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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. 145
road. At the close of the entertainment, if the person
making the shraddhu be rich, he gives presents to all those
who are not guests, whether bramhuns or the poor, and
thus dismisses them. The next morning he dismisses the
learned bramhuns with presents: to the most learned he
gives five roopees perhaps, and to those less learned one.
The bramhuns who were invited are also dismissed with
presents. About one o'clock a feast is provided for the re-
lations, who are dismissed the next morning with presents
of money, cloth, &c. and on this day another dinner is
provided for nearer relations. At the close of the shraddhu
, a number of mendicant musicians play on certain instru-
ments of music, and sing verses celebrating the revels of
Krishnu; they are often dismissed with large presents.
The next day the family return to their accustomed diet;
but the sons, for twelve months after the decease of the
father, must refuse every gratification, and cook with their
own hands, or eat what has been prepared by a wife, or
some near relation dwelling in the house.
Gunga-Govindu-Singhu, a person of the writer cast,
head-servant to Mr. Hastings, expended, it is said, 1,200,000
roopees at his mother's shraddhu; and Raja Nuvu-Krishnu
of Calcutta, nearly as much in the shraddhu for his mother.
This expense was principally incurred in presents to the
bramhuns, such as bedsteads, at two or three hundred
roopees each; water pitchers of silver and gold, some worth
a thousand, and others two thousand roopees; dishes of
silver and gold, at five hundred, two hundred, and one hun-
dred ; silver and gold cups and lamp-stands, at two hundred,
one hundred, &c; covered bowls for betle-nut, and gold
and silver water jugs, at from five hundred down to one
hundred; and cloths at ten or fifteen roopees a piece.
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road. At the close of the entertainment, if the person
making the shraddhu be rich, he gives presents to all those
who are not guests, whether bramhuns or the poor, and
thus dismisses them. The next morning he dismisses the
learned bramhuns with presents: to the most learned he
gives five roopees perhaps, and to those less learned one.
The bramhuns who were invited are also dismissed with
presents. About one o'clock a feast is provided for the re-
lations, who are dismissed the next morning with presents
of money, cloth, &c. and on this day another dinner is
provided for nearer relations. At the close of the shraddhu
, a number of mendicant musicians play on certain instru-
ments of music, and sing verses celebrating the revels of
Krishnu; they are often dismissed with large presents.
The next day the family return to their accustomed diet;
but the sons, for twelve months after the decease of the
father, must refuse every gratification, and cook with their
own hands, or eat what has been prepared by a wife, or
some near relation dwelling in the house.
Gunga-Govindu-Singhu, a person of the writer cast,
head-servant to Mr. Hastings, expended, it is said, 1,200,000
roopees at his mother's shraddhu; and Raja Nuvu-Krishnu
of Calcutta, nearly as much in the shraddhu for his mother.
This expense was principally incurred in presents to the
bramhuns, such as bedsteads, at two or three hundred
roopees each; water pitchers of silver and gold, some worth
a thousand, and others two thousand roopees; dishes of
silver and gold, at five hundred, two hundred, and one hun-
dred ; silver and gold cups and lamp-stands, at two hundred,
one hundred, &c; covered bowls for betle-nut, and gold
and silver water jugs, at from five hundred down to one
hundred; and cloths at ten or fifteen roopees a piece.
vol, n. v