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like flowers, he can appear as a baby, and as a beautiful lady. He is also god of both seen and unseen<br />

creatures.<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> suitable offerings for him are:<br />

• cubical packet of steamed rice with duck egg,<br />

• carved yellow coc<strong>on</strong>ut leaves<br />

• a handful of grey rice.<br />

• <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> flower to be put <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> offerings is a kind of an ornamental shrub (hibiscus- rosy sine<br />

nsis).<br />

Take a piece of that flower from <strong>the</strong> offerings for worshipping with <strong>the</strong> mantra like this: IH I RATU<br />

NGURAH TANGKEB ZANGIT, I RATU WAYAN TE BENG, I RATU MADE JEZAWU NG, I<br />

RATU NYOMAN SAKTI P ANGAD ANGAN, I RA TU KE TUT PE TUNG, (= Hi, <strong>the</strong> four bro<strong>the</strong>rs<br />

),d<strong>on</strong>'t forget me for I do not forget to praise you, give me power and mighty. In <strong>the</strong> name of Brahma,<br />

Wisnu, Siwa, gods of life. I praise you.<br />

If you ask for something to <strong>the</strong> god of <strong>the</strong> five elements (water, air, soil, light, and e<strong>the</strong>r) or god of<br />

“Panca Maha Butha, you should give offerings c<strong>on</strong>sist of:<br />

• Cubical packet of steamed rice (1 porti<strong>on</strong>)<br />

• pajegan (c<strong>on</strong>sists ©f fruits and cakes) (1 porti<strong>on</strong>)<br />

• peras ajuman canang pasucian (carved yellow coc<strong>on</strong>ut leaves with certain style of ornament).<br />

(5 poti<strong>on</strong>s)<br />

• daksina (peeled cmc<strong>on</strong>ut).(5 peeled coc<strong>on</strong>uts)<br />

• rantasan (colorful) =certain decorati<strong>on</strong> made of yellow coc<strong>on</strong>ut leaves and flowers.

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