Note 162 — Chapter I · NATURE POWERS.
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Before a well is dug, an expert is consulted to ascertain the place where a spring flows. A well is then dug, after offering a sacrifice to the spirits and deities that happen to dwell at that spot. A dinner is given to Bráhmans after the well is built.162 A golden cow is often thrown into a newly built well as an offering to the water deities.163 There is a well at Mandangad, the water of which serves as medicine to cure the poison of snakes and other reptiles.164