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Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

Note 9 — VII Human Sacrifice

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Mr Cain writes further9 that a langur monkey is now substituted for the human victim under the name of erukomma potu or male with small breasts, in the hope of persuading the goddess that she is receiving a human sacrifice.

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