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II. ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1343

PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH (ÂYUSHYÂNI)....................................................................................... 1343

III, 11. PRAYER FOR HEALTH AND LONG LIFE. ..................................................................................................1344

II, 28. PRAYER FOR LONG LIFE PRONOUNCED OVER A BOY. .............................................................................1344
III, 31. PRAYER FOR HEALTH AND LONG LIFE. ..................................................................................................1345
VII, 53. PRAYER FOR LONG LIFE........................................................................................................................1345
VIII, 1. PRAYER FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE DANGERS OF DEATH. .................................................................1346
VIII, 2. PRAYER FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE DANGERS OF DEATH. .................................................................1347
V. 30. PRAYER FOR EXEMPTION FROM DISEASE AND DEATH. ...........................................................................1349
IV, 9. SALVE (ÂÑGANA) AS A PROTECTOR OF LIFE AND LIMB. ..........................................................................1350
IV, 10. THE PEARL AND ITS SHELL AS AN AMULET BESTOWING LONG LIFE AND PROSPERITY. .......................1351
XIX, 26. GOLD AS AN AMULET FOR LONG LIFE. ................................................................................................1351

III ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1352

IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, SORCERERS, AND ENEMIES (ÂBHIKÂRIKÂNI AND KRITYÂPRATIHARANÂNI).

........................................................................................................................................................................ 1352

I, 7. AGAINST SORCERERS AND DEMONS. ...........................................................................................................1352

I, 8. AGAINST SORCERERS AND DEMONS. ...........................................................................................................1352
I, 16. CHARM WITH LEAD, AGAINST DEMONS AND SORCERERS. .......................................................................1353
VI, 2. THE SOMA-OBLATION DIRECTED AGAINST DEMONS (RAKSHAS). ...........................................................1353
II, 14. CHARM AGAINST A VARIETY OF FEMALE DEMONS, CONCEIVED AS HOSTILE TO MEN, CATTLE, AND
HOME...................................................................................................................................................................1353
III, 9. AGAINST VISHKANDHA AND KÂBAVA (HOSTILE DEMONS). .....................................................................1354
IV, 20. CHARM WITH A CERTAIN PLANT (SADAMPUSHPÂ) WHICH EXPOSES DEMONS AND ENEMIES...............1354
IV, 17. CHARM WITH THE APÂMÂRGA-PLANT, AGAINST SORCERY, DEMONS, AND ENEMIES. .........................1355
IV, 18. CHARM WITH THE APÂMÂRGA-PLANT, AGAINST SORCERERS AND DEMONS. .......................................1355
IV, 19. MYSTIC POWER OF THE APÂMÂRGA-PLANT, AGAINST DEMONS AND SORCERERS. ..............................1356
VII, 65. CHARM WITH THE APÂMÂRGA-PLANT, AGAINST CURSES, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF SINFUL DEEDS.
.............................................................................................................................................................................1356
X, 1. CHARM TO REPEL SORCERIES OR SPELLS. ................................................................................................1357
V, 31. CHARM TO REPEL SORCERIES OR SPELLS. ..............................................................................................1359
V, 14. CHARM TO REPEL SORCERIES OR SPELLS. ..............................................................................................1359
VIII, 5. PRAYER FOR PROTECTION ADDRESSED TO A TALISMAN MADE FROM WOOD OF THE SRAKTYA-TREE.
.............................................................................................................................................................................1360
X, 3. PRAISE OF THE VIRTUES OF AN AMULET DERIVED FROM THE VARANA-TREE. ........................................1362
X, 6. PRAISE OF THE VIRTUES OF AMULET OF KHADIRA-WOOD IN THE SHAPE OF A PLOUGHSHARE. .............1363
IV, 16. PRAYER TO VARUNA FOR PROTECTION AGAINST TREACHEROUS DESIGNS. ........................................1365
II, 12. IMPRECATION AGAINST ENEMIES THWARTING HOLY WORK. ................................................................1366
VII, 70. FRUSTRATION OF THE SACRIFICE OF AN ENEMY. ................................................................................1366
II, 7. CHARM AGAINST CURSES AND HOSTILE PLOTS, UNDERTAKEN WITH A CERTAIN PLANT. .......................1367
III, 6. THE ASVATTHA-TREE AS A DESTROYER OF ENEMIES..............................................................................1367
VI, 75. OBLATION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF ENEMIES (NAIRBÂDHYAM HAVIH). ............................................1368
VII 37. CURSE AGAINST ONE THAT PRACTISES HOSTILE CHARMS. ..................................................................1368
VII, 13. CHARM TO DEPRIVE ENEMIES OF THEIR STRENGTH............................................................................1368