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 Collectanea, 505

The following is a mantra for expelling evil spirits from a woman : —

^^ Bismill dh-ir Rahmcin nir-Rahim. Agan jdgS jagmi jcige jAge Khwcijci Fir. Chhattis karor Devi Devtdjdgen, Kkwdjd ti): Khwdjd Khizr kar bhali. Shri ko chord ko »iarhi ko Masdmkojin ko bhut ko prSt ko bdndh ko lydun. Nd awe to pakar ke tndr ke lyaiin. Khwdjd Khizr kar bhali."

" In tte name of God, the merciful and generous ! Awake fire, the world, the Khwaja Pir (Khizr), 36 crores of gods and the Khwaja's arrow ! Do some- thing, good Khwaja Khizr ! I will bind and bring Lachhmi (goddess), she- demon, evil spirit burial ground, genii, bhitt, andpreL If they will not come, I will catch hold of them and will beat them, and then will bring them. Do something, good Khwaja Khizr ! "

The patient, while this is being recited, is fumigated, being made to inhale smoke through the nostrils. If she still remains unconscious, a still more drastic treatment is employed, and she is slapped on the face or her hair pulled until she speaks, and she then names the she-devil who possesses her and who, when told to depart, demands a certain thing in a certain place. This demand is at once complied with.

The following is known as the Ased ka mantra : —

Hdth men hathart Hanumdn ke, sahe Bhairon sagpdl, Ndhar Singh kt manu tnahni. Kali kal siri ddr did. Nar mahtd bir. Chart ko bdiidhil?i, churel ko bdndhiln, jddtl ko bdndhiln, chhut ko bdndhiin. Chute sabhad phure bdchd 7nerd. Find hoe Kdchd Ndhar Singh atir Hammidn kd sabhad hae sachd.

" Hanuman's hand is adorned with a hammer, and Bhairon's with a sagpdl \ Nahar Singh has a precious stone. Kali brings death on one's head. The warrior is with a lance. I will bind the Chart and Chjirel (evil spirits), and even magic and the chhtlt. Let the word go on, and let the saying take effect. My body is mortal, but Nahar Singh and Hanuman's words are true."

Fever, — tertian or quartan, — is treated by going to the forest and cutting down a plant called bissu, the patient saying, — " O brother fever, forgive my fault and come into this plant." For snakebite a small bough of the samaM tree is cut, and the wound touched with it twice or thrice, whereby the spread of the poison is arrested. The mantra for snakebite is : —

Bismilldh-ir Rahmdn nir-Rahtm. Hazrat Sulaimdn Faighambar bin Ddild alae his-salam. Haftad do giroh mdr zihr mdr bdd vidr. Bistnilldh tilharnda lildhe Rab-bil dlemtn mdleke yatim iddin iyydkd ndbodo wa iyydkd nastd-in, ihd-i- nds serdiul micstaqtm serai iilldztna anainta alaihijn ghairil maghziibe