Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 2 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of IndiaTod, James
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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 2 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India
Tod, James
Rajasthan (India) -- History; Rajput (Indic people) -- History
Footnote 4.19.25:
_Dict. de l’Ancien Régime_, p. 131, art. “Corvée.”
Footnote 4.19.26:
That is, with _one_ (_ek_) _lingam_ or phallus—the symbol of worship
being a single cylindrical or conical stone. There are others, termed
_Sahaslinga_ and _Kotiswara_, with a thousand or a million of phallic
representatives, all minutely carved on the monolithic emblem, having
then much resemblance to the symbol of Bacchus, whose orgies, both in
Egypt and Greece, are the counterpart of those of the Hindu Baghis,
thus called from being clad in a tiger’s or leopard’s hide: Bacchus
had the panther’s for his covering. There is a very ancient temple to
Kotiswara at the _embouchure_ of the eastern arm of the Indus; and
here are many to Sahaslinga in the peninsula of Saurashtra. [Bacchus
has no connexion with a Hindu tiger-god.]
Footnote 4.19.27:
It might have appeared fanciful, some time ago, to have given a
Sanskrit derivation to a Greek proper name: but Europa might be
derived from _Surupa_, ‘of the beautiful face’—the initial syllable
_su_ and _eu_ having the same signification in both languages, namely,
_good_—_Rupa_ is ‘countenance.’ [Europa is probably Assyrian _ereb_,
_irib_, ‘land of the rising sun’ (_EB_, ix. 907). Another explanation
is that it is a cult title, meaning ‘goddess of the flourishing
willow-withies’ (A. B. Cook, _Zeus_, 531).]
Footnote 4.19.28:
In this sacrifice four altars are erected, for offering the flesh to
the four gods, Lakshmi-Narayana, Umamaheswar, Brahma, and Ananta. The
nine planets, and Prithu, or the earth, with her ten guardian-deities,
are worshipped. Five _Vilwa_, five _Khadira_, five _Palasha_, and five
_Udumbara_ posts are to be erected, and a bull tied to each post.
Clarified butter is burnt on the altar, and pieces of the flesh of the
slaughtered animals placed thereon. This sacrifice was very common
(Ward, _On the Religion of the Hindus_, vol. ii. p. 263). [Balidāna,
‘an offering to the gods.’]
Footnote 4.19.29:
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