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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- CHAP. I OF GOD
- CHAP. II OF THE GODS
- CHAP. III OF THE GODDESSES
- CHAP. IV INFERIOR CELESTIAL BEINGS OBJECTS OF WORSHIP
- CHAP. V OF THE TERRESTRIAL GODS
- CHAP. VI TERRESTRIAL GODDESSES
- CHAP. VII DEITIES WORSHIPPED BY THE LOWER ORDERS ONLY
- CHAP. VIII WORSHIP OF BEINGS IN STRANGE SHAPES
- CHAP. IX WORSHIP OF HUMAN BEINGS
- CHAP. X WORSHIP OF BEASTS
- CHAP. XI THE WORSHIP OF BIRDS
- CHAP. XII THE WORSHIP OF TREES
- CHAP. XIII THE WORSHIP OF RIVERS
- CHAP. XIV THE WORSHIP OF FISH
- CHAP. XV THE WORSHIP OF BOOKS
- CHAP. XVI THE WORSHIP OF STONES
- CHAP. XVII A LOG OF WOOD WORSHIPPED
CHAP. VIII - WORSHIP OF BEINGS IN STRANGE SHAPES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- CHAP. I OF GOD
- CHAP. II OF THE GODS
- CHAP. III OF THE GODDESSES
- CHAP. IV INFERIOR CELESTIAL BEINGS OBJECTS OF WORSHIP
- CHAP. V OF THE TERRESTRIAL GODS
- CHAP. VI TERRESTRIAL GODDESSES
- CHAP. VII DEITIES WORSHIPPED BY THE LOWER ORDERS ONLY
- CHAP. VIII WORSHIP OF BEINGS IN STRANGE SHAPES
- CHAP. IX WORSHIP OF HUMAN BEINGS
- CHAP. X WORSHIP OF BEASTS
- CHAP. XI THE WORSHIP OF BIRDS
- CHAP. XII THE WORSHIP OF TREES
- CHAP. XIII THE WORSHIP OF RIVERS
- CHAP. XIV THE WORSHIP OF FISH
- CHAP. XV THE WORSHIP OF BOOKS
- CHAP. XVI THE WORSHIP OF STONES
- CHAP. XVII A LOG OF WOOD WORSHIPPED
Summary
SECT. I.—Urdhŭ-narēēshwŭrŭ
Here Shivŭ and Doorga are united in one body, white and yellow. The origin of this image is thus given in the Lingŭ pooranŭ:—Shivŭ and Doorga after their marriage lived on mount Koilasŭ, where Doorga kept the house, cooked, and nursed her two children, Gŭnéshŭ and Kartikŭ; and Shivŭ supported the family as a mendicant. On a certain occasion, Shivŭ, having one day smoked intoxicating herbs to excess, was unable to go his daily rounds. Doorga informed him that there was nothing in the house; that the family had eaten half of what was collected the day before, and that Gŭnéshŭ's rat and Kartikŭ's peacock had devoured the rest. After much altercation, Shivŭ left his hut, and Doorga, to avoid perishing for want, went to her father's, taking her children with her. On the way Narŭdŭ met her, and advised her to assume the form of the goddess Ŭnnŭ-pōōrna, and lay an embargo on all the food where Shivŭ would ask for alms. She did so; and Shivŭ begged in vain for a handful of rice. Narŭdŭ at length meeting Shivŭ also, pursuaded him to return to his wife: Doorga received him with jay, and relieved his hunger; which so pleased the old mendicant, that in pressing her in his arms both bodies became one.
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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. 239 - 244Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1817