The Open court . rent asunder, the god came out in the shape of a lion-man and tore the scoffer topieces. 2 Jagannath is commonly misrepresented in Christian countries, and there is much talk of thecustom of people throwing themselves under the wheels of the big Car of JagannSth. There isno truth in the tale. Says Sir Monier Monier-Williams, an enthusiastic worker in the field ofChristian apologetics : It is usual for missionaries to speak with horror of the self-immolationalleged to take place under the Car of Jagannath (Krishna). But if deaths occur, they must beaccidental, as self-destructi
The Open court . rent asunder, the god came out in the shape of a lion-man and tore the scoffer topieces. 2 Jagannath is commonly misrepresented in Christian countries, and there is much talk of thecustom of people throwing themselves under the wheels of the big Car of JagannSth. There isno truth in the tale. Says Sir Monier Monier-Williams, an enthusiastic worker in the field ofChristian apologetics : It is usual for missionaries to speak with horror of the self-immolationalleged to take place under the Car of Jagannath (Krishna). But if deaths occur, they must beaccidental, as self-destruction is wholly opposed both to the letter and spirit of the Vaishnavareligion. [Brakmanistn and Hinduism, p. ii8.) Jagannath, the Vishnu incarnation of mercy and compassion, always appears with two com-panions. As to their grotesque appearance, we must consider that the Hindu tries to describethe divine by things uncommon and extraordinary, 3See Sir M, M. Williamss Brakmanism and Hinduism, p, 46. 92 THE OPEN Fig. 10. The Christian Trinity after the Conception of Old German Masters.(Reproduced from Muther.)
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