Note 472 — Chapter I
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Those who meet death by drowning become goblins, residing near the scene of their death, and are a source of danger to all who approach the water; for instance, in Monāpuri and Sāsai, there are two ghunas (mysterious watery pits) haunted by bhuts (ghosts) which take the lives of one or two buffaloes every year.472 Mātās473 and Shankhinis also haunt wells, springs, and tanks and either drown, or enter the persons of those who go near their resorts.