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>"Sitala, 'she who loves the cool', is addressed
as Mata Devi or great mother. She is accompanied [by] smallpox, which is under her control. Sitala is known by names: Jag Rani, 'queen of the world'; Phappolewali, 'she of the vesicle'; Kalejewali, 'she who attacks the liver'" 1/5
![>"Sitala, 'she who loves the cool', is addressedas Mata Devi or great mother. She is accompanied [by] smallpox, which is under her control. Sitala is known by names: Jag Rani, 'queen of the world'; Phappolewali, 'she of the vesicle'; Kalejewali, 'she who attacks the liver'" 1/5](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVMwWPSU0AIu9CS.jpg ">\"Sitala, 'she who loves the cool', is addressedas Mata Devi or great mother. She is accompanied [by] smallpox, which is under her control. Sitala is known by names: Jag Rani, 'queen of the world'; Phappolewali, 'she of the vesicle'; Kalejewali, 'she who attacks the liver'\" 1/5")
as Mata Devi or great mother. She is accompanied [by] smallpox, which is under her control. Sitala is known by names: Jag Rani, 'queen of the world'; Phappolewali, 'she of the vesicle'; Kalejewali, 'she who attacks the liver'" 1/5
>"The Neem is sacred in connection with the worship of the godlings of disease...In particular it is occupied by Sitala and her six sisters; hence branches of it are hung over the door of the sick-room and the patient is
fanned with its leaves." 2/5
fanned with its leaves." 2/5
"A gardener... is regarded as a great devotee to Sitala. As soon as the nature of the disease is determined,
the physician retires and a gardener is summoned. He tries to please the goddess with various prayers and modes worship and cures the patient." 3/5
the physician retires and a gardener is summoned. He tries to please the goddess with various prayers and modes worship and cures the patient." 3/5
"My Joginia mother is angry with me...
O Brother, she chews betel leaves..
If I would have known that Sitala chews many betel leaves;
I would have settled down a betel-seller for my mother.
If I would have known that she wears garlands,
I would have had settled down a Mali." 4/5
O Brother, she chews betel leaves..
If I would have known that Sitala chews many betel leaves;
I would have settled down a betel-seller for my mother.
If I would have known that she wears garlands,
I would have had settled down a Mali." 4/5
Ref-
Some Annotated Indian Folksongs
H. S. Upadhyaya
Asian Folklore Studies, 26 (1) 1967, 63-98
1 Baghban. Unknown Delhi artist, 1825
2 Brahminy Starling on Neem Branch, 1780,
Sheikh Zain al-Din
3 Shitala, Kalighat, late 1800s
4 Piper betle, Curtis's Botanical Mag., 1832
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Some Annotated Indian Folksongs
H. S. Upadhyaya
Asian Folklore Studies, 26 (1) 1967, 63-98
1 Baghban. Unknown Delhi artist, 1825
2 Brahminy Starling on Neem Branch, 1780,
Sheikh Zain al-Din
3 Shitala, Kalighat, late 1800s
4 Piper betle, Curtis's Botanical Mag., 1832
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