(5) An iron ring is worn on the finger.
(6) A lime is worn in the turban or headdress.
(7) An incantation in the praise of Hanumān is written on a piece of paper and put in an anklet which is worn.
(8) A piece of thread of five kinds of silk or cotton spun by a virgin is given seven knots on the fourteenth day of the dark half of Āshvin and worn on the person.
(9) In order that sweet meats and other eatables such as pāpad (wafer biscuits), pickles, etc., may not be spoilt by an evil eye, a lime, an iron nail or a knife is put into them.
(10) In order that a cot or cradle may not be broken by the influence of an evil eye, a black woollen thread is tied round it.
(11) To prevent dudhpāk (rice cooked in milk and sweetened with sugar) from being spoilt, a piece of charcoal is put into the pot in which it is prepared.[8]
While taking one’s meal one should avoid the company of an evil-eyed person, but if perchance one happens to be present, a morsel of the food should be thrown behind him or set aside on the ground as an offering to the evil eye.[9]
If, in spite of the precautions mentioned above, the influence of the evil eye prevails, the following remedies are adopted to remove its effects:—
(1) The evil eye is fastened or curbed, as they say, by one of the processes described in Chapter III above.