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Gana Devl. The Hindu Ganesa or Gana-pati; bory: from Távara's wife Uma on a Thursday ; brother of Kanda Kumara; he has an elephant's trunk and pot-belly, and taught the 18 lands 60 arta. [Gana-devi-hälla: Gana-pati-yadinna.) A temple to him was built by King Vira-parâkrama-bâhu ; vide Vanni-puvata. On the legend of the cocoa-nut arising from the head of Gana Devi, who according to Pol-upata was apparently born of an Irugal Queen, see Aa Magula and Cocoa-nit. He dwells in the rice-pestle used in the rite of Ata Magula (q. v.) and in the postle used in rites for healing divi dos (nee Divi Dos). He possesses an eye of the orange cocoa-nut (see Cocoa-nut); protects the thongs of the drum (see Drums); dwells in the mouth of the cobra (see Cobra), and at the tip of the leaf of the lily (see Lily). He is brother of Mänik pala, Umâ, Laksmi, Siri, Sarasvati, and Târâ, in one legend. He is invoked in T'is-päyê kima as regent of the 7th paya; also in Amara. sántiya, Nava-graha-s., Salu-salima, Set-kavi, Valalu-vidiya. See also Abhůta Devi, Kanda, Valli Amma.
Gana-ran Siri Valalla. A spirit in voked in Vädj-sântiya. Ganga Devi. A spirit invoked in Salu-salima.
Gangata Adipoti Bandara. A god, the " lord of the river," invoked in Gange-bandarakavi.
Ganga Bandara. A G.-6.-kavi describes this god's wanderings thus. He went to the Yaksa-giri Divayina, in the midst of which was the Girê wilderness, on the top of the Kantala-kûta; 12 miles beyond that he created the Devel-giri wilderness. He formed 12 Iron-stone Mountains (Yagal-pavu). He created 60,000 Devel Yakas; with them, Devel Pattini, and 60,000 Vadiga Kurumbara Yakas he sailed in a stone ship (hambana) from the Kåvêri river for Ceylon. On their arrival at Hambantota Kanda broke their ship. Gange Bandâra made a new ship of plantain stet.s, and sailed in it up the Maha-väli-gauga to the Dâstota rapids, and thence as far as the forests of Samanala. He turned into yakas a boy named Nayide, who was drowned, and another named Mal Hami. He planted his plantain-trunks on a rock, and in 3 days they formed 67 clumps, bearing fruit in bunches of 7 clusters each. In the middle was a golden plantain-tree bearing pearls and gems From this Kehel-gamuva ("plantain vlage") took its name. A temple was built there, and a pagoda of 9 stories was erected at Usväli. A temple was also made at Pasbâge. He is apparently invoked also as Alut Bandara, Mänik B., and Devata B., unless these are meant for other gods. He received authority from Saman, according to annther G.-b.-kari. He is invoked in Dalu-mura-pidum-kavi, D.-M.-yahan-k., Samagam-mal-yahan. See also Devala Bandara.
Gara. In Dolos-giri-dev-liyagê puvata the Garâ gods Kila, Môlan, Sandamal, Patti, Okanda, Honaļu, and Sohon (q. v.) are invoked.
Gara Yaka. The Gara-yak-pâliya gives a ritual to heal sickness by a bali-offering to Yakşa Giri (q. v.) and sacrifices to Kumara Devatår, Vata Kumâra, Sanni Yaka, and Garâ, adding instructions for distinguishing the kinds of sickness caused by the Yakas Sanni, Riri, Bhůta, Garâ, Vata, Kadavara, Gopalu, Bhairava, Sohon, Pilli, and Haniyan. A Gara Yaku is mentioned in the Kota-halu rite (see Kota halu): propitiated in the Yak-pidávila, Kovila-pevima.
Garuļa. See Gurulu." Garuda Oddisa. See Oddisa. Garuva Raja. A god, invoked in Salu-salima to heal elephantiasis ; see Pattini.
