The practitioner’s arsenal is steeped in dread: lemon pierced with nails, black dolls wrapped in red thread, mustard seeds, animal bones, and the notorious human ash (masan raakh)—collected from cremation grounds. Sindoor, hair strands, and nails are often used to bind the victim spiritually. Offerings of blood, alcohol, or meat are left at crossroads or under peepal trees, gateways between worlds.