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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[AUGUST, 1894.
Pray do not injure the breath and prosperity! O! may we all be possessed of perfect minds! 0! may we all be happy and useful to each other! O! may we all obtain the highest power of Tathagatas!
0! may we all obtain the sphere of piety, and, having obtained it, may all oar wishes be fulfilled and reach the supreme end ! Bajra mu! Now I beg you all to depart to your respective dwellings.
Let glory come! Tashi-shak ! Virtue!
dge-o !" 8. Exorcising the She, or Disease-producing, Demons. The demons, who produce disease short of actual death, are called Shed (pronounced sho). They are exorcised by an elaborate ceremony, in which a variety of images and offerings are made. In this ceremony the officiating Lama, invoking his tutelary demon, assumes spiritually his dread guise, and orders out the disease-demon, under threat of being himself eaten op by the awful tatelary demon which now possesses the Lâmá.
The directions for this exorcism are the following :
On the five terraces of the magic circle of Rirab make the image of a yellow frog with a nam-kha, having its belly and face yellow. On the east of it make a two-headed figure with the heads of a tiger and a vulture, riding on an ass and holding the eight parkhas. On the sonth make a two-headed figure with the heads of a horse and a snake, riding on a red horse and holding a lamp. On the west make a two-headed figure with the heads of a bird and a monkey, holding a sword and riding on a goat. On the north make a two-headed youth with the heads of a rat and a pig, riding on a blue pig and holding a water-bag. On the south-east make a dragon-headed woman riding on a mdsô (half-breed yak). On the south-west make a sheep-headed woman riding on a bull. On the north-west make a dog-headed woman riding on & wolf. On the north-east make a bull-headed woman riding on a buffalo. Place thirteen hphang16 mdah, rgyang-ba, and Dam-kha. Place iron on the east, water on the south, fire on the west, and gold on the north with a slüd17 in front of them, and a lamp and a piece of a flesh at each corner. Then bless the whole with the six mantras and the six mudras.
Then assuming the guise of your own tutelary deity, or yidam, chant the following :“Salutation to (the Chinese King) Kong.rtse-hp hrul-rgyal, incarnation of Manjusri!
Hung! Hear me, O, collection of Shed demons! Hear me, O, all you gShed that cause injury! Listen to my orders, and come to receive my presents with great reverence !
I am the representative of the King of the Angry Demons (Khro-rgyal)! I am a great demon-eater !
I am The All-terrifying and Injuring One! There is none that dare disobey my commands!
There is nothing which is not composed of the five elements, and there is nothing to obstruct the communication of my words to your ear. So then, come to receive this ransom!
0, all ye evil spirits and the ghosts of the dead, listen to me and come to receive this present. Through the power of the element of iron, O, eating-demons, ghosts and evil spiritscome to receive this present with mild hearts. O, ye gShed of the four directions, eating demons, ghosts and evil spirits, come and receive it with mild hearts. Ja-hung-bi-hô !
Hung! The ghed of the eastern direction is the woman with the heads of a tiger and a voltare, riding on a red ass. She is surrounded by a thousand attendant gShed. O, ye ** See ante, under namg6, p. 202.
17 Literally "ransom " of dough-cake of wheaten flour.
