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ALPHABETICAL GUIDE TO SINHALESE FOLKLORE
Kit-siri (Kistiri, Divi Raja). A magically created child given to Sita (q. v.), the brother and companion of Mala Raja, q. v. In the legend of the Wooden Peacock ( v.) he and his brothers are the children of Candravati. He and his 12 Väddas, armed with spears, are invoked in the Divi-dos-ádntiya. He is invoked in Kovila-povima.
Kivi. See Sikura.
Kivile-gedara Devi. A god, mentioned in Dolaha-devi-kavi as having inigrated from Kivule-gedara ; invoked in Dalu-mura-pidum-kavi.
Kohomba Bandaras. 24 spirits of this name are invoked in Vädi-yak-yadinna. 3 Kosamba gods are invoked in Samagam-mal-yahan.
Kolomba Raja (Kosambä). Tho kohomba is the rimba treo (margosa or Azidarachta indica). The name is given to a spirit, said in one version of the Kosamba-upata (cf. Vali-yak-kavi) to have beon the son of a man of Välihela-gama and Loka, a Velanda woman, who on becoming pregnant dreamed that she held a blue lotus, and ten months later gave birth to him after much travail. It was predicted that at the age of 7 years he would desert his parents, and he did so, joining the retinue of the Mala Raja at Välihela, and following him to the Ballâhela cave. Another version of the same poem makes him the son of a king and his queen But, of the Lokayurt family, and says that she dreamed a Brahman gave her a jewel and a king took it. He was turned into a Yaka by Mala Raja and his two brothers, according to Irugal-bandara-kavi. He gave the Kadavaras lenve to come to Ceylon : See Kadavara. He seems to be the same as Kosamba Devi, a flower-born god connected with the legend of Kalu-Bandára's black leopard (see Kalu Bandara).
He is invoked ir. Tofa-kumara-santiya (as Kosambi Kadavara); in Dalu-mura-pidumkavi and Vädi-santiy. (as K. Devi). He is worshipped with betel in Dalu-mura-yahan-kavi.
Kla-sanni Yaka. A demon, born on a Tuesday at Kalamsaya-nuvara of a Tamil mother. He nas a bluo faco, red body, black feet, 8 hands; one corpse is in his mouth, two are in his hands, two at his feet; he holds a cock in one hand and a human victim in another. He haunted a nuga-tree near Višal, by a white ants' nest; thence he pelted women with sand and stones, and caused sickness, viz., 18 kinds of sanni (fits), 200 kinds of stom:ch disease, 18 kinds of rheumatism, and 18 kinds of kóla (idiooy). He demanded at a priest's houso offerings, which were refused. [Kóla-sanni-yak-yadinna.] See Visala.
Konda-raja. An elephant, said to have been attacked and made to fall sick by the Soli Kumira. [Sili-kumara-kavi : Panan-devi-kavi.]
Koralo Bandara. A god, connected with the legend of Kalu Bandara's black leopard (see Kalu Bandara).
Koramini Vädda. A spirit, invoked in Divi-dos-sântiya ; at the Hunting of the Boar (gee Mala Raja) he is said to have climbed a tree and fallen down upon a rock, being paralysed by rage (koroda).
Kora Vädi. “The Lame Vädi", a spirit invoked in Vädi-yak-yadinna. Kora Yaka. A demon, connected with the legend of the plague of Višâlâ, q. v. Kosambi, Kosamba Deva. See Kohomba Raja. Kosamba Gods. See Kohomba Bandaras.
Kosgar'a Devi. A demon, who bewitched Kosgama Rala; invoked in Alut-dev i-kavi. Mentioned in Dolaha-devi-k.
Kota-halu (literally, "New Cloth "). A rite of purification performed over maidens on attaining puberty. The celebrant is a washerman, who after the rite receives
