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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
Gaurasta Sri-Devatar. A deity who brought a celestial cloth for the healing of Mahasammata; see Cloth.
Ggur ta Yaku. A demon who carried to Mal-sará Raja the Vaḍiga casket. Gautama. See Buddha.
Gi-maḍuva. For this ritual, see Arch.
Gini-bradi Yaka. A demon in the troop of Däḍimunda.
Gini-halamba. On the "Fire-bangle" of Kâli; see Kâli.
Gini-jal Kumari. A goddess, said in Dolaha-devi-kavi to have come with others from Sorabora-väva. She is the mother of Kalu Kumara, q. v. Gini-jal or Gini-kanda Devi is the mother of Mini-maru Yaka, q. v.
Gini-jal Kurumbura. See Kurumbura.
Gini-jal Yaka. A G.-j.-y.-kavi describes this demon as emitting and surrounded by flames, as torturing Yakas by the power of the Gini-jal Bisava, as aided by the Seven, Queens and Pattini, and as having been born under the ashes of a cremated corpse. A Samayan-pädura describes him as aided by the Seven Queens, q. v. He belongs to Däḍimunda's troop. The G.-j.-vina-käpima describes a rite to exorcise spells that burn like sparks of fire, spells of the marriage-post, etc. It invokes Buddha, Pattini, the avatara of Gini-jal Kumaru, Maha-bamba, and Nandiya. See also Gini-kanda.
Gini Kadavara. A demon, exorcised from women's waists in Kadavara-tovil; invoked in Andi-kaḍavara-tovil, Kadavara-kavi, K.-vidiya, K.-upata, K.-kavi, Tota-kumara-santiya. A G. K. stands on each side of Däḍimunda.
Gini-kanda (Gini-jal Kumara.) A demon, said to have been subdued by Buddha with the gini-jal-pralaya charm. To exorcise him from a sick man, the sorcerer puts on a shirt with 9 ends, a jacket and a veil, and takes a yama-club. A square site is measured out with a cord, with various divisions, etc., and is adorned with flowers and coloured cloths; the sick man is brought in, 300 lamps are lit around it, 300 limes are put by, an ash-pumpkin (pusul) is charmed, the 5 bangles of Pattini are invoked, etc. [Gini-kanda-vsi-upata.] The G.-k.-upata relates that when Pâlanga was slain Pattini went to the Kâvêri river, parted its waters by throwing into it her ring, and passed over its bed to Velliya-ambalam. There a Yaka approached her. She stretched out her middle finger, and a flame surrounded her. He swallowed up the flame, but was pardoned by her and became subject to her. From his swallowing flame he was called Gini-kanda ("Fire-devourer"), likewise Gini-jal ("Fire-flame"). He inflicts sickness, and is exorcised by offerings. A G.-k.-kavi states that cocks' flesh, toddy, hemp, and opium should be offered to this demon under bushes. He is the most learned of Yakas. He makes branches in the forest rustle and crash, breaks down trees across forest-paths, causes fits of cold and ague, frightful dreams, visions of bears, leopards, Malays, and Andis. He is the lord of this world. After travelling in many lands he crossed the Salt Sea and landed in Ceylon at Puttalama. See also Abhimâna Yaka, Dädimunda, and Gini-jal Yaka.
Gini-kanda Devi. See Gini-jal Kumari.
Gini-kanda Kadavaras. 7 demons,
comprising the two Yogi Gurus (q. v.), Saragama Râla, Velassê Bandara, Uduvela-piyasa Râla, Katugampala Râla, and Kalu Appu-hami.
Gini-kan Devi. Mother, of Yama-dûti.
Gini-kandi Yakini. The guardian of the Pearl Sea; see Seven Seas, Turmeric.
Gini Kumari, Mother of Kambili Kadavara and Kalu Kumara.
