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SPIRIT BASIS OF BELIEF AND CUSTOM.
AUGUST, 1898.]
A man's wife is generally denoted by the addition of bát, or is frequently formed according to rule 2 [the latter is less respectful]. Thus,
chhán, a carpenter
handar, a baker کاندر
45 khár, a blacksmith
J král, a potter
manar, a lapidary
sts padshah, a king...
متر
grist, a cultivator
navid, a barber نارد
sj, wása, a cook
I also find (Luke, i, 36):
ashnaa, the consin آشنا
...
090
khara-b کهاره بالي
mile det کرانه بالی
mangro منرن memar-hat or متر بالی ...
dile chhana-bái, a carpenter's wife
...
221
انه kander-bai or کاندر بائی
kinderen]
(To be continued.)
grist-bit گریست بالی ...
navid-bi نارد بالی
مالک = ) pelakat پادشاه بالی
málika), the king's wife, the queen
... ha he so maca bệnh, a she-cook, or s
Cook's wife
-hnaa شاربالی
NOTES ON THE SPIRIT BASIS OF BELIEF AND CUSTOM.
BY SIE J. M. CAMPBELL, K.C.L.E., 1.0.8.
(Continued from p. 165.)
6. Effects of Spirit-possession.
The general effects of spirit-possession are sickness or disease, barrenness, loss of favour or affection, loss in business, and general misfortune. When a person is seized by a spirit, the usual symptoms are that he cries incessantly, weeps, speaks at random, bites his fingers, sways his body to and fro, lets his hair fall loose, spits blood, refuses food for days, and day by day grows paler and leaner. In some cases of spirit-possession, where the result is barrenness or other form of ill-luck, no bodily signs are visible. In the Konkan as well as in the Dakhan, the following diseases have been generally attributed to spirit-possession, Monomania, Melancholia, Hypochondriasis, Mania, Dementia, Catalepsy, Hysteria, Epilepsy, Convulsions, Delirium, Malaria, Fainting, Long-continued disease, Cholera and other epidemics, and Sudden Illnes.16 Spirit-possession brings sickness and misfortune. So the Kotegârs, low class Dharwar beggars, if sick or unlucky, go to a Lingayat priest, who gives them an enchanted lemon and some ashes. They eat the lemon, rub on the ashes, and are well.17 The Pingla Joshis of Bijâ
18 The effects and symptoms mentioned above are in the case of involuntary spirit-possession. 14 Information from Mr. V. E. Ghollay, Assistant Surgeon, Poona. 17 Information from Mr. Tirmalrão.
