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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
Kaberi. "The Kaftir", the name given to the child of Citra Raja of Citra-nuvara and Candra Kumari. The 16 other wives of Citra and the midwife exchanged him at birth for a log, anst he went through many adventures. A Raksasa (demon) killed a Kâbêri or Kaffir, and gave his skin to the prince as a coat. With this he went to Candra-padmanuvara, where the king received him kindly, and gave him his unmarried daughter. Seven kings having attacked the country, he killed and decapitated them, and cut out their tongues. His 6 brothers-in-law claimed to have killed them. Later, when hunting for game for the festival in honour of this victory, they were unable to catch any ; but the Kåbäri shot soms with his gun, and again cut out the tongues. Then, when his brothers-in. law claimed credit also for this, he showed the tongues of the seven kings and the game, and revealed their fraud. [Kabêri-kathava.]
Kaccayani. Queen of Paduvas. Kadaturava. See Curtain.
Kaçavara. A name given to various demons. The K.-upata states that K. was chief under the Mala Raja in Malaya-hala land, and came to Santâna-pattana with Mala Raja, by whose leave he receives offerings; he appears as a golden peacock. It prescribes that the exorcist shall wear a red cloth and carry a torch, red cock, and arrow. The offerings are presented on a three-staged altar of plantain-bark, 31 spans long; the middle story contains 16 receptacles and is adorned with 5 kinds of flowers, and 5 pusul gourds are put round it. A sanctuary (ayila), in width 2 carpenter's cubits and 3 fingers, in height 7 cubits, with arches of plantain wood at its gates, is set up; at each corner 4 nooses are placed, and apparently also one at the top, in which a fowl is fastened. Flowers are offered on a pusul. It invokes the Kalavaras Pamanak, Gini, Mal, Sapu-mal, Andi, Golu, Bihiri, Devel, Bhůta, Abhůta, Sirime, Tota, Mul, and Tel, and alludes to the Kadavaras Gopalu, Pulutu, Anda, and Manda. 4 K.-kavi states that this god was chiof officer of the Mala Raja, and landed at Puliyankulama. He was born in Malavara-desa, and speaks Tamil ; he wears a silk cloth, chain, jacket, and turban. He visited the dancing-ground at Bolagala, and caught some one in the field of Gurudeniya, near Kandy. The Kalavaras Aliyama, Sellan, and Sirimê and the Three Kings are invoked, and allusion is made to the hunt of the Boar. - Another K.-kuvi, giving an exorcism to accompany a magic dance, invokes Buddhist themes, Boksäl, Vesamunu, and the Kalavaras Pili, Dala, Sellan, Mal, Kalu, Vädi, Gini, Sirimê, Sørå, and Vali Yak. A K.-gotu-pidavila prescribes offerings in scoops made of leaves (gotu) to the Kadavaras Senevi-ratna, Dala, Händä, Aliyama, Tota, Lê, Mal, Kumara, the Hat K., Tani, Kalu, Andun, and Sandun. The Tedala i karaya (Kadavara-vistaré) describes a rite invoking the Kadavaras Devel, Sôn, Sellan, Toța, Parti Giri, Okanda Giri, Ruk-mal, Namal, Mal, and the Yakas Pilli and Salita, and prescribes offerings at a cemetery. AKvidiya ordains a ritual with an ayilt (shrine) with 9 nooses, flower-garlands, and 4 entrances, and invokes the Kadavaras Ândi, Mal, Gini, Ratikan, Mul, Devel, Tofa, Abhimana, Pili, Kalu, Lê, Siri, Pulutu, Mas, Sapu-mal, Audun, Sandun, Pattiya, Tota-pala, Abhůta, Gopalu, Kili. Anda, Manda, Gelu, Bihiri, and Bhůta among the 18 Kudavaras and their 32 attendants. Another K.-vidiya, prescribing a ritual for the Kadavara gods, relates that the Rsis, Säkra, Kosamba, and Mala Raja gave them leave to come to Ceylon. It invokes the 36 Valli Yakas, 9 Meleyi Y., Riri Kadavara, Vädi Yaka, Lê K., Mal K., Samayan K., the K. Kumarus, Tota K., Dala K., Golu K., Rati K., and Bhůta Yaka. A black cock is offered to them in an area 7 cubits square. It gives some account also of Mul K., the Bhůta, Abhûta, and Vädi-gala Yakas, Râhu and his leading the Mala Raja into.Ceylon to heal
