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liquors, are presented to these goddesses. The last sixteen
are worshipped when rice is first given to a child, at the
investiture with the poita, at the time of marriage, and in
general at all the ceremonies performed for a son before
marriage. Juyu-doorga is worshipped to obtain deliverance
from danger.
Beside the above forms of Doorga, there are many others,
whose names end with the word Bhoirtivee, viz. the terri-
fic; and temples consecrated to Bhoiriivu and Bhoiruvee
are erected at many of the holy places visited by the Hin-
doo pilgrims. When a person performs any of the cere-
monies of Hindoo worship at these places, he must firs'-, on
pain of meeting with some misfortune, worship these two
deities.
SECT. XIX.—Kalee.
This goddess may also be considered as a form of Bhu*
guvutee, or Doorga. According to the Chundee, the
image of Kalee, at present worshipped in Bengal, hrd its
origin in the story of Riiktu-veeju, already inserted in page
127. Kalee was so overjoyed at the victory she had ob^
tained over this giant, that she danced till the earth shook
to its foundation; and Shivii, at the intercession of the
gods, was compelled to go to the spot to persuade her to
desist. He saw no other way, however, of prevailing, than
by throwing himself among the dead bodies of the slain.
When the goddess saw that she was dancing on her hus-
band, she was so shocked, that to express her surprise she
put out her tongue to a great length, and remained motion-
less ; and she is represented in this posture in almost all
the images now made in Bengal.
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liquors, are presented to these goddesses. The last sixteen
are worshipped when rice is first given to a child, at the
investiture with the poita, at the time of marriage, and in
general at all the ceremonies performed for a son before
marriage. Juyu-doorga is worshipped to obtain deliverance
from danger.
Beside the above forms of Doorga, there are many others,
whose names end with the word Bhoirtivee, viz. the terri-
fic; and temples consecrated to Bhoiriivu and Bhoiruvee
are erected at many of the holy places visited by the Hin-
doo pilgrims. When a person performs any of the cere-
monies of Hindoo worship at these places, he must firs'-, on
pain of meeting with some misfortune, worship these two
deities.
SECT. XIX.—Kalee.
This goddess may also be considered as a form of Bhu*
guvutee, or Doorga. According to the Chundee, the
image of Kalee, at present worshipped in Bengal, hrd its
origin in the story of Riiktu-veeju, already inserted in page
127. Kalee was so overjoyed at the victory she had ob^
tained over this giant, that she danced till the earth shook
to its foundation; and Shivii, at the intercession of the
gods, was compelled to go to the spot to persuade her to
desist. He saw no other way, however, of prevailing, than
by throwing himself among the dead bodies of the slain.
When the goddess saw that she was dancing on her hus-
band, she was so shocked, that to express her surprise she
put out her tongue to a great length, and remained motion-
less ; and she is represented in this posture in almost all
the images now made in Bengal.
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