Indian Antiquary Vol 23

SR No.: 032515
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 412
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JULY, 1894.
from a silver pot; he chewed betel from nuts placed at the door. A feast is performed to him at the shed, which was built at the cost of a thousand people!
Sarala Jumadi left Sara-Beliyûr and came to Brahmâ's abode, and passed it by. Soon afterwards he came to the abode of a god at Kariya, and passing on he visited the Bhúta Sittisvari, residing in a gudi at Kandel. He then passed by a temple, built by Brahmans, and by the plain at Adda, and went on to Mugêrnad, where he visited six Bhûtas and two gods. He passed by the bidu at Bardala, and the banian tree at Mantame, and the rock at Adda, and came to the chavadi at Yirandabettu. He took possession of a matham at Alangar, and passed on by the tirtha of Yill Bhavo, near the matham there. He came to the sand-bank at Panimugêr, and visited a god at Panumbar in the west. He also visited a god at Nandar in the east, and three Brahmâ Bhûtas at Urimanel. He crossed over the sand-bank at Panimugêr, and passed by a basti (temple) built by a Setți, and a temple built by a Brahman, and by the Kafichikar Keri. He passed along the cobbler's street, and came to the garden called Nandana Vana, where he spread disease among the houses of Kujumba Dêre and Tankara Baidya. They caused a man to refer to the prasna-book, and. in it was found the words :
"It is the Bhuta Jumadi who has spread disease."
Also it was found:-"If a festival be performed to him in this village, the disease will be cured."
The people of three quarters in the village gathered together, and under the jack-tree, where the cock-fights are held, they offered a sacrifice to Jamâdi in a shed.
"It is sufficient for me, is this feast; but I want a sánam also," said Jumâdi.
The people of the three quarters had a committee and built a sánam for Jumâdi at Nandana Vana. A flag was raised, a car was made, and a feast was performed at Nandana Vana.
Sarala Jumâdi left that sanam and came to Sara-Pulinkadimara, where there are a thousand houses. He passed by Kalla-Botti-Kayeri, by the stream Ummana-Botti-Târa, and by the old fort at Ambadadi, and came to a banian tree at Mantame. He had with him his servant Banta, and went on to the bidu at Nandar-Bettu, where lives Kochalva Ballal. Jumâdi spread disease in that house. Then the Ballâ made a reference to the prasna-book, from which it was known that Jumâdi had arrived and had made the people sick.
"If the disease is to be healed, food must be given to Jumâdi, and a puja with flowers must be performed," said the prasna-reader.
The Ballal promised all to the Bhûta, and soon afterwards the disease was cured. After this Kochalva Ballâl regularly performed the feast of Jumâdi.
In the next year Jumâdi said to Kochalva" It is not proper for you to perform the feast alone. It will be better for you and the people of Ambadâdi Mâgne to build me a sánam together."
Kochalva Ballal and the people of Ambadâdi Mâgne built a sanam together on a rock at a place called Laker, where a feast is performed once a year.
In the year following Jumâdi said:-"This place is not fit for a súnam, therefore I want another one."
So the people of Ambadâḍi Mâgne and the Ballâl built a sanam at another place called Mangalimara, and a feast was performed there.
In the year after that Jumâdi left that village and came to Kodigrama Mâgne, and going to a place called Parari-guttu, he made the people sick. They referred to the prasna-book, and it was found that it was Jumâdi, who had made them all sick.
They at once asked of the prašna-reader:-"What is to be done now ?"