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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. 91
The first of these was Boodhu, and the forty-sixth Yood-
hist'hiru.
This god on a certain occasion was forcibly carried away
by Gurooru, the bird on which Vishnoo rides, and delivered
up to the giants. The giants, anxious to become immortal
as well as the gods, promised Gurooru that if he would
bring the moon by force, so that they might drink the
nectar supposed to exist in the bright parts of that planet,
they would deliver his mother from the curse pronounced
against her by her son Croonti, by which she had been
doomed to become the slave of her sister. Gurooru soon
seized the god, and placed him trembling among the as-
sembled giants; but while the latter were gone to bathe,
and prepare for partaking of the waters of immortality,
Indrii arrived and delivered the captive, and thus disap-
pointed these implacable enemies of the gods.
Somu is charged with seducing the wife of Vrihusputee,
his preceptor. See p. 93.
The chief names of this god are: Somu, or, he from
whom the water of immortality springs.—Himangshoo, he
whose beams are cooling.-^Chundrii, he at whose rising
people rejoice.—Indoo, the great.—Koomoodii-banduvu,
the friend of the flower Koomoodui.—Vidhoo, he who
causes the gods to drink the water of life.—Soodhangshoo,
he whose rays are as the water of life.—Oshudheeshti, the
lord of medicinal plants.—Nishapiitee, the lord of night.—
Cbjti, he who was born from the waters.—Joivatriku, the
preserver of men,—GIou, he who decreases.—Mrigranku,
*
« Nymphoea lotus. After the rising of the moon this flower is said by
the Hindoos to expand.
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The first of these was Boodhu, and the forty-sixth Yood-
hist'hiru.
This god on a certain occasion was forcibly carried away
by Gurooru, the bird on which Vishnoo rides, and delivered
up to the giants. The giants, anxious to become immortal
as well as the gods, promised Gurooru that if he would
bring the moon by force, so that they might drink the
nectar supposed to exist in the bright parts of that planet,
they would deliver his mother from the curse pronounced
against her by her son Croonti, by which she had been
doomed to become the slave of her sister. Gurooru soon
seized the god, and placed him trembling among the as-
sembled giants; but while the latter were gone to bathe,
and prepare for partaking of the waters of immortality,
Indrii arrived and delivered the captive, and thus disap-
pointed these implacable enemies of the gods.
Somu is charged with seducing the wife of Vrihusputee,
his preceptor. See p. 93.
The chief names of this god are: Somu, or, he from
whom the water of immortality springs.—Himangshoo, he
whose beams are cooling.-^Chundrii, he at whose rising
people rejoice.—Indoo, the great.—Koomoodii-banduvu,
the friend of the flower Koomoodui.—Vidhoo, he who
causes the gods to drink the water of life.—Soodhangshoo,
he whose rays are as the water of life.—Oshudheeshti, the
lord of medicinal plants.—Nishapiitee, the lord of night.—
Cbjti, he who was born from the waters.—Joivatriku, the
preserver of men,—GIou, he who decreases.—Mrigranku,
*
« Nymphoea lotus. After the rising of the moon this flower is said by
the Hindoos to expand.
w 2