Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History Religion Learning And Manners of Th
Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History Religion Learning And Manners of Th
Q Quintin Craufurd
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'* We have feen that Maha-Deva himfelf " is perfonated by fire ; but fubordinate to " to him is the god Agny, often called " Pavaca, ox th. Q purifier ^vvho anfwers to the " Vulcan of Egypt, where he was a deity of " high rank; and his wife Suaha refembles " the younger Vefta, orVefiiajas theEolians " pronounced the Greek word for a " hearth. — Bhavani^ orVeinis^ is theconfort " of the fupreme dcJlriiElive and gefierativc 2 ** power ; MYTHOLOGY. Igi " power ; but the Greeks and Romans, " whofe ...fyftem is lefs regular than that of " the Indians, married her to their divine " artift, whom they named Hephaiftos and " Vulcan, and who feems to be the Indian " Vifvacarma, the Jorger of arms for the " gods^ and inventor of the Agny- Aftra '^■. " The Sun is often ftyled king of the Stars and Planets. The name of his goddefs is Sangia, who is fuppofed to be the mother of the river Jumna. Chandara, "or the moon, is alfo repre- fented fitting in a car, but drawn by ante- lopes, and holding a rabbit in the right hand.
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