Note 39 — Chapter V · MAGIC RITES CONNECTED WITH THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OF NATURE
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Sa-nila-nila: this looks as if it ought to be the name of some shrub or tree (nila, indigo); but the variant in the second of these two charms is the most likely to be the right reading; in which case Si Raja Nila (or more properly Nyila) might be translated as “Prince Invitation.” Si Raja Nyila is, in fact, the name sometimes given to the long slender wands with fine nooses at the end with which the wild pigeon are snared, the name being clearly an allusion to its pretended character. ↑