Yakkun nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, The practices of a Capua or devil priest; as described by a Budhist and Klan nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characters assumed by natives of Ceylon in a masquerade. Translated by John Callaway (1829)
A Budhist · London Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund · leaf 19
of government, has fallen to rise no more. An attempt,therefore, to unfold usages of the most extensive influence andpernicious tendency, which by multitudes of our fellow men arestill followed with avidity, will be viewed with equal interestand candour by all who have at heart the illumination of… … X^Yftijc^ 2.ifiy_/^rMf i^rierUuL TraxJ:^t^n Fm YAKKUN NATTANNAWA. 1. TO the supreme Biidlia named Lowtura, and tohis doctrines and priests, I make obeisance. 2. The greater One is God ! The goddesses namedPattmees will ever protect us, and all men. By success,the goddess Pattinee is equal to the…
Demonology
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