious omens

4:2(6):

inauspicious omen in one's household

:18

shell-less chicken-egg is laid

:19

cock danceth, hen croweth

:20

black hound climbeth rooofbeam & barketh toward east

:21-2

water-buffalo or hound giveth birth in wrong season

:23-4

meeting remains of human devoured by tiger

:25-28

meeting deformed sprout of: wheat, barley, banana, cucumber, taro, ginger, bloodleaf [cf. 2:10:172-6]

:30-2

damaging in ploughing: terrace-edge, ridge-grave, burrowed snake

shooting of bird in "world of death" (4:5:45) = Maori myth = Welsh myth

4:5:46-9

in Satya Yuga, bent old woman, with golden shot, silver sling, struck down falcon

Maori myth of Rupe "pigeon" (one of the Maui brethren) flying into netherworld

Welsh myth, in Mabinogion, of shooting of bird by Llew Llaw Gyffes

4:10:17-8

baiting of falcon with "diamonds"

thunderbird -- cf. Tantrik association of thunderbolts with diamonds

tale in <arabian 1,000 Nights of ruh^-bird descending into deep pit-mine of diamonds

Barah brethren who originated on Gama ridge

5:1:

Barah

5:10:

Barah

idem p. 586

idem pp. 588-9

:5

blacky

:12

blacky

1. blacky

8. blacky

:5

browny


browny

2. browny

9. browny






10. Palu

:6

laughing


laughing

3. laughing

11. laughing

:8

cretin


cretin

4. cretin

12. intoxicated



:13



13. Yogin





5. peaceful

14. peaceful

:6

wealthy


wealthy

6. wealthy

18. wealthy

:7

saint


saint

7. holy man

19. saint






15. Man.d.alin





9. milk-drinking

16. milk-drinking






17. Br.ganin






1. Babu

:7

sustaining




2. sustaining






3. son thinker




begging


4. beggar






5. intoxicated [again!]

:8

whitey

:14

whitey

8. whitey

6. whitey




snakey






helpful






bitter



7:2:44 Barah -- saint / sustaining reversed from 5:1:7

"the Twenty-two Sisters Vengeance Suicides" (5:10:16; 7:2:45)

5:1:

vengeance suicide

5:10:

vengeance suicide

7:1:

vengeance suicide

7:2:

vengeance suicide





:136

solitary social





:20

sheep-desiring

:144

sheep

:49

sheep-desiring

:3

goat-desiring


goat-desiring

:144

goat


goat-desiring


chicken-desiring

:21

chicken-desiring

:152

chick

:50

chicken-desiring

:4

crippled


crippled

:161

itchy-ear


crippled


cretin

:22

cretin

:168

cretin

:51

cretin






dumb







:170

whitey







:177

Ranga Mala








Ganga Mala






shaman-wife




shaman-wife







:96

parrot

7:1:144 sheep / goat are reversed

Lama-s

5:1:

Lama

pp. 459-60 "22" Lama-s

p. 461 "84" Lama-s



1. snake




2. enormous




3. peculiar




4.


:21

thinking

5. thinking

1. thinking

:21

concentrating

6. concentrating Dhyanin

2. concentrating



7. river-bank Ganga




8. difficult place

3. waist



9. peaceful Saha-deva

4. d.ammmar (kettledrum)



10. quiet


:22

22 Lama-s

11. water-walking true

5. true



12. cave-dwelling cave

6.




7. yak




8. yak-tail




9. Tiru




10. Charke




11. backward




12. forward




13. ridge




14. crooked




15. renowned




16. laughing

:22

saint


17. saint




18. obstinate




19.




20. black




21 etc. sky-dwellers, including regal eagle

:23

Kailasa-dwelling


40 etc. deep-earth-dwellers, including sickle warrior




60-71. 12 dead familiars

:23

reborn


72-84. 12 living familiars

:24

cretin



the 9 Naga-s (dragons) [variant sequence in :66-7, 1st pairs of names in each line being backwards]

5:5:72 they were the 9 sons of younger sister, namely (:9) Kadum

5:5:

-naga

5:5:

-naga

5:8:

-naga





:177

forest





:92, 177

Vasuki

:4

Mau she

:66

earth

:178

earth


Pr.thvi earth


she

:93, 178

she

:5

Dvadhai milky


twitchy




Rakte bloody


twisty



:6

Sakau twitchy

:67

bloody

:94, 179

bloody


Makau twisty


milky

:94, 179

milky

:7

Kali blacky


blacky




Kumau browny


browny



5:5:71 the 9 eagles were the 9 sons of the elder sister, namely (:9) Padum

procurement of firewood for elder sister Padum

5:5:

the __

was the __

:170

long teeth of swine

split the firewood

:171

green-ear snake

tie-rope

:172

wind snake

crosstie rope

:173

short tail star viper

backboard

5:8:8 the 4 Can -- Udaya, Vijaya, Sagi, Bhagi

how Sati Barba's son the baby "Iron Nails" was spared by animals when exposed among them

{cf. nativity of Zara-tustra, who was spared by animals when exposed among them }

5:8:

where exposed

expected result (which did not happen)

:106-8

clump of nettles

death

:109-116

bull-elephant

to be trampled

:118-123

white-footed stallion

to be trampled

:124-130

stud buffalo

to be impaled

:131-136

ram

being struck by horns

:138-143

Tibetan mastiff

to be eaten

:145-155

in golden chest with silver lid, set adrift on river

[was found by bent old woman, who adopted him]

benefits accruing to the foster-mother of "Iron Nails": in her household

5:8:158

barren she-elephants birthed


barren mares birthed

:159

lame oxen were trained to the plough


barren she-buffalos birthed

:160

barren cows birthed


barren nanny-goats birthed

:161-2

"The eighy year old childless Bent Old Woman's breasts again flowed with rivers of milk."

similarity with Irish myth

5:8:184-95 their relationship unbeknownst, Sati Barba challenged his son "Iron Nails" to a duel

(ditto,) for Cu-chulain & his son

jhangi ("shamans") in the southern regions

5:10:

shaman

:5

catechu


jujube


plum


equipment

:6

D.holo large drum


Bhalo honest

brethren Lat.a & Mairam

5:18:

evaded death by substituting for themselves grass-dolls when:

:129-32

they were impaled on impaling-stakes

:134-6

they were thrown to the crocodiles

:137-139

they were set afire, but (:140) quenched the fire with salt

brethren Lat.a & Mairam recognized identities of [blood-pulses in] objects at far end of a string

5:18:

what was recognized

5:19:

what was recognized

:142

wooden beam



:145

hound's foot

:13

hound's foot

:148

maid-in-waiting's waist

:18

hand of maid-in-waiting



:21

grindstone



:23

handbroom

:150

queen's ring-finger

:25

queen's wrist

unharmed dismemberment of own body as implements for deities (sky-born 6:3:1-2)

6:3:

one's ("my") __

is given as __

p. 616, 6, line #

one's ("my") __

is given as __

:3

to right hand

flute

11

to right hand

flute

:4

to left hand

fife

12

to left hand

pipe

:6

heart

chunk of meat

13

heart

chunk of meat

:5

skin

cover

14

skin

wrap

:8

head

head

15

head

pot




16

hand

stirring-stick

:7

intestines

thread

17

intestines

thread

7 levels of oaths

6:17:

the oath of __

6:41:

the oath of __

:16

the thinking Lama



:17

the choking Lama



:18

the stone Lama



:19

the sky's Indra-deva



:20

deep earth's Vasu-deva



:21

guru Maha-deva

:19

lord Maha-deva



:20

33 kot.i-s goddesses



:21

mother Kalika, flame goddess

Mas.t.a-s [a different, shorter list in 7:3:35-6]

7:2:

Mas.t.a

:32

village's tooth


milk

:33

arriving


giving

:34

aged


winning

:77

giant


solitary

:78

wicked


Salani

:79

Paimk


D.hyak


p. 406 2 goddesses & 3 Bir gods

black cowrie goddess Candra

deceased Brahman.i goddess

Kar-bir [N.B.: Karbir is commonly mis-written Kabir by Kabir-panthin & Radha-svamin]

Sura-bir "wine-hero" {cf. wine made by Noh. after deluge}

Kaka-bir "crow-hero" {cf. raven loosed from the ark during deluge, by Noh.}

p. 495 Sato (wits)

water

spring

waterfall

cliff

river

stone

p. 508 1,400 Yogini-s (associations with goddesses unclear)

mother Kalika

56 kot.i-s

mother Malika

36 kot.i-s

Tri-pura Sundara

14 tiers of heaven

Bhiramis

sewing-goddess

Naksari

nose

Kansari

ear

Gan.a-is`vari

throat-dwelling

Bhavaniya

hand five[-fingered]

Bagya-is`vari

inside the world

Baga-mati

"middle brain"

HARVARD ORIENTAL SERIES, Vol. 55. Gregory G. Maskarinec: Nepalese Shaman Oral Texts. Harvard U. Pr, 1998.

[The Ajivika character of Jhankri theosophy is evident in various places, such as (in 5:12:112, 117) passing through 84 lives.]