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18 THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY.
monies performed, in the month Choitru, at the new moon*.
Only a few persons perform this worship. Except before
this image, bloody sacrifices are never offered to Shivu,
who is himself called a voishn&vu, i. e. a worshipper of
Vishnoo, before whose image no animals are slain, and
whose disciples profess never to eat animal food.
Under different names other images of Shivu. are de-
scribed in the shastrus; but none of these images are made
at present, nor is any public worship offered to them.
Those who receive the name of Shivti from their spiritual
guides^ are called Soivyus. The mark on the forehead
which these persons Wear, is composed of three curved
lines like a half-moon, to which is added a round dot on
-the nose. It is made either with the clay of the Ganges,
or with sandal wool, or the ashes of cow-dung.
Worship is performed daily at the temples of the lingu;
when offerings of various kinds are presented to this image.
If the temple belong to a shoodru, a bramhun is employed,
who receives a small annual gratuity, and the daily offer-
ings*. These ceremonies oceupy a few minutes, or half
an hour, at the pleasure of the worshipper. Many persons
living in Bengal employ bramhuns at Benares to perform
the worship of the lingu in temples which they have built
there,
Every year, in the month Phalgoonu, the Hindoos make
the image ofNShivu, and worship it for one day, throwing
" The shastrus prohibit the bramhuns from receiving the offerings pre-
sented to Shivu: the reason I have not discovered. The bramhuns,
however, contrive to explain the words of the shastrii in such a manner,
^& to secure thp greater part of the things presenteJ to this idol,
monies performed, in the month Choitru, at the new moon*.
Only a few persons perform this worship. Except before
this image, bloody sacrifices are never offered to Shivu,
who is himself called a voishn&vu, i. e. a worshipper of
Vishnoo, before whose image no animals are slain, and
whose disciples profess never to eat animal food.
Under different names other images of Shivu. are de-
scribed in the shastrus; but none of these images are made
at present, nor is any public worship offered to them.
Those who receive the name of Shivti from their spiritual
guides^ are called Soivyus. The mark on the forehead
which these persons Wear, is composed of three curved
lines like a half-moon, to which is added a round dot on
-the nose. It is made either with the clay of the Ganges,
or with sandal wool, or the ashes of cow-dung.
Worship is performed daily at the temples of the lingu;
when offerings of various kinds are presented to this image.
If the temple belong to a shoodru, a bramhun is employed,
who receives a small annual gratuity, and the daily offer-
ings*. These ceremonies oceupy a few minutes, or half
an hour, at the pleasure of the worshipper. Many persons
living in Bengal employ bramhuns at Benares to perform
the worship of the lingu in temples which they have built
there,
Every year, in the month Phalgoonu, the Hindoos make
the image ofNShivu, and worship it for one day, throwing
" The shastrus prohibit the bramhuns from receiving the offerings pre-
sented to Shivu: the reason I have not discovered. The bramhuns,
however, contrive to explain the words of the shastrii in such a manner,
^& to secure thp greater part of the things presenteJ to this idol,