. Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs . 649 Fig. 49. a Sacti] eyes,130 <0^ O are used sti11 as emblems of Siva and Sacti by the Hindoos, as they were by theancient Egyptians, all of which indicate the conjunc- Fig. 52. Fig. 53. Fig. 51. o V S tion of the triad with the unit. The following Hindoosymbols have the same signification, the last being Fig. 54. Fig 55 Fi
. Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs . 649 Fig. 49. a Sacti] eyes,130 <0^ O are used sti11 as emblems of Siva and Sacti by the Hindoos, as they were by theancient Egyptians, all of which indicate the conjunc- Fig. 52. Fig. 53. Fig. 51. o V S tion of the triad with the unit. The following Hindoosymbols have the same signification, the last being Fig. 54. Fig 55 Fig g6 Fig- 57 Fig< 58 especially valuable to us, because the Sacti is shown Fig. 59. Fig. 60. Fig. 61. 0. w Fig. 62. Fig. 63. 0^3 ^\ therein under a form closely resembling the Assyriangrove, or the door, see Fig. 66, Vol. I., p. 160. 130 There is a very curious story told of Indra in Moors Hindoo Pantheon,p. 263, which proves clearly the relation between the eye and the Sacti. It runsthus: Great and glorious as Indra (the god of the sky) is, he could not resisttemptation ; and he is fabled to have been once covered with, instead of eyes, marksof a different sort. Ahilya, the pious wife of the pious Rishi Gomata, attractedthe depraved Indra, but he was prevented from accomplishing his adulterousdesign by the seasonable intrusion of the holy man. who imprecated this curse uponIndra, that he should be covered with the mark of what has been the object of hislawless desires ; which took immediate effect. On the repentance and entreatiesof the detected deity, who did not like to be seen amongst the gods covered withsuch indecent spots, the good man relented, and mitigated the curse by changing
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