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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK II OF THE TEMPLES, IMAGES, PRIESTS, AND TEMPLE WORSHIP OF THE HINDOOS
- CHAP. I OF THE TEMPLES
- CHAP. II OF THE IMAGES
- CHAP. III OF THE PRIESTS
- CHAP. IV OF THE WORSHIP IN THE TEMPLES
- BOOK III OF THE STATED PERIODS OF WORSHIP, AND VARIOUS DUTIES AND CEREMONIES
- BOOK V DOCTRINES OF THE HINDOO RELIGION
- BOOK VI
- BOOK VII HINDOO RELIGIOUS SECTS
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- APPENDIX: Scripture Illustrations from Hindoo Manners and Customs
CHAP. IV - OF THE WORSHIP IN THE TEMPLES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK II OF THE TEMPLES, IMAGES, PRIESTS, AND TEMPLE WORSHIP OF THE HINDOOS
- CHAP. I OF THE TEMPLES
- CHAP. II OF THE IMAGES
- CHAP. III OF THE PRIESTS
- CHAP. IV OF THE WORSHIP IN THE TEMPLES
- BOOK III OF THE STATED PERIODS OF WORSHIP, AND VARIOUS DUTIES AND CEREMONIES
- BOOK V DOCTRINES OF THE HINDOO RELIGION
- BOOK VI
- BOOK VII HINDOO RELIGIOUS SECTS
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- APPENDIX: Scripture Illustrations from Hindoo Manners and Customs
Summary
The daily ceremonies in the temples erected in honour of Shivŭ are as follows:—In the morning the officiating bramhŭn, after bathing, enters the temple and bows to Shivŭ. He then anoints the image with clarified butter or boiled oil; after which he bathes the image with water which has not been defiled by the touch of a shōōdrŭ, nor of a bramhŭn who has not performed his ablutions, by pouring water on it, and afterwards wipes it with a napkin. He next grinds some white powder in water, and, dipping the ends of his three fore-fingers in it, draws them across the lingŭ, marking it as the worshippers of Shivŭ mark their foreheads. He next sits down before the image, and, shutting his eyes, meditates on the work he is commencing; then places rice and dōōrva grass on the lingŭ; next a flower on his own head, and then on the top of the lingŭ; then another flower on the lingŭ; then others, one by one, repeating incantations: he then places white powder, flowers, vilwŭ leaves, incense, meat offerings, and a lamp before the image; also some rice and a plantain: he next repeats the name of Shivŭ, with some forms of praise; and at last prostrates himself before the image.
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- A View of the History, Literature, and Religion of the HindoosIncluding a Minute Description of their Manners and Customs, and Translations from their Principal Works, pp. 19 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1817