Mantrapada 59 In addition, spirits like Unmada, Apasmāra and Brahmarākṣasa also seize people, desirous of being propitiated by oblations or of a having sexual enjoyment with the victims or with an intent to kill them. They are either quiet are cruel in their disposition. Only people of certain conditions are seized by such evil forces. Those who are angry, intoxicated by joy, frightened, lonely, separated, deprived of belongings and out of their senses are afflicted. Similarly women in certain situations like pregnant, nude, in menstural period, lustful, intoxicated by liquor, walking the streets alone during night, anointed with oil and despised, become the target. Such people show unnatural actions and behave strangely. They emulate the actions of other castes, have convulsions and suffer loss of consciousness etc. विकृतनेत्र: पतितो विसंज्ञः फेनं वमन् सङ्कुचिताङि घ्रहस्तः । ऋन्दन् सुभीमं विदशंश्चदन्तान् मत्तस्त्वपस्मारयुतः सुखी च ॥ पठन् वेदान् कुशान् धत्ते द्विजानुष्ठानकृत् सदा । देवान् यजित विप्रांश्च ग्रहश्च ब्रह्मराक्षसः ।। kemedial measures like treatment with medicines and Mantras may be tken only after ascertaining the intention of the force occupying the body of the patient. When gentle methods like propitation by oblations fail, cruel and hard measures may be resorted to. In the second category the clay model of the person may be pierced, cut into pieces and offered as oblation in sacrifical fire. The evil forces may be chided, chastised and beaten up to persuade them to leave the body of the affected person. It is held: पूर्वं ग्रहाणामभिवाञ्छितार्थेबलिप्रदानै स्तनुताच्चिकित्साम् । यदा न मुद्यञ्चेन्मृदुभिः प्रयोगैस्तत श्चिकित्सां विदधातु रौद्रीम् ॥ आलेपनैर्धूपविशेषबद्धः क्रूरैस्तथा भर्त्सनताडनैश्च । तत्त्पुत्तलीच्छेदनवेधहोमैः कुर्याद् विमोक्षं क्रमशो ग्रहाणाम् ॥ (43) The section is entirely related to the nature of Lhutab- ädhã-demoniac possession and its remedies. Mantras of various kinds are prescribed for the purpose. They are enumerated as useful in various cases. Accordingly Mantras like Khadgarāvana, Sūlini, Vanadurgā, Aghorâstra, Sudarsana, Nrsimha, Mantrarāja, Aparajitä, Vyomavyäpi are effective in dispelling evils from the
