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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
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Palauga had been alain. She then get Madura on fire, but rescued the boy and took him with her to Ceylon, where she settled him at Ridigama. Here she put under his charge a golden.image brought from Madura. He was named K, B., the Child God; he heals sickness, and is under the protection of Kataragama Deva and Pattini. See also Ridigama Deva.
Kumara Devatar. Invoked in Gara-yal-paliya ; see Gará Yaka.
Kumara Devi. A god, described in Dola ha-devi-kavi as drinking arrack and eating fowls; his attendants bear fire-armo. Invoked, as coming in a ship, in Alut-deri-k. See also Vata Kumara.
Kumara Kaçavara. 4 demon, worshipped in Karlavara-gotu-pidavila. Kumara Sami. A demon, on whom see Pitiya Devi. Kumara-simha. A demon, on whose cult see Perchära. Kumara Yaka. A demon, invoked in Kadavara-tovil. Kumari Hami. A goddess invoked in Dalu-mura-pidum-kavi. Kumari Samini. See Kiri Amma.
Kumbhanda Rakusu. A demon invoked to avert fever and other diseases in the Rakusu-bali, where he is described as baving a string of beads, a red robe, and a sword, and holding a victim. See Rakusu.
Kurumbura. A name given in a series of verses describing several vakas to 8 deities. who are said to have come to Ceylon in an iron ship, and are invoked to come from the 8 quarters. They are Devel, Gini-jal, Kalu, Odi, Vața, Pissi, Riri, and Tota Kurum bura.
Kuşta Rakşi. A female demon, on wbom see Riri Yaka. Kusuma Bisava, Kusumanga Devi. Wife of Mal-gara Raja.
Kuveni. One Vijayindu-hatanê relates that a Brahman who had performed a sacrifice for a king received as reward a gem, which when rubbed on nis forehead caused him to obtain the fulfilment of any desire. His wife saw it, and longed to make use of it in secret ; but Säkra made it invisible, for fear lest it should be defiled by a woman's touch. The Brahman swore that she had stolen it, and she swore that she had never seen it. As they both had sworn untruly, they died of the "perjury sickness" (see Divi Dos). She was reborn as the daughter of Candravati, the queen of Bamba Paja of Ceylon. She had three paps, and the Brahman soothsayers augured evil from this, though they said that the third pap would disappear when she met her futuro hushand. She was therefore exposed under an Indian fig tree at Tammanna-vila, where the yaka's adopted ar reared her. The Brahman, her for mer husband, was reborn as Vijaya. For their further history see Vijaya. Another Vijayindu-hatanê calls the Brabman a chaplain of king Narasimha of Veluran-pura. On the "leopard's tooth" of K., from which the crinum lily is said to have arisen, see Lily. K. is perhaps the same as Bäli Bisa va, q. v.
Kuyêra. A god, uncle of Pûrņaka; see Dälimun.la.
Lakşmi. She presides over a tolabộ plant; see Ata Magula. In one legend she is sister of Mänik pâla (g. v.), Uma, Siri, Gana Devi, Sarasvati, and Târâ. She resided in the leaf of the mango of Pattini, q. v. See also Siriya Devi.
Lama Bandara. A demon, on whose legend see Perahära.
Lama Bilindu Bandara. "The Young Child-God," a Vädda deity, invoked in a Pitiyadevi-kavi where it is said that he wears a black cloth, receives offerings of silk, is near a painted picture, and dwells in a stone-fenced palace.
