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been worshipped by a telambu tree at Anuradhapura, which was cut down when the site. was chosen for the Ruvan-väli Dâgaba, king Dutugümunu offering bloody sacrifices to appease her. The Rodiya or scavenger tribe say that her father was a king of Ceylon, who, disgusted by her cannibal tastes, forced her to marry a Rodiya. Two Ratna-valligê sivupadas call her the daughter of king Pärakumbâ (evidently not historical), and say that she would not descend from her tree and allow it to be cut down until Dutugämunu promised that the new Dâgaba should bear her name, Ruvan-väli. Another R.-v.-8., also styling her daughter of Pärakumbâ, adds that the Rodî have come from Maha-nuvara, and are dancing for seven days. In another R.-v.-s. the votary says that when she has passed the twentieth year she will not turn her back and go away without receiving the fish-coin. (2) The mother of Kambili Kadavara.
Rat-ran Devi. A god connected with the legend of the Kaludäkada Hat-raju. Rattakkha. A demon: see Rati-kala-murttu-bali.
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Ratta Rakusu. A demon represented in the Rakusu-bali: see Rakusu.
Ratu Potpotagat Devi. See Potpotagat Devi.
Râma, Sitâ. His great park is [Simhalê vistarê.]
Ravana. The legendary demon-king of Ceylon: see said to have been in Ûva and his small park at Badulla. Rice. The Mâ-vi-upata gives a legend of the mâ-vi or "large rice": when this world was created, Bambas (Brahmas) from the Bamba-world visited it, whose food was the celestial priti-säpa; a substance with a taste like honey then appeared over the ground, and when this had vanished the "large rice" came forth. After this came äl-vi or "hillrice," and then sayam-jâta or "self-born" rice. The poem Gana-ran-mâlê, or Sayam-jâta-viupata, describes the creation of sayam-játa rice when the present aeon was instituted by Maha-bamba, the way of finding lucky hours for weeding and transplanting growing rice, and the manner of weeding it, in which women in the early morning stand in a row, with both shoulders covered, and fepeat verses. Rat-äl rice, spread upon a mat marked with the ața magula or eight-chamber symbol, is used in the ritual of Mohol-upakarana-upata, where it is said to have been brought by order of Maha-bamba from the Tuşita heaven and placed at the feet of a Licchavi king from whom the divi-dos was being exorcised. See also Maha-sammata, Planets.
Rice-pestle. See Pestle.
Riddhi Bisava. A female demon, invoked in Ratikan-madana-bisavagê kavi and Satbisar-yaga (Yaga-vidiya). See Ratikan-madana Yakini, Seven Queens.
Ridi. A goddess, wife of Nîlâ Devi (see Kota-halu).
Ridi Bisavu. The "Silver Queen," invoked in Tovil-vidiya as ruling life.
Ridigama Deva. A god, invoked in Mal-keli-upata. He gave protection to Nâ-mal Kumâra and his companions. See also Kumára Bandara.
Ridi-valalla Vädi (Ridi-valalu). A spirit invoked in Divi-dos-sântiya and Vaḍi-i, Rila-vesa-lat Pattini. See Pattini.
Riri-bonno. See Kuda Riri-bonno.
Riri Kadavara. A demon, invoked in Kadavara-vidiya and Tofa-kumara-baliya, Riri Kurumbura. See Kurumbura.
Riri-madana Yaka, Riri-maru Yaka. See Riri Yaka. Riri-puluța. A demon invoked in Tota-kumára-santiyu.
