Note 153 — Chapter V · WORSHIP OF THE MALEVOLENT DEAD.
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A Chudel has no shoulders.153 Any passer by coming across her is asked by her to take her to his home, and if he agrees, she accompanies him, passes the night in his company, and brings his life to a speedy end. In the village of Charādi under the jurisdiction of Dhrāngadhra, a Girāsia named Halāji fell into the clutches of a Chudel who was driven from his person by the enchantment of a Jati on condition that he should not go into the eastern part of the village.154