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Parale. A P.-kavi, to exorcise possession by a demon who is not named, invokes the three Refuges, Nâta, Siddha Pattini, and Kanda; the demon is promised a muslin robe and a red garland.
Parana Kosamba. A spirit, invoked in Väḍi-yak-yâdinna.
Parandal-solanna. "Dry Leaf Rustler," a spirit invoked in Divi-dos-sântiya. Parasidu Pattini.
See Pattini.
Paraya. Child of Yama-dûti.
Paritta. See Pirittuva.
Parvati. A goddess, dwelling in the magic mat (see Aṭa Magula). See also Uma Pas-äs, See Buddha.
Pas Devata. Pase-budun. Patma Pattini. See Pattini.
Patra-kali. See Kâli.
Patti Gara. A demon, invoked in Dolos-giri-dev-liyagê puvata as haunting cross-paths by cattle-folds, and milking cattle. See Garâ.
Patti Giri. A goddess, invoked in Dolos-giri-dev liyage puvata as dancing and throwing her glances upon passers-by, and causing excessive corpulence; also in Tedâlankâraya, Giri-liyô-dolaha-pidavila, Amara-sântiya, Yak-pidavila, and Samayan-pädura, in the last as dancing on the stones round the cattle-folds. See Giri.
See Devatâ.
See Pacceka-buddhas.
Patti Kaḍavara. See Paṭṭiya Kadavara.
Pattini (Kannaki). A great goddess of Dravidian India, whose legend is told in the Tamil classical epic Silapp'-adhikâram. Many versions appear in Ceylon. The Amba-p.upata, Amba-vidumana (several versions), P.-yâdinna, Teda-ratna-mâlaya, and a Dolos-räsśântiya relate that Maha-kela Nâga-râja, the great Serpent, having caught rheumatism from bathing and basking on Mount Meru, followed the Nâga-kanyâ or Serpent-maiden down to the world of Nâgas. As she was one day bathing in a lake in the world of men, her dress and ornaments were stolen, and she hid in the lake. Out of shame she dived back, and passed away, and became reborn as a girl-child in a flower-bud (Mal Pattini), which a Brahman found after many adventures. At the age of 16 years, refusing to marry, she did penance on the Andun-giri or Black Mountain. Säkra (Sak Raja) came to her; at his request she turned the rock into a rice-field and gave him alms from the grain thereof, which she at once ripened and cooked. He then asked her to punish the pride of the Pândiyan king by destroying the third eye which he had in his forehead. She accordingly was incarnated as a golden mango in the king's orchard; Sak Raja, in the disguise of an aged archer, shot the fruit from this tree, and a ray of light from it (or its juice), issuing from it, blinded the king's third eye. The fruit was then carried down the river Kâvêri in a casket, or pot vase, or boat (whence the name Oru-mâla P.), which was found by Mânâ-guru (Mânâyuru) of Mantonduva and queen Marakkâli. Seven days after, on Säkra coming to ask for a mango, a little girl was found to have issued from the fruit. She was adopted by them, and called "Orumâli Pattini" or "Siri-mâ-muni Pattini". In the Amba-p.-upata the mango-tree and orchard are ascribed to Viskam (Viśvakarma). The Mal-pattini-upata tells how she was born in a lotus-flower, which Säkra gathered and put into a golden casket; after seven days she arose from it. The Pandi-neta-mäku-upata relates that a Nâga whose life had been saved by a Muni or holy man gave him the jewel from its head, which the Muni left in his hut. From it was born a beautiful golden girl,
