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and a hut in which she was healed; made a park and bower for Surambâvati (see Mâtalan): disguised as a hunter, he caused Säkra to drop the seed of the palm (see Palm); created the palace, mango-tree, and orchard of the Pâṇḍiyan king, and a hall and image of Pattini, and brought a ladder and crook for plucking a sapu flower for her (see Pattini); seduced Miyulundana (see Rukattana); bound on the magic hoops (see Valalu, Vas, Vine); took part in the Vidi-rites to heal Maha-sammata and Mänikpâla, preparing the ground and making a building, etc. (see Vidi). To avert the 108 evils in building a house, temple, statue, etc., and likewise in the case of perjury, composing a book, etc., a bali-ritê is prescribed in V.bali, in which a figure of V. is presented, having 10 hands, 5 heads, a book, writer's style, sword, carpenter's cubit, compass, plumbline, blackened line,. water-pot, pomegranate, and trident, and offerings are made on a place which lies east of the spot affected, and is cleansed with cowdung and adorned with palm-flowers, etc. See also Hat Adiya. He is invoked in Tis-päyê kîma (as regent of the 25th päya, and of 5 colours), and in Pirittuva and Satadiya-kavi; his bangle in Halamba-jântiya.
Viyanboyi. A spirit invoked in Väḍi-santiya.
Water-pot Dance. See Kala-gedi-nälum.
Weddings. For the "taboo-verses" used at weddings, see Tahañci.
Women. On the rite of purification for women on attainment of puberty, see Kotahalu. The evil influence supposed to be caused by the courses of women is exorcised in Malvara-kima by invocation of the parts of Buddha's body, etc.
Wooden Peacock (Dandu-monara). The Dandu-monara-kathâ-kavi relates that Kiradâra, king of Upatissa-nuvara in Kalingu, and his queen Mâyâvati had a son. A carpenter made for his own son a wooden peacock that would fly. The prince borrowed it, and pulled the wrong string. It flew away with him to Baranäs where he descended on the tower where dwelt the princess Candra Devi, daughter of king Indra and queen Piyumâvati. She became pregnant by him. Her father discovered him by sprinkling gold dust on her couch, and he was sentenced to death, but flew away with her on his peacock. In a forest the pains of travail came upon her, and he went to get fire, but the string of the machine became ignited and he fell into a river. As Säkra had foretold this event to his father, he was caught in nets, and rescued. Säkra made a bower, in which he took care of the princess. She was taken to her home, and in the end she and the prince were reunited and became king and queen. The Divi-raja-kavi, on the same theme, relates that the princess gave birth to a child (Sandalindu) in the forest, a holy man sheltering her. One day, as she was gathering herbs, the child fell under the bed, and the holy man, thinking it was lost, created from a water-lily another babe (Mala Raja). The two boys found their father, Suramba Raja of Upatissa-nuvara, and their mother Candravati was restored to him. When they sent out to find the holy man created a third boy (Kit-siri, Divi Raja) from a bundle of arrow-grass to accompany them. This is a counterpart to the story of Sitâ, q. v.
Yaga-saman. A brahman of Veluvaran-nuvara, who when seduced by a woman swore
a false oath, whence arose the divi-kaduru, q. v.
Yaggal Väḍi. A spirit invoked in V.-sântiya.
