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THE
HINDOO MYTHOLOGY.
BOOK II.
OF THE TEMPLES, IMAGES, PRIESTS, AND CERE-
MONIES OF THE HINDOOS.
CHAP. I.
OF THE TEMPLES.
J. HE Hindoo temples in Bengal, though different in
shape, are nearly of the same description of architecture:
they are very inferior, it is true, to the sacred edifices in
Europe; but some of these buildings are in a better style
than might have been expected from a people so little ad-
vanced in the arts.
SECT. I.—Of different Kinds of Temples.
The Mundirua, dedicated to the lingii, is a double-roofed
Gothic building, the body square, but the upper part short
* Miindirii means any edifice of brick or stone; but custom has appro-
priated it almost exclusively to the temples of the lingti.
VOL H._ i B
HINDOO MYTHOLOGY.
BOOK II.
OF THE TEMPLES, IMAGES, PRIESTS, AND CERE-
MONIES OF THE HINDOOS.
CHAP. I.
OF THE TEMPLES.
J. HE Hindoo temples in Bengal, though different in
shape, are nearly of the same description of architecture:
they are very inferior, it is true, to the sacred edifices in
Europe; but some of these buildings are in a better style
than might have been expected from a people so little ad-
vanced in the arts.
SECT. I.—Of different Kinds of Temples.
The Mundirua, dedicated to the lingii, is a double-roofed
Gothic building, the body square, but the upper part short
* Miindirii means any edifice of brick or stone; but custom has appro-
priated it almost exclusively to the temples of the lingti.
VOL H._ i B