bācā Sometimes, when dictating these mantars, Karṇa Vīr would omit the oaths at the end, reserving them for occasions that the mantars were applied to a patient; however, his memory usually carried through with at least a few oaths. I omit the complete list of possible oaths at the end of these texts, unless they were actually featured in the recording, but a reader should be aware that they are an essential part of every performed text.