This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... may become an object of adoration.2 Rough stones or rocks, supposed to have descended direct from heaven, are of their own nature pervaded by the essence of the deity. "They are the most sacred of all objects of adoration, and, when discovered, temples are built on them." s At Orissa, for example, Siva is worshipped ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... may become an object of adoration.2 Rough stones or rocks, supposed to have descended direct from heaven, are of their own nature pervaded by the essence of the deity. "They are the most sacred of all objects of adoration, and, when discovered, temples are built on them." s At Orissa, for example, Siva is worshipped under the form of a large uncarved block of granite about eight feet long, partly buried in the ground, partly apparent above the soil, and honoured with an elaborate ceremonial.4 Similarly, in some Indian villages, the Mata, or Mother-god, is represented by a simple rude stone lying recumbent,5 as also is the goddess Shashthi, who protects infants.6 A number of rough stones disposed in a circle, and smeared with red paint (as a substitute for blood), are set up in the fields to guard the crops.7 "All over India particular rocks are treated as divine. They are not only pervaded by the divine soul of the Universe which permeates all nature, but God is specially present in them." 8 1 G. de Rialle, Mythologie Comparie, 20. Most children believe at times that stones are animated, like Miss Ingelow (" An Infancy," Longman's Mag., Feb. 1890). 2 Sir A. Lyall, Asiatic Studies, 2nd ed. 9, 10. The god Krishna abides in the Sala-grama stone, even without consecration.8 This black stone is held in high veneration by other Hindu sects, as representing Vishnu, who has abode within it; while a white agate symbolises Siva, and a red stone Ganesa. The divine glory of these stones is celebrated in the Padma-purana.1 40. It has been well said that "the conception of an ubiquitous unconditioned spirit is entirely foreign to primitive thought. All the gods of antiquity were subject to physical limitations. There was always some ho...
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