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Folk Lore Notes. Vol. II—Konkan

Note 86 — Chapter VI · THE EVIL EYE AND THE SCARING OF GHOSTS.

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The spirit known as Mahápurush haunts the Pipal and Umbar trees. Avagat the ghost of a widow haunts the Avali (Phyllanthus emblica) tree. Alavant, the ghost of a woman dying at childbirth or during her menses, lives in the Nágchámpa, Surang and the Kájra trees. Devachár, Sambandh, Munja, Zoting, Khavis and Khápra reside in trees and plants.86

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