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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY, 59
lebrate the worship of Gune'shu on the 4th of the new moon
in Bhadru, when several individuals in each place subscribe
and defray the expence. Many persons keep in their houses
a small metal image of Guneshu, place it by the side of the
shalgramu, and worship it daily. At other times a burnt-
offering of clarified butter is presented to this idol Stone
images of Guneshu are worshipped daily in the temples by
the sides of the Ganges at Benares; but I cannot find that
there are any temples dedicated to him in Bengal.
Gune'shu is also called Huridra-Gune'shu. This name,
seems to have arisen out of the following story:—When,
Doorga was once preparing herself for bathing, she wiped
off the turmerick, &c. with oil, and formed a kind of cake
in her fingersb. This she rolled together, and made into the
image of a child; with which she was so much pleased, that
she infused life into it, and called it Huridra-Guneshu11,
The image of this god is yellow, having the face of an
elephant. He holds in one hand a rope; in another the
spike used by the elephant driver; in another a round
sweetmeat, and in another a rod.
The principal names of Gune'shu are: Gune'shu, or, the
lord of the gunnu d£vtasd.—Dwoimatooru, the two-mother-
ede.—Eku-duntu, the one-toothed.—He"rumbu, he who
resides near to Shivu.—Lurnbodurii, the long-bellied.—*-
Gujanunu, the elephant-faced.
b The Hindoos have a custom of cleaning their bodies by rubbing them
ail over with tunnerick; and then, taking oil in their hands, wiping it off
again, when it falls as a paste all round them.
' Huridra is the name for turmerick.
6 These are the companions of Shivu.
« One of Guneshii's mothers was Doorga, and the other the female ele-
phant whose head he wears.
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lebrate the worship of Gune'shu on the 4th of the new moon
in Bhadru, when several individuals in each place subscribe
and defray the expence. Many persons keep in their houses
a small metal image of Guneshu, place it by the side of the
shalgramu, and worship it daily. At other times a burnt-
offering of clarified butter is presented to this idol Stone
images of Guneshu are worshipped daily in the temples by
the sides of the Ganges at Benares; but I cannot find that
there are any temples dedicated to him in Bengal.
Gune'shu is also called Huridra-Gune'shu. This name,
seems to have arisen out of the following story:—When,
Doorga was once preparing herself for bathing, she wiped
off the turmerick, &c. with oil, and formed a kind of cake
in her fingersb. This she rolled together, and made into the
image of a child; with which she was so much pleased, that
she infused life into it, and called it Huridra-Guneshu11,
The image of this god is yellow, having the face of an
elephant. He holds in one hand a rope; in another the
spike used by the elephant driver; in another a round
sweetmeat, and in another a rod.
The principal names of Gune'shu are: Gune'shu, or, the
lord of the gunnu d£vtasd.—Dwoimatooru, the two-mother-
ede.—Eku-duntu, the one-toothed.—He"rumbu, he who
resides near to Shivu.—Lurnbodurii, the long-bellied.—*-
Gujanunu, the elephant-faced.
b The Hindoos have a custom of cleaning their bodies by rubbing them
ail over with tunnerick; and then, taking oil in their hands, wiping it off
again, when it falls as a paste all round them.
' Huridra is the name for turmerick.
6 These are the companions of Shivu.
« One of Guneshii's mothers was Doorga, and the other the female ele-
phant whose head he wears.
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