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MS Batak 36801

Pagar, panabari and pandumpang, probably all protective magic.

Aji ginjung or aji habonaran, magic against thieves, with a figure which should be drawn on a winnowing-basket.

Pagangubalang sigundur, aggressive magic.

Poda ni ari rojangta laho mangona ome tu juma.

Poda ni si padiampa ni taun.

Poda ni tulbasta di begu pane.

Poda ni tambarta di na rojanon

On pongpang bala saribu, 'stemming a thousand warriors'. In this paragraph the pupil is addressed as 'my uncle' (tulangku).

Poda ni ari rojang, on the 30 days of the month in connexion with the lunar mansions

An incantation (tabas) for protectice magic (pagar).

Some scribbles

Gorak-gorahan ni manuk sitoho-toho, divination from signs in the inside of a fowl.

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Gorak-gorahan ni manuk sitoho-toho, divination from signs in the inside of a fowl.

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