Note 4 — The Aet-kanda Lēniyā1

He was sent first to the Aet-Kanda Lihiniyā (Lēniyā is an alternative spelling), and had the same experiences at its nest, before he got the milk. The young birds told their mother that he was their elder brother, the son of their Puñci-Ammā.4 When he stated that he had come to ask for the milk, the Lihinī (the female Rukh) said, “Andō! Son, when did any one get milk from me, and cure a sick person with it? She has done that to kill you, not through want of it. However, since you have come I will give you a little milk.” One of the young birds accompanied him to his home. After his mother had drunk the milk she pretended to be still ill, and sent him for the milk of the Demon Hound,5 which lived in a cave in a forest. I translate this part:—