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The Kinnara graha is described as one of the cruel grahas that seize children, recognised by a fixed stare, a blood-like body odour, a crooked mouth, a twitching eyelid, refusal of the…

A child seized by the Kinnara graha is massaged with sesame oil prepared with vata-pacifying, fragrant drugs and bathed in water prepared with the same drugs.

A garland strung from bhudhara, gorakhmundi, guduchi, bilva thorns, sandal, indralata, drumstick root and indrayan root is put on a child seized by the Kinnara graha.

An offering (bali) of balls made of shashtika rice and barley is given, and a fire offering (homa) of shali rice, kushtha and cow's ghee is made while reciting all 1008 names of the…

A child seized by the Kinnara graha has a fixed stare, a body smelling of blood, a crooked mouth and one twitching eyelid; he refuses the breast, his eyes shed a little water, and his fists…

A child seized by a graha is treated with many graha-removing measures such as massage, bathing and fumigation; a child seized by the Kinnara graha especially with red flower garlands and…

A fixed stare, a smell of blood, a crooked mouth, a twitching eyelid, refusal of the breast, watery eyes and clenched fists; he is treated with fragrant oil massage and baths, fumigation, a…

For a child seized by the Kinnara graha the text prescribes red flower garlands and offerings of red food (charu).

For the Kinnara graha the child is bathed at a crossroads by night and by day; an offering of balls of shashtika rice and barley is made, and a homa of shali rice, kushtha and cow's ghee is…

The child is fumigated with mustard, hair of all kinds (cow, goat, human and others), snake slough, asafoetida, vacha and kakadani mixed with ghee and jaggery, and is bathed at a crossroads…

A garland made of bhudhara, gorakhmundi, guduchi, bilva thorns, sandal, indralata, drumstick root and indrayan root is put on the child. Footnotes note the reading 'bilva thorns' in another…

The child is massaged with sesame oil prepared with vata-pacifying and fragrant drugs and bathed in water prepared with the same drugs.

Mustard, hair of all kinds, snake slough, asafoetida, vacha and kakadani mixed with ghee and jaggery are put on fire to fumigate a child seized by the graha.

Bala graha is described as the seizure of children by grahas, each with its own signs and its own baths, oils, ghee, fumigations, amulets and offerings.

Graha affliction is described as seizure by spirit beings (vyantaras and grahas), who the text says trouble people from enmity, for play or wishing to kill, and enter those who neglect…

Grahas overpower children who are frightened in many ways (for example told 'look, a ghost has come, be quiet'), beaten again and again, terrified, or brought up in dirty or deserted…