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repha, dhautakāya P shatpada, bhramari-Hem. Deši VII. 2. (447) gives rasău bhramrah, rasău Šabdoyam ityanye, yadyopälah. Alirapi rasăo syāt.—Hem. Deši. VI. 99 (398) has bhasaro; Hem. Dest. I. 80 indindirammi iddando, and Com. iddando bhramarah kaićchidindi(n) diraśabdopi

desya uktah asmābhistu sanskritepi darśanád anayå bhangyā nibaddhah. Hem. Deší. V. 56 (296) bhamare dhungadhuyagāyā dhāmangā; the first and last apparently = dhāmrånga.

Rămă ramani simantini bahá vämaloyanā vinayå Mahilä juvai abalā anganānari ———|| 11 || The second half-verse appears to be mutilated.

Metre : Āryā. Subject: Woman. Sanskrit equiva lents: rāmā, ramant, simantini, vadhū, våmalo chanã, yuvati, abalā, anganā, nári.

Sachchhandā uddāmā niraggalà mukkalā vi. Sankhalià |

Niravaggahá ya sayarā nirankusā hunti ap pavasā || 12 ||

Metre : Āryā. Subject : A self-willed woman.

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Sanskrit equivalents: Swachchhandā, uddāmā, nirargalâ, muktakā, višrinkhalità, niravagrahã, svairá,” nirankušā, alpavašá. Ruiram muñoraham rammam abhirāmam

bandhura manuja chal laţţham kāntain subayam manoramam châru ramanijam || 13 || MS. latthakāntarh ...... ramarijan cha ag. met.

Metre : Āryā. Subject : lovely. Sanskrit equiva lents :-ruchira, manohara, ramya, abhirāma, bandhura, manojña,-P, kānta, sukhada, manora ma, chäru, ramaniya. Hem. Deši. VII. 26 (472) says: latto anyā sakto manoharah priyamvadaścheti tryarthah.

Sasinam saniyam mittham mandam alasamku dam marālam cha |

khelambhikuyamsāiram visattham mentharaſh thamiyam || 14 || MS. visatthamentharam ag. met. Subject: slotr —Sanskrit equivalents : mrishta = marshita, manda, alasa,— - P marāla, svaira, visrasta (?) manthara.

COORG SUPERSTITIONS. BY REV. F. KITTEL, MERKARA.

The Demons in Coorg.”

I. MALES.–1. Ayyappa (Ayya-Appa),† 7. e. Lord-father, a name at present explained as if Ayyappa were the lord of the universe. I think it originally means Demon-master, Appa

arrak in a leaf. The hill-Ayyappa stands now adays on the boundary between the K Q 1 is (Demons) and Dev as (Deities), as is indicated

by the fact that no swine—the gifts thought

being a very common honorific. If a person falls under his influence (drishti), he will

particularly fit for Kär an as (Ghosts) and Demons—are offered to him. To some of the

Ayyappa is also called Malë

jungle-Ayyappas Brahmans are sent once a year; others are served only by the Coorgs—with

become ill.

Deva, i. e. Hill-god, and Bété Ayyappa, 7. e. Lord-father of hunting, and his favour is sought for hunting expeditions. His stone,

such the Brahmans have nothing to do. Some

on a small platform (dimba kattà), 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

up, in Ayyappa's name, in the jungle (i. e.

some occasionally to proceed. On his plat

call him Ayyappa.

form models in wood and clay of bows, arrows,

Coorgs say that in a few places a buffalo is tied killed P).

With the Tamilas, Ayyappa is called Ayyanār, and receives also swine as offeringss; the Tulus 2. Another name of Ayyappa in Coorg

dogs, horses, elephants, &c. are laid as gifts. When a hunt has been successful, an Ayyappa

is Sã stav u or Sårt ä vu.

stone is presented with a cocoanut and some rice,

of whom consider its bearer to be the master of

and, according to others,also with a fowland some

Demons. In Coorg he is a stone within or

• No bigoted Coorg would dare, and no Brāhman would,

put the Ayyappas and Kál is under the same heading with the Demons + Ay, Ayya, is a honorific title among the Dravidians affixed to proper names, like “Appa.” May it be ºwith arya? connected ific name for “bloody sacrifice” with 1 Bali is the the Dravilians; the rootbal means to be strong, able,

firm or tight, and is very common. Bala and Bali of Sanskrit literature may be Dravidian.

-

It is also found

among the Tamilas|| and Tulus (Sástdeu), both

§ Ziegenbalg's Genealogie der Malabarischen Gºtter, p. 151.

| Sätta, Sãst à. See Zieg. pages 150, 152, 154, 185. this Demon remind one of Śiva's appel lations—Sánta, Sarva. The names of