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The Cult of Kohobā or the Three Sons of Sītā

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

C. E. Godakumbura
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There exists in some parts of Ceylon an occult ceremony called the Kohobā Yakkama, which according to tradition was introduced into the island by the three sons of Sita: Malaya, Kit-Śrī, and Sadalidu, among whom Malaya, the flower-born prince, took the leading part. This is the story connected with the first ceremony of its kind.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 78 , Issue 3-4 , July 1946 , pp. 185 - 191
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1946

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page 185 note 1 The story of Sītā's exile was given fully in the last issue of this Journal.

page 190 note 1 The miraculous births of Malaya and Kit-śri are sometimes forgotten, and in the final invocation all three princes have been referred to as Sīta's own sons.