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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. 9
These six incarnations are said to have taken place in the
sutyii yoogu1'. There are no images respecting them made
for worship.
The seventh incarnation is that of Ramu to destroy the
giant Raviinu; for the history of which see the Translation
of the Table of Contents of the Ramayunu, toward the close
of this volume.-—The eight incarnation is that of Buluramu,
to destroy Prulumbu and other giants. This latter incar-
nation is said to have taken place in the dwapum-yoogii.—
The ninth is the Booddhu. incarnation, in which Vishnoo
appeared as Booddhu, to destroy the power of the giants.
In order to effect this, Booddhu produced among mankind
by his preaching, &c. a disposition to universal scepticism;
that having no longer any faith in the gods, the giants might
cease to apply to them for those powers by which they had
become such dreadful seourges to mankind. In this appear-
ance the object of Vishnoo, the preserver, was accomplished
by art, without the necessity of war; though the dreadful
alternative to which he was driven to accomplish his object,
that of plunging mankind into a state of universal scepti-
cism, affords another proof how wretchedly the world would
be governed if every thing depended on the wisdom of
man.—The tenth incarnation is still expected, under the
name of the Kulkee ©vtitaru. See translation from the
Kulkee pooranu, in the second volume,
The appearance of Vishnoo, when he took the name of
Krishna to destroy the giant Kungshii, is called the descent
Raniayunii, Viishis'thii was the owner of this cow, and Vishwumitru the
person who fought with the moonee to obtain it.
h These ravages of tyranny, and bloody contests, form a sad specimen
of the happiness of the Hindoo sutyii yoogu, could we believe that there
ever had been such a period.
c
These six incarnations are said to have taken place in the
sutyii yoogu1'. There are no images respecting them made
for worship.
The seventh incarnation is that of Ramu to destroy the
giant Raviinu; for the history of which see the Translation
of the Table of Contents of the Ramayunu, toward the close
of this volume.-—The eight incarnation is that of Buluramu,
to destroy Prulumbu and other giants. This latter incar-
nation is said to have taken place in the dwapum-yoogii.—
The ninth is the Booddhu. incarnation, in which Vishnoo
appeared as Booddhu, to destroy the power of the giants.
In order to effect this, Booddhu produced among mankind
by his preaching, &c. a disposition to universal scepticism;
that having no longer any faith in the gods, the giants might
cease to apply to them for those powers by which they had
become such dreadful seourges to mankind. In this appear-
ance the object of Vishnoo, the preserver, was accomplished
by art, without the necessity of war; though the dreadful
alternative to which he was driven to accomplish his object,
that of plunging mankind into a state of universal scepti-
cism, affords another proof how wretchedly the world would
be governed if every thing depended on the wisdom of
man.—The tenth incarnation is still expected, under the
name of the Kulkee ©vtitaru. See translation from the
Kulkee pooranu, in the second volume,
The appearance of Vishnoo, when he took the name of
Krishna to destroy the giant Kungshii, is called the descent
Raniayunii, Viishis'thii was the owner of this cow, and Vishwumitru the
person who fought with the moonee to obtain it.
h These ravages of tyranny, and bloody contests, form a sad specimen
of the happiness of the Hindoo sutyii yoogu, could we believe that there
ever had been such a period.
c