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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY 181
CHAP. IV.
OF FUTURE PUNISHMENTS.
THE Shree-bhaguvutu contains the following account of
the punishments endured in different hells:—The person
guilty of adultery or fornication, the thief, and the stealer
of children, are to be cast into the hell Tamisrti, and conti-
nually famished and beaten. He who defrauds others, is to
be cast into a hell of darkness. The proud person, who
also neglects the ceremonies of religion, is to be tormented
by the animals Rooroo. The glutton, who has also been
guilty of destroying animals, is.to be thrown into a hell of
boiling oil. He who disregards the vedii and bramhiins, is
to be punished in a hell of burning metal for 3,500,000
years. He who injures a man of a superior order, is to be
torn by swine. The unmerciful are to be tormented by
snakes, flies, deer, birds, lice, wasps, &c. The bramhun,
bramhunee, brumhucharee, voishyii, or king, who drinks
spirits, shall be thrown into pans of liquid fire. He who
despises a religious devotee, shall be punished by sticking
fast in mud with his head downwards. He who kills a
man, and offers him to the gods; and he who devours any
animal, without having slain it in sacrifice; are to be fed on
flesh and blood. He who betrays and afterwards destroys
a person, is to be pierced with spears and arrow-;. The
person who causes sorrow to others, is to be bitten by snakes
with five heads. He who is inhospitable to guests, must
have his eyes torn out by vultures and other ravenous birds.
The covetous are to be fed with impure substances. He
CHAP. IV.
OF FUTURE PUNISHMENTS.
THE Shree-bhaguvutu contains the following account of
the punishments endured in different hells:—The person
guilty of adultery or fornication, the thief, and the stealer
of children, are to be cast into the hell Tamisrti, and conti-
nually famished and beaten. He who defrauds others, is to
be cast into a hell of darkness. The proud person, who
also neglects the ceremonies of religion, is to be tormented
by the animals Rooroo. The glutton, who has also been
guilty of destroying animals, is.to be thrown into a hell of
boiling oil. He who disregards the vedii and bramhiins, is
to be punished in a hell of burning metal for 3,500,000
years. He who injures a man of a superior order, is to be
torn by swine. The unmerciful are to be tormented by
snakes, flies, deer, birds, lice, wasps, &c. The bramhun,
bramhunee, brumhucharee, voishyii, or king, who drinks
spirits, shall be thrown into pans of liquid fire. He who
despises a religious devotee, shall be punished by sticking
fast in mud with his head downwards. He who kills a
man, and offers him to the gods; and he who devours any
animal, without having slain it in sacrifice; are to be fed on
flesh and blood. He who betrays and afterwards destroys
a person, is to be pierced with spears and arrow-;. The
person who causes sorrow to others, is to be bitten by snakes
with five heads. He who is inhospitable to guests, must
have his eyes torn out by vultures and other ravenous birds.
The covetous are to be fed with impure substances. He