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 70
, are too offensive to behold. 5. [LascorineJ] I am the man that went to fightwith the Malabars. I fought gallantly, and was takenprisoner. But though I have lost my nose, and brokemy lips, I am your own husband, your slave, by thename of Gampelle. 6. [ Wife.] My husband is a very handsome… … .7 Netfurdj/i LitJug JvrtKf OrtcnlaZ Traiisl/ilian.Funal. KOLAN XATTAWAMA. 41 have lost your lips and nose. Therefore if you say, Iam your wife, I will box your face as much as I can. 7. [Lascorine.] Did you not hear about the battlefought at the field of Gampelle ? in which I not onlylost my nose,…
Demonology
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