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Page 92
... kapurala , in order that the god might remove from her the curse of barrenness . Last , there was an old man , a trader from a large and distant village of another district ; he wore immense spectacles , and all day long he walked ...
... kapurala , in order that the god might remove from her the curse of barrenness . Last , there was an old man , a trader from a large and distant village of another district ; he wore immense spectacles , and all day long he walked ...
Page 107
... kapurala as he passed , for in this way they escape the curse of barrenness . The kapurala carried the god to his mistress , and then retired . Amid the roar of tomtoms , the jangling of bells , the flaring of great lights , and the ...
... kapurala as he passed , for in this way they escape the curse of barrenness . The kapurala carried the god to his mistress , and then retired . Amid the roar of tomtoms , the jangling of bells , the flaring of great lights , and the ...
Page 123
... kapurala cut the waters , and the crowd with a shout splashed high over themselves and one another the waters which would bring them good for- tune through the coming year , Hinnihami stood among them weeping . The pilgrimage was over ...
... kapurala cut the waters , and the crowd with a shout splashed high over themselves and one another the waters which would bring them good for- tune through the coming year , Hinnihami stood among them weeping . The pilgrimage was over ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm child cloth compound daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate Malay months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko