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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. 191
how they may obtain heaven: or, as sisters, bring to them
any female they choose, and reveal whatever they desire to
know of the present or future. He who wishes to obtain
the company of a Nayika must worship her thrice a day,
and repeat her name at night in a cemetery for seven, or
fifteen, or thirty days. On the last night he must continue
to repeat her name till she appears to him, and asks what
he wishes for. She remains with him during the night, and
departs the next morning, leaving with him presents to a
large amount; which, however, he must expend the next
day, or they will all evaporate. If the worshipper wishes to
go to any place in the three worlds, the Nayika takes him
thither in a moment. If after cohabiting with one of the
Nayikas, he cohabit with any other female, the Nayika
immediately destroys him. Anundti-chundru, a bramhun
of Soopoom in Veeru-bhoomee, who died only a few years
since, is said to have obtained the fruit of his worshipping
the Nayikas.
The Yukshus are the servants of Kooverii, the god of
riches, and fly through the world preserving the wealth of
men. A number of stories, not worth detailing, principally
referring to their wars or intrigues, are contained in the
pooraniis. In the form of meditation, Kooverii is described
as a white man, having a hammer in his right hand. He
is worshipped at the festival of the goddess Lukshmee, and
at all the other great festivals; but has no separate feast,
image, nor temple. The Ramayunu relates that Koovem,
by prayer to Bramha, accompanied with religious auste-
rities, obtained Lunka, (Ceylon;) the very mire of whose
streets is gold. Here he reigned till Ravunti dispossessed
him. Bmmha also gave to this god the chariot Poosh-
puku; which had the property of expansion, and of going
wherever the charioteer wished. From Lunka, Koove"rii
how they may obtain heaven: or, as sisters, bring to them
any female they choose, and reveal whatever they desire to
know of the present or future. He who wishes to obtain
the company of a Nayika must worship her thrice a day,
and repeat her name at night in a cemetery for seven, or
fifteen, or thirty days. On the last night he must continue
to repeat her name till she appears to him, and asks what
he wishes for. She remains with him during the night, and
departs the next morning, leaving with him presents to a
large amount; which, however, he must expend the next
day, or they will all evaporate. If the worshipper wishes to
go to any place in the three worlds, the Nayika takes him
thither in a moment. If after cohabiting with one of the
Nayikas, he cohabit with any other female, the Nayika
immediately destroys him. Anundti-chundru, a bramhun
of Soopoom in Veeru-bhoomee, who died only a few years
since, is said to have obtained the fruit of his worshipping
the Nayikas.
The Yukshus are the servants of Kooverii, the god of
riches, and fly through the world preserving the wealth of
men. A number of stories, not worth detailing, principally
referring to their wars or intrigues, are contained in the
pooraniis. In the form of meditation, Kooverii is described
as a white man, having a hammer in his right hand. He
is worshipped at the festival of the goddess Lukshmee, and
at all the other great festivals; but has no separate feast,
image, nor temple. The Ramayunu relates that Koovem,
by prayer to Bramha, accompanied with religious auste-
rities, obtained Lunka, (Ceylon;) the very mire of whose
streets is gold. Here he reigned till Ravunti dispossessed
him. Bmmha also gave to this god the chariot Poosh-
puku; which had the property of expansion, and of going
wherever the charioteer wished. From Lunka, Koove"rii