Note 71 — Chapter III · DISEASE DEITIES.
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If the evil spirit possessing a patient is a purvaj, i.e., the spirit of a deceased ancestor, either Nārāyan-bali Shrāddha or Nil-Parvani Shrāddha or Tripindi Shrāddha is performed in order to propitiate it, and a party of Brāhmans is invited to dinner. In case the purvaj is a female, a cocoanut is installed in a gokhalo (a niche) in the wall to represent it, ghi lamps are lighted, and frankincense is burnt every morning before it. On the anniversary of the death of the purvaj a party of gorānis (unwidowed women) is invited to dinner.71