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tune. At certain points in the rite the pots are thrown up into the air and caught again. [K.-..-varnanava: K.-9.-pimbima: K.-9.-nätum: K.-9.-mall.]
kala-giri Yakini. A female demon who inspired the rites for the exorcism of Sudarisana.
Kala-hata Yakini. A female demon, on whom see Turmeric. Kalakot Raja. A god invoked in Salu-salima; see Pattini. Kälani Deva-raja. See Vibhi ana.
Kala Ra kşi. A female demon dwelling in one tooth of the cobra (see Cobra). She is the mother of fowls (see Fowl).
Kald-väva. For the legend of this tank, see Kaçlavara Deva
Käle Kadavara. A demon swimming in streams and torrents; sprays of leaves are hung up for him in forests. [Kalavara-lovil.]
Kali. As the Nâga-raja (cobra-king) was one day spreading his hood over Mount Meru, the Megha-raja (cloud-king) in anger sent a mighty wind which shook Meru and tore the cobra's hood, so that its blood fell upon the Sakvala rock. From this blood arose the Eight Kali goddesses. The eldest of these was Vaduru-kali, the Goddess of Smallpox, or Anuhas Devi. She had charge of Kataragama, and at the age of 7 years she went to Diliraţa. Her arms and hands were blue, and in her clenched left hand she held fire from the Avici hell, with which she smote Visal-pura, causing a pestilence among elephants, horses, and cattle. Kanda imprisoned her in Ruhuna-rata with a seven-fold chain and chastised her, but she soon broke her chain and escaped to the Kotava forest. She was pardoned, and returned. She has a sanctuary at Oyamaduva, and shines like the moon at Palayakulama. She cures smallpox and other diseases and troubles, and drives away Yakas. Smallpox is said to have originated when seven boxes containing the disease were broken as the gods were sporting around Pattini, and the disease spread abroad. Vaduru-kali is invoked as having jewellery, a sunshade, a silk head-dress, and a wig, a silken handkerchief, golden sandals, and over her neck a consecrated thread. She is prayed to come from the ocean-waves to the tank of Peramiyaùkulam, and is said to utter Telugu charms with a silver cane in her hand, and to have received endowments at Bulankulame on coming to Ceylon. [Anuhas-deviyankavi: Vaduruma-kali-uputa.) A statue of her was found near Peramiyankulam tank, in which she wears a high head-dress, a radiating halo, a narrow zone across her naked breasts, and 8 arms; two of her right hands hold a flaming radiated disc, a sword, and a sceptre or mace, and the left hands hold a chank, a bow, and a shield. She is said to have had charge of the eastern gate in the ship of Mala Raja, q.v. She is invoked in Mal-keli-yadinna, which seems to distinguish Vaduru Ma-kâli from Anuhas Devi, who is said to have a blue robe and cobras on her shoulders and head. To V. Mâ-devi Pattini (q. v.) gave charge of Madura. Bhadra-kali is a goddess who causes plague, drought, and famine. She is the wife of Siva or Isvara, and mother of Gana-pati and Bara-net (Kanda). In her rites taboorice (pê-bat) is offered and a bower decorated; dances are performed, the incantation verses recited, and goats and cocks sacrificed by a sorcerer, who cuts off their heads; their bodies may be cooked 7 hours later, and milk-rice is then prepared. [Bh.-k.-piliyama.] The Patra-kali-amma-kavi relates that when the queen of the Dilli Raja went to bathe, Bhadrakâli arose from her blood, and was accompanied by the Seven Kalis. They laid waste 7 lands and slew wayfarers with swords; they lurked in forests and fed on corpses. Human victims were offered to them. Bhadra-kali went to Vel-eliya and assailed Pattini, but on
