Then the Heṭṭiyā asked, “What is the name of the cudgel?”
The man said, “That, indeed, is Allan Bostan̥.” Then the cudgel went and began to beat the Heṭṭiyā.
Thereupon the Heṭṭiyā said, “Lord, don’t beat me. I will give you all the things I took.”
So the man said, “Stop, Bostan̥.” Then the cudgel stopped the beating. After that [the Heṭṭiyā] gave him that stolen plate and ring, and the cow that dropped gold, these very three things. After that, the man having become wealthy, remained so.
North-central Province.
In The Story of Madana Kāma Rāja (Naṭēśa Sāstrī), p. 130, a Prince stole the articles left by a dying Sannyāsi,—a cup which supplied food, a bag which yielded everything desired, sandals that transported their wearer where he wished to go, and a cudgel which thrashed all enemies but is not mentioned again. By means of the bag he obtained a palace, but two dancing women cheated him and stole all his magical articles; he recovered them by the aid of some miraculous fruits.
In Folk-Tales of Bengal (L. Behari Day), p. 53, an indigent Brāhmaṇa received from the goddess Durgā an earthen pot out of which food fell when it was reversed. At an inn it was changed for a common one, and he was driven away. Durgā gave him another pot out of which when reversed a number of demons issued and beat him, returning to it when it was set mouth upwards. When he was bathing the innkeeper reversed the pot, was thrashed by the demons, and the Brāhmaṇa regained the pot formerly stolen.
In Folklore of the Santal Parganas (collected by Dr. Bodding), p. 83, an indigent Prince received a magic cow that granted everything desired, from a jackal whose protection he craved. It was afterwards changed by a man at whose house he lodged for the night, but by the help of the jackal he recovered it.
In Old Deccan Days (M. Frere), p. 182, a Brāhmaṇa who had seven daughters married the eldest to a jackal who was in reality a Rāja in disguise and a magician. He gave the Brāhmaṇa a melon to plant; the fruits, which were ripe next day, contained precious stones, but, unaware of it, the man sold some and was cheated out of the others. The jackal gave him a pot which contained food when required, a Rāja took it, and the man then received from his son-in-law another pot containing a stick and rope which would tie and beat people when ordered. When the Rāja, hearing he had got a better pot than before, came to take it, the man caused him and his attendants to be beaten until he got back the former pot. In the same way he recovered all the precious stones.