Note 182 — Chapter I · NATURE POWERS.
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The following places are said to be inhabited by water spirits:—the channel of Kalamba, the tanks of Sopara and Utaratal and the lake called Tambra-tirtha at Bassein182. Water nymphs are supposed to drown a person who tries to save another fallen into water.183 A species of small men named Uda, otherwise called water-spirits, are said to dwell in water and subsist on fishes.184 The spirits called Khais and Mhashya are supposed to reside in water.185