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162 THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY.
night, under a tree where an image of Sidd^shwuree is
placed; and bring to the spot spirituous liquors, fish, and
other offerings. One of the company, a bramhun, goes
through the ceremonies of worship: at the close of which a
bloody sacrifice is offered, and the instrument worshipped
which is to cut through the wall of the house; at which
time the following incantation from the Chorii-punchashika
is read: ' O ! Sindhiikatee ! (the name of the instrument)
formed by the goddess Vishaee ! Kalee commanded thee
to cut a passage into the house, to cut through stones,
bones, bricks, wood, the earth, and mountains, and, through
the blessing of Cnadyam, to make a way by cutting the
earth from the house of the Malinee to that of Vidya",
and that the soil brought out should be carried away
by the wind, Haree-jhee0 and Chamunda have given.
'" A name of Kalee, which means, without beginning.
n Soonduru,the son of Goonii-sindhoo, raja of Kanchee-poorii, was over-
come by the charms of Vidya, the daughter of Veeru-singhii, the raja of
Burdwan. For the purposes of courtship he concealed himself at the
house of a flower-seller (Malinee) near the palace of Veeru-singhu, and
began to pay his devotions to the goddess Kalee; who gave him this in-
cantation, and the instrument Sindhiikatee, that he might cut his way to
his fair one. One night, however, Soondurii was caught in the palace,
and seized as a thief. As he was led from prison to the place of execu-
tion, he composed fifty verses in praise of the raja's daughter, which
verses have since received the name of Chorii-punchashika. The Hin-
doos add, that when they were about to execute Soondurii, the cords by
which he was bound miraculously burst asunder, and the executioners
fell senseless to the ground; in consequence, the execution was post-
poned, and the next night Kalee appeared to Veeru-singhii in a dream,
and directed him to marry his daughter to Soonduru • who was not a thief,
but the son of the raja of Kanchee-poorti, a very proper person to become
his son-in-law. The marriage was soon after celebrated in the most
splendid manner.
* The Hindoos say, that a female of the Haree cast was once honoured
with an interview by the goddess Kamakshya, who delivered to her a
variety of incantations, now used by the lowest casts for the most ridicu-
lous, as well as brutal and wicked purposes.
night, under a tree where an image of Sidd^shwuree is
placed; and bring to the spot spirituous liquors, fish, and
other offerings. One of the company, a bramhun, goes
through the ceremonies of worship: at the close of which a
bloody sacrifice is offered, and the instrument worshipped
which is to cut through the wall of the house; at which
time the following incantation from the Chorii-punchashika
is read: ' O ! Sindhiikatee ! (the name of the instrument)
formed by the goddess Vishaee ! Kalee commanded thee
to cut a passage into the house, to cut through stones,
bones, bricks, wood, the earth, and mountains, and, through
the blessing of Cnadyam, to make a way by cutting the
earth from the house of the Malinee to that of Vidya",
and that the soil brought out should be carried away
by the wind, Haree-jhee0 and Chamunda have given.
'" A name of Kalee, which means, without beginning.
n Soonduru,the son of Goonii-sindhoo, raja of Kanchee-poorii, was over-
come by the charms of Vidya, the daughter of Veeru-singhii, the raja of
Burdwan. For the purposes of courtship he concealed himself at the
house of a flower-seller (Malinee) near the palace of Veeru-singhu, and
began to pay his devotions to the goddess Kalee; who gave him this in-
cantation, and the instrument Sindhiikatee, that he might cut his way to
his fair one. One night, however, Soondurii was caught in the palace,
and seized as a thief. As he was led from prison to the place of execu-
tion, he composed fifty verses in praise of the raja's daughter, which
verses have since received the name of Chorii-punchashika. The Hin-
doos add, that when they were about to execute Soondurii, the cords by
which he was bound miraculously burst asunder, and the executioners
fell senseless to the ground; in consequence, the execution was post-
poned, and the next night Kalee appeared to Veeru-singhii in a dream,
and directed him to marry his daughter to Soonduru • who was not a thief,
but the son of the raja of Kanchee-poorti, a very proper person to become
his son-in-law. The marriage was soon after celebrated in the most
splendid manner.
* The Hindoos say, that a female of the Haree cast was once honoured
with an interview by the goddess Kamakshya, who delivered to her a
variety of incantations, now used by the lowest casts for the most ridicu-
lous, as well as brutal and wicked purposes.