Note 91 — Chapter III · DISEASE DEITIES.
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Some are of opinion that the bhuvās, in order to raise money from the credulous by terrifying them, daub a tree within the limits of each village with the form of a trident, and fix rags to it, stating that it is the abode of a māmo or a pir. At times they ask their clients to offer certain things to such trees, which they appropriate to themselves.91