A view of the history, literature, and religion of the Hindoos, including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works . e parrot. i The pigeon. The partridge. The sparrow. Cojaoias Indies. Unknown. The Indian cuckow. r The Siberian crane,^ The gaUinule. » Anas caisarca. Sonini,during his travels in Greece and Turkey, made a journey into ancientMacedonia, and paid a visit to mount Olympus, the abode of the gods. It was themiddle of July when this excursion waa made, and although the heat was extremetowards the base of the mountain, as weU as in
A view of the history, literature, and religion of the Hindoos, including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works . e parrot. i The pigeon. The partridge. The sparrow. Cojaoias Indies. Unknown. The Indian cuckow. r The Siberian crane,^ The gaUinule. » Anas caisarca. Sonini,during his travels in Greece and Turkey, made a journey into ancientMacedonia, and paid a visit to mount Olympus, the abode of the gods. It was themiddle of July when this excursion waa made, and although the heat was extremetowards the base of the mountain, as weU as in the plain, vast masses of snow render-ed the summit inaccessible. It is not astonishing, says Sonini, that the Greekshave placed the abode of the gods on an eminence which mortals cannot reach. Themonks of the convent, who have succeeded them in this great elevation, confirmedwhat has been sometimes disputed, the perpetual permanence of ice and snow on thetop of the mountain. With the exception of chamois and a few bears, there are hard-ly any quadrupeds to be seen beyond the half of the height of Olympus. Birds alsoscarcely pass this limit. Eleocarpus ^ BRUMHA. ri^Dj_sIir>Ll :y J liLdanitotl A 3avren., hitliotf. BRUMHA THE CREATION—POEM AND WORSHIP OF BRUMHA^ 21 ? Sect. III.—UrUmha. As has been already mentioned, Brumha, -Vishnoo, and Shivuderived their existence from the one Brtirnhn. ihe Hindoo ptinditsdo n«t admit these to be creatures, but contend that they are ema-nations from, or parts of, the on^ Br&nhu. _. Brumha first produced th« watera, then the earth; next, fromhis own mind, he caused a number of sages and four females to beborn : among the sages was Ktishjupu, the father of the gods,giants, and men. Fr<Mn Uditee were born the gods ; from Diteethe giants,; from Kudroo the hydras ; and from Vinuta, Gurooruand Uroonu. After creating these aages, who were of course bram-htkis, Brumha caused a kshutriyu to spring from his arms, avoishyu from hi
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