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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
Kumâra, is said to have been previously a son of the king of Senkada-gala, at whose birth it was predicted that he would be cast out from the court in his sixteenth year. He grew to be much addicted to the sport of bulbul-fighting (these birds, the konda-kurulu or crestech bulbul, were often made to fight for wagers at the court of Kandy). The king, his father, having once thwarted him in this passion, he killed in revenge the king's favourite. For this he was banished, and later put to death by the king's order. His body was thrown into a black pool, whence he arose as a demon, and a sanctuary was made to him. (Senkadagala-kalu-kumara-kavi.) A K.-yak-yädima describes him as having curly black hair and a black or blue robe, with ornaments of cobras, visiting women in their sleep, swimming in the Blood Lake, travelling in a golden car, dwelling in the Black Sea, watching on roads, drinking cocks' blood, eating elephants' flesh, bursting through the earth into the Naga world, riding on a bull, and bearing in his left hand a sword. The K.-Y.-upata says that he was born (1) as son of Vijitta (Vijaya) Raja and queen Karandu-bânâ or Kalu Kiri Mavu : (2) as Jivahatta, son of Kuveni, lady of the lake at the Kalu-gal mountain, and Viitta Raja : (3) as son of the Kalu-gal Kandi and the Kalu-gal Rri, born at Kalu-gal Kande : (4) from the ashes of Bhasmasura; (5) as son of Gini Kumari ; (6) as a Hetti or Certi (merchant), with an arrow and club in his hand, and receiving cocks for sacrifices. He devours men, and sucks elephants' blood, and rides on a bull. He wears, black clothes and ornaments and a sapphire crown, and has a club and sword ; his hair is worn in two long tangled masses. He is attended by 8 yakas and by Devel Devi. His home is the Ruvan-giri in the Kiri-muhuda. The Maha-kalu-devatár-kavi describes Maha Kalu Devatar or Kalu Kumâra as son of queen Karandu-bânâ; he bathes in the Seven Lakes, in the midst of the Seven Seas ; by Säkra's leave he came to Ceylon; he wears black robes and 9 garlands of red flowers, with a sword at his side and a prayer-pad (put-kaia); he rides on a black bull, with a black female demon at his side; he has authority from Irugal Devi, and receives offerings at the junctions of four roads. He dwells at the Mâyâ-kovila. He has a golden bow and arrow, a black robe, and garlands. The same poem invokes him as born of Maha Kalu Kiri Landun, and says that the Sun seized him; his mother went to Pattini, who sent her to the Moon, who sent her on to the Sun, who refused to restore him unless an oath were taken that he would cause no more sickness. This was refused, and the Sun killed him with the sole of his foot. Pattini and the four Guardian Gods restored him to life, and he still afflicts mankind. He is said in the Súniyan-kalu-yak-kavi to have been born from Kiri Mavu in the Milk Sea, in a lotus. He wears black clothes, and lusts for women of dark colour. He sends upon women dreams and diseases causing emaciation and barrenness. He bears a golden staff, on his neck the scarlet flowers of the hibiscus and ixora, and receives blue offerings. The Kalu-gal-usne says that he was son of Kalu-gal Roi and the Kalu-val Queen, carries a black mace, possesses dark women, and dwells on the top of the Kalu-gal Black Rock). One verse adds that he was born in the corner of a black water-lily.
In a collection of verses to several yakas he is said to be worshipped on an altar of sticks, and to have authority from Yama-dora, the Seven Pattinis, and Kataragama Deva. He descended to earth with Maru Yaka, and causes headaches, fevers, and stomach-disordlers, etc. He was the son of Vijaya Raja and Gini-jal Kumari, and was born on a Monday. When Visnu and Saman consumed Bhasmasura, he was born as a Kurumbura (q. v.), and dwelt in a black water-lily. He lives in Kalu-gal-pura, where his father was king, and came to Ceylon in a golden ship. He is said to have been authorised by Vira-munda (q.v.) to kill girls, and to have made Kalu Bandara lord of the lands, according to Kambili
