Note 96 — Chapter II · HEROIC GODLINGS
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Small-pox is supposed to be the result of the displeasure of the goddess Shitalā. In all cases of small-pox the victim is left to suffer, the only remedy being the observation of vows in honour of the angry goddess. Different things are dedicated to the goddess according as the disease affects one part of the body or another; and they are usually offered on a Sunday or a Tuesday. The usual offering consists of kulera,96 a tāv (a sheet of paper), fried juvāri, fried gram, and other articles varying according to the symptoms.97