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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 4 — The Rākshasa-eating Prākshasa1

H. (Henry) Parker translation

Three-cubits went; he went to seek some food, and return. When going, he went to the house of the Kuḍu Heṭṭirāla4 of that village. Having gone he said, “Anē! Heṭṭirālahāmi, the food we brought became finished. You must give something for us to eat for the present on the road.”

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