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Dr. Jaybee wrote:

> >>மலேசியா பல்லினப்பேய்கள் வாழும் நாடு. சீனப்பேய்கள் தவிர
> >>மலாய்ப்பேய்கள் வேறு, வகை வகையாக இருக்கின்றன. இவற்றையெல்லாம்
> >>தூக்கிசாப்பிடும் வல்லபூதம், வலாஷ்டிகப்பேய், அல்லல்படுத்தும் அடங்காமுனி,
> >>பிள்ளைகள் தின்னும் புழக்கடை முனி, கொள்ளிவாய்ப்பேய், குறளைப்பேய்,
> >>பெண்களைத் தொடரும் பிரம்மராக்ஷஸ், இரிசி, காட்டேரி, என்ற தமிழ்ப்
> >>பைசாசவகைகள் இருக்கின்றன.
> >
> >Which ghost is what ? How do you classify 'ghosts'
>
> Now *that* is really surprising!
> I thought you put up the Kandhar Shashti Kavacam
> in the web?


Somebody else put up Shashti Kavasam. I didn't.


> Well, anyway. These are the words that occur
in
> Kandhar Shashti Kavacam in the sement, "பில்லி சூனியம்
> பெரும்பகை அகல....until "விடு விடு வேலை வெருண்டது
> ஓட".


But I am never able to comprehend which is what whenever i read the work
?


> These are various classes and types of spirits.
> Just as there are races and species of animals, there
> are also among them. They are commonly termed as
> "பைசாச கணங்கள், பூத கணங்கள், இராக்கத கணங்கள், etc.
> The classification and description can be found in
> various treatises on Manthriika Saastra, some types
> of Black Tantras, Puranas, etc. Indian Voodooism has
> a lot of this aspect in it.

My question is - what is a kollivaaypey, kuralaipey, irisi, kaatteri,
vaalasthigapey. The 'popular' ones in usage are pey, boodham, kaatteri
(though most of us don't know who is
what ?).


> >(& I wonder who did that) ?
>
> The PEyological classification in Kandhar Shashti
> Kavacam was made by Deva Raya SwamigaL.
> The others - I did'nt do it.

But he did not classify them. I guess he used the names in
which case this nomenclature must have existed even before him.


Towards a pey research,

Anbu.