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2 THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY.
and tapering to a point. It contains one, two, three, or
more rooms, about three cubits by four, with a porch in
front for spectators. The centre room contains the lingu;
in the others are placed the utensils for worship, the offer-
ings, &c.—Small square temples for the lingu, with flat
roofs, are erected in rows facing the houses of rich men, or
before a college, a consecrated pool of water, another tem-
ple, or a flight of steps descending into the river. Similar
temples in honour of Gun^shu are to be seen in some
places. Very small temples like the Mundirii, only three
or five cubits high, and containing a lingu. about a foot in
height, have been erected at Benares.
The JDeooZi«b temples, sacred to Jugunnat'hii, rise from
the foundation in a gradual slope like a sugar loaf, with an
iron image of Guroorti on the pinnacle. These temples,
made of brick, are ascended by a flight of steps, and contain
only one room.
The Punchii-rutnuc temple has two or three rooms, and
a single-arched roof, with a large pinnacle or turret on the
dome, and a smaller one on each corner. It is dedicated
to the different forms of Vishnoo, as Radha-bullubhu,
Gopalu, Mudunii-mohunu, Govindhu, &c. The temple
called Num-rutniid, dedicated also to the various forms of
Vishnoo, has a double roof like the Mundiru, with a small
turret on each corner of the lower roofs, and on the upper
one a larger turret to crown the dome. It contains four or
five rooms. At Cgru-dweepti, the temple of Gopee-nat'htt
has different houses attached to it; one for cooking, an-
* Corrupted from devalayu, i. e. devii, a god, aluyti, a house.
f Having five turrets.
* Having nine turrets.
and tapering to a point. It contains one, two, three, or
more rooms, about three cubits by four, with a porch in
front for spectators. The centre room contains the lingu;
in the others are placed the utensils for worship, the offer-
ings, &c.—Small square temples for the lingu, with flat
roofs, are erected in rows facing the houses of rich men, or
before a college, a consecrated pool of water, another tem-
ple, or a flight of steps descending into the river. Similar
temples in honour of Gun^shu are to be seen in some
places. Very small temples like the Mundirii, only three
or five cubits high, and containing a lingu. about a foot in
height, have been erected at Benares.
The JDeooZi«b temples, sacred to Jugunnat'hii, rise from
the foundation in a gradual slope like a sugar loaf, with an
iron image of Guroorti on the pinnacle. These temples,
made of brick, are ascended by a flight of steps, and contain
only one room.
The Punchii-rutnuc temple has two or three rooms, and
a single-arched roof, with a large pinnacle or turret on the
dome, and a smaller one on each corner. It is dedicated
to the different forms of Vishnoo, as Radha-bullubhu,
Gopalu, Mudunii-mohunu, Govindhu, &c. The temple
called Num-rutniid, dedicated also to the various forms of
Vishnoo, has a double roof like the Mundiru, with a small
turret on each corner of the lower roofs, and on the upper
one a larger turret to crown the dome. It contains four or
five rooms. At Cgru-dweepti, the temple of Gopee-nat'htt
has different houses attached to it; one for cooking, an-
* Corrupted from devalayu, i. e. devii, a god, aluyti, a house.
f Having five turrets.
* Having nine turrets.