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 168 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY. [June, 1873. repha, dhau.takd.ya ? shatpada, bhramari.—Hem. Desi VII. 2. (447) gives rasAu bhramrah, raB&u sabdoyam ityanye, yadyop&lah. Alirapi ras&o sy&t—riem. Desi. YI. 99 (398) has bhasaro; Hem. DeAi. 1.80 indindirammi iddando, and Com. iddando bhramarah I kaischidindi(n) dirasabdopi desya uktah I asm&bhistu eamskritepi darsan&d anayft bhangyA nibaddhah. Hem. Desi. Y. 56 (296) bhamare dhungadhuyag&yA dhflmangA; the first and last apparently = dhffmr&nga. Rama raman! simantini bahu vamaloyana vinaya | MahilA jnvai abala angana nari II111| The second half-verse appears to be mutilated. Metre : Ary&. Subject: Woman. Sanskrit equiva¬ lents : ritmA, ramani, simantini, vadhfi, vAmalo- chanA, yuvati, abalA, anganA, nAri. Sachchhanda uddAma niraggala mukkala vi- sankhalia I Niravaggaha ya sayara nirankusa hunti ap¬ pa vasa II 12 || Metre : AryA. Subject : A self-willed woman. Sanskrit equivalents: SvachchhandA, uddAmA, nirargalA, muktakA, visrinkhalitA, niravagraha, svairA,* nirankusA, alpavasA. Ruiram munoraham rammam abhiramam bandhura manujja cha l lattham kantam suhayam manoramam charu ramanijjam || 13 || MS. latthakAntaiii ramanijjaiii cha ag. met. Metre : AryA. Subject: lovely. Sanskrit equiva¬ lents :—ruchira, manohara, ramya, abhirAma, bandhura, manojna,—?, kAnta, sukhada, manora- ma, chAru, ramaniya. Hem. Desi. VII. 26 (472) says: latto anyA- sakto manoharah priyamvadalcheti tryarthah. S as in am saniyam mittham mandam alasamku- dam maralam cha | khelambhikuyamsairam visattham mentharam thamiyam II 14 U MS. visatthamentharam ag. met. Subject: slow —Sanskrit equivalents : mpshta = marshita, manda, alasa, P marAla, svaira, visrasta (?) manthara. COORG SUPERSTITIONS. BY KEY. F. KITTEL, MERKARA. The Demons in Coorg.* I. Males—1. Ayyappa (Ayya-Appa),f i. e. Lord-father, a name at present explained as if Ayyappa were the lord of tho universe. I think it originally means Demon-wowser, Appa being a very common honorific. If a person falls under his influence (drishti), he will become ill. Ayyappa is also called M a 15 Deva, i. e. Hill-god, and Betg Ayyappa, i. e. Lord-father of hunting, and his favour is sought for hunting expeditions. His stone, on a small platform (dimba katte), is met with in jungles and gardens. Here and there a whole jungle is dedicated to one of his stones, and out of such jungles superhuman sounds are said by some occasionally to proceed. On his plat¬ form models in wood and clay of bows, arrows, dogs, horses, elephants, &c. are laid as gifts. When a hunt has been successful, an Ayyappa stone is presented with a cocoanut and some rice, and, according to others,alsowitha fowl and some put the Ayyappas and K A1 i s under the same heading with the Demons. t Ay, Ayya, is a honorific title among the Dravidians frequently affixed to proper names, like “ Appa.” May it be connected with arya t X B a 1 i is the specific name for “bloody sacrifice” with the Dravidians; the root bal means to be strong, able, Digitized by Google arrak in a leaf. The hill-Ayyappa stands now¬ adays on the boundary between the K A1 i s (Demons) and Devas (Deities), as is indicated by the fact that no swine—the gifts thought particularly fit for Karanas (Ghosts) and Demons—are offered to him. J To some of the jungle-Ayyappas Brahmans are sent once a year; others are served only by the Coorgs—with such the Brahmans have nothing to do. Some Coorgs say that in a few places a buffalo is tied up, in Ayyappa’s name, in the jungle (♦. e. killed ?). With the Tamilas, Ayyappa is called Ayyanarr and receives also swine as offerings § ; the Tulus call him Ayyappa. 2. Another name of Ayyappa in Coorg is Sastavuor Sartavu. It is also found among the Tamilas|| and Tulus (Sdstdvu), both of whom consider its bearer to be the master of Demons. In Coorg he is a stone within or firm or tight, and is very common. Bala and Bali of Sanskrit literature may be Dravidian. § Ziegenbalg’s Oenealogie der Maldbarischen Ootter, p. 151. The names of this Demon remind one of diva’s appel¬ lations—3 An t a, $ a r v a.
 * 1) No bigoted Coorg would dare, and no BrAhman would,
 * SAtta, SAstA. See Zieg. pages 150, 152, 154, 186.