Note 17 — Chapter II · HEROIC GODLINGS
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One of the remedies adopted to stop an epidemic of cholera is to propitiate Shiva by the performance of Rudrayāg,17 Mahārudra,17 Shatachandi,17 Homahavan and by bestowing gifts on Brāhmans and other holy men.18 Sometimes vows are observed with the same object in honour of a minor local deity named Lala Hardev.19 Another method of driving off the disease is to convey it to the body of a goat or a ram, or a he-buffalo, and to drive the animal out of the village.20