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324 APPENDIX.
the image of Krishnu is annually placed and worshipped,
(vol. i. p. 197)
1 Kings ix. 9. ' And have taken hold upon other gods.' When
an indigent person claims the protection of another, he casts
himself down before him, and lays hold of his feet: and
this expression is commonly used, though a person may not
prostrate himself, ' 1 have taken hold of your feet.' When
a person is called into the Burman monarch's presence, he
is said to go to the golden feet,
1 Kings xviii. 27. ' He is a god; either he is talking, or he is
pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth,
and must be awaked.' Vishnoo sleeps four months in the
year; and to each of the gods some particular business is
assigned:—Vayoomanages the winds; Vuroonii the waters,
&c. According to a number of fables in the pooraniis, the
gods are often out on journies, or expeditions.
1 Kings xx. 38. ' The prophet disguised himself with ashes on
his face.' Some of the Hindoo siinyasees besmear their
faces with ashes, and render their appearance very disgust-
ing. The Jews, as an act of mourning, used to cover them-
selves with ashes; and the siinyasees do it as an act of morti-
fication. Persons, who seek concealment, often assume, for
a time, the appearance of siinyasees.
1 Kings xxi. 3. ' The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the
inheritance of my fathers to thee.' The Hindoos are as
strongly attached to their homesteads as the Jews were.
Though the heads of the family may be employed in a
distant part of the country, and though the homestead may
be almost in ruins, they cling still to the family inheritance,
with a fondness bordering on superstition.
1 Kings xxi. 23. ' The dogs shall eat Jezebel.' The carcases of
poor Hindoos, and of persons who have received public
the image of Krishnu is annually placed and worshipped,
(vol. i. p. 197)
1 Kings ix. 9. ' And have taken hold upon other gods.' When
an indigent person claims the protection of another, he casts
himself down before him, and lays hold of his feet: and
this expression is commonly used, though a person may not
prostrate himself, ' 1 have taken hold of your feet.' When
a person is called into the Burman monarch's presence, he
is said to go to the golden feet,
1 Kings xviii. 27. ' He is a god; either he is talking, or he is
pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth,
and must be awaked.' Vishnoo sleeps four months in the
year; and to each of the gods some particular business is
assigned:—Vayoomanages the winds; Vuroonii the waters,
&c. According to a number of fables in the pooraniis, the
gods are often out on journies, or expeditions.
1 Kings xx. 38. ' The prophet disguised himself with ashes on
his face.' Some of the Hindoo siinyasees besmear their
faces with ashes, and render their appearance very disgust-
ing. The Jews, as an act of mourning, used to cover them-
selves with ashes; and the siinyasees do it as an act of morti-
fication. Persons, who seek concealment, often assume, for
a time, the appearance of siinyasees.
1 Kings xxi. 3. ' The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the
inheritance of my fathers to thee.' The Hindoos are as
strongly attached to their homesteads as the Jews were.
Though the heads of the family may be employed in a
distant part of the country, and though the homestead may
be almost in ruins, they cling still to the family inheritance,
with a fondness bordering on superstition.
1 Kings xxi. 23. ' The dogs shall eat Jezebel.' The carcases of
poor Hindoos, and of persons who have received public