Yakkun Nattannawā a Cingalese Poem, Descriptive of the Ceylon System of Demonology, with the Practices of a Capua Or a Devil Priest as Described by a Budhist, and Kōlan Nattannawā, a Cingalese Poem ...for the Oriental translation fund, 1829 |
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accept the offerings accompanying plate Æschylus Aristophanes assembly Asura Bali beautiful beetle-leaves Behold Black Devil Black Prince blood boiled rice breast Budha Budhist doctrine bullock burying-place Capua Ceylon Cingalese cloth cobra-capelles cocoa-nuts colour Committee curled dancer dances death deities demon Demonolatry devil called devil Maha-Sohon devil's face Dewa disease dressed drum eats eyes face shines figure five hoods flowers frightens furious noise giants goddess gods gold golden Gooroola Gooroola comes Guadma habiliments hair hand head hearing Huniyan Indian Cupid inflicted JOHN CALLAWAY JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS king Klaproth lascorine looking Maha masquerade meat-offerings Metempsychosis midst mouth NATTANNAWA necromancy numbers Oriental Translation Fund Osiris Pattinee Persian planets poem price to Non-Subscribers queen reddish Right Honourable round Royal Asiatic Society Samayan Sekkraia seven shakes sick person snakes teeth Thou devil Oddy thou Great Black tiger tong-tong tree Wessamoony whole body worship Yakseya