Note 18 — Chapter VI · THE EVIL EYE AND THE SCARING OF GHOSTS.
Reading edition
(8) A little dust collected from a spot where two roads cross one another, or red lead and oil offered to Hanumān, a red chilly, an iron nail and grains of adad (Phaseolus mungo) are packed into a piece of white cotton cloth with a black woollen thread, and tied to the cradle of the suffering child.18