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THE HINDOO MYTHOL
The fourth incarnation is called Nuru-singhiK Among
Other descendants of Dukshfi, (the first man that Brumha
created,) was Kushyupu, a moonee, and his four wiveSj
Ditee, tJditee, Vinuta, and Kiidroo. From Ditee, sprang
the giants; from Oditee, the gods; from Vinuta, Guroorii;
and from Kttdroo, the hydras. The giants possessed
amazing strength, and amongst them two arose of terrific
powers, named Hirunyakshii and Hirunyu-kiishipoo, both
of whom performed religious austerities many thousand
years to obtain immortality. Brumha at length gave them
a blessing apparently equivalent to that which they desired.
He promised, that no common befog should destroy them;
that they should not die either in the day or in the night, in
earth or in heaven, by firej by water, or by the sword. After
this these giants conquered all the kingdoms of the earth,
and even dethroned Indrii,- the king of heaven. Indrii,
collecting all the gods, went to Brumha, and intreated him
to provide some way of deliverance, as the universe which
he had created was destroyed. Brumha asked the gods,
how he epuld destroy those Who had obtained his blessing ?
and advised them to go to Vishnoo. They obeyed, and in-
formed this god of the miseries Brought upon the universe
by these giants whom Brumha had blessed. Narayunu
promised to destroy them, which he did in the follow*-
ing manner: Hirfinyu-kushipoo's son Prulhadii was con-
stantly absent from home performing religious austerities,
at which his father became angry, and, tying a stone to his
body, threw him into the water; but "Vpshnoo descended,
and liberated him. His father next threw him under the
feet of an elephant; but the elephant took him up, and put
him on its back. He then built a house of. sealing wax,
put his son into it, and set it on fire; the wax melted, and
' From nurB, a man; and singhtt, a lio»,
The fourth incarnation is called Nuru-singhiK Among
Other descendants of Dukshfi, (the first man that Brumha
created,) was Kushyupu, a moonee, and his four wiveSj
Ditee, tJditee, Vinuta, and Kiidroo. From Ditee, sprang
the giants; from Oditee, the gods; from Vinuta, Guroorii;
and from Kttdroo, the hydras. The giants possessed
amazing strength, and amongst them two arose of terrific
powers, named Hirunyakshii and Hirunyu-kiishipoo, both
of whom performed religious austerities many thousand
years to obtain immortality. Brumha at length gave them
a blessing apparently equivalent to that which they desired.
He promised, that no common befog should destroy them;
that they should not die either in the day or in the night, in
earth or in heaven, by firej by water, or by the sword. After
this these giants conquered all the kingdoms of the earth,
and even dethroned Indrii,- the king of heaven. Indrii,
collecting all the gods, went to Brumha, and intreated him
to provide some way of deliverance, as the universe which
he had created was destroyed. Brumha asked the gods,
how he epuld destroy those Who had obtained his blessing ?
and advised them to go to Vishnoo. They obeyed, and in-
formed this god of the miseries Brought upon the universe
by these giants whom Brumha had blessed. Narayunu
promised to destroy them, which he did in the follow*-
ing manner: Hirfinyu-kushipoo's son Prulhadii was con-
stantly absent from home performing religious austerities,
at which his father became angry, and, tying a stone to his
body, threw him into the water; but "Vpshnoo descended,
and liberated him. His father next threw him under the
feet of an elephant; but the elephant took him up, and put
him on its back. He then built a house of. sealing wax,
put his son into it, and set it on fire; the wax melted, and
' From nurB, a man; and singhtt, a lio»,