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It THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY.
stone images are miraculously found under ground'. See
vol. i. p. 203.
The nimbu' tree supplies the images of Vishnoo in his
different forms; also of Doorga, Radha, Liikshmee, Shivii,
Gurooru, Choitunyu, &c. None of the wooden images are
kept in private houses, but in separate temples. They are
generally from one to three cubits in height.
All the images which, after worship, are thrown into the
water, are of clay baked in the sun, about four cubits high:
the images of the lingu, made daily and worshipped, are
immediately thrown away. In some places, clay images of
Kartiku, twenty-one cubits high, are set up, and after the
festival committed to the river. The images of Doorga,
Siddhe"shwuree, Onnu-poorna, Krishnii, Punchaniinu, Shus-
t'hee, Muniisa, Dukshinu-rayii, &c. are however constantly
preserved in temples. The Hindoo potters are the prin-
cipal god-makers, though many other casts, and even
Musulmans, follow this employment. The maker first takes
a board, and raises upon it a little frame-work, to which he
fastens bamboos covered with straw, for the back-bone, the
arms, legs, &e. Round these he lays clay mixed with cow-
dung, chaff, and straw, which he suffers to dry. Having
made the head of clay, he lays* it to dry, and afterwards
joins it to the trunk very carefully. He again clothes the
body, arms, and legs, with more cow-dung and clay, and
covers the whole with a cloth, that it may not crack. When
ready, he carries it to the person's house who may have
ordered it, and, according to the size, obtains two, four,
' An image of Cybele is said to have fallen from heaven into a certain
field in Phrygia.
' Melia azadaracbta.
stone images are miraculously found under ground'. See
vol. i. p. 203.
The nimbu' tree supplies the images of Vishnoo in his
different forms; also of Doorga, Radha, Liikshmee, Shivii,
Gurooru, Choitunyu, &c. None of the wooden images are
kept in private houses, but in separate temples. They are
generally from one to three cubits in height.
All the images which, after worship, are thrown into the
water, are of clay baked in the sun, about four cubits high:
the images of the lingu, made daily and worshipped, are
immediately thrown away. In some places, clay images of
Kartiku, twenty-one cubits high, are set up, and after the
festival committed to the river. The images of Doorga,
Siddhe"shwuree, Onnu-poorna, Krishnii, Punchaniinu, Shus-
t'hee, Muniisa, Dukshinu-rayii, &c. are however constantly
preserved in temples. The Hindoo potters are the prin-
cipal god-makers, though many other casts, and even
Musulmans, follow this employment. The maker first takes
a board, and raises upon it a little frame-work, to which he
fastens bamboos covered with straw, for the back-bone, the
arms, legs, &e. Round these he lays clay mixed with cow-
dung, chaff, and straw, which he suffers to dry. Having
made the head of clay, he lays* it to dry, and afterwards
joins it to the trunk very carefully. He again clothes the
body, arms, and legs, with more cow-dung and clay, and
covers the whole with a cloth, that it may not crack. When
ready, he carries it to the person's house who may have
ordered it, and, according to the size, obtains two, four,
' An image of Cybele is said to have fallen from heaven into a certain
field in Phrygia.
' Melia azadaracbta.