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Yakkun nattannawā

a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, The practices of a Capua or devil priest; as described by a Budhist and Kōlan nattannawā: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characters assumed by natives of Ceylon in a masquerade. Translated by John Callaway

Also known as Yakkun nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, The practices of a Capua or devil priest; as described by a Budhist and Klan nattannaw: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characters assumed by natives of Ceylon in a masquerade. Translated by John Callaway

by A Budhist

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"A specimen of the Klan nattanaw in Singalese characters" on one plate 26 52

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession.

  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the subtitle, “Demonology” in the alternative title, “Demonology” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Demonology”· via Internet Archive
    • “Demonology”· via Open Library
    • “Demonology”· in subtitle
    • “Demonology”· in alternative title
    • “Demonology”· in subject
    • “Demonology”· in edition subtitle

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a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, The practices of a Capua or devil priest; as described by a Budhist and Kōlan nattannawā: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characters assumed by natives of Ceylon in a masquerade. Translated by John Callaway

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1829London Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund; Printed for the Oriental Translation FundEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Digitization sponsor: University of Toronto
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
  • Scanner: scribe4.toronto.archive.org
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openlibrary-work:OL15375704W
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