Daily Bible illustrations : being original readings for a year, on subjects from sacred history, biography, georgaphy, antiquities, and theology : Especially designed for the family circle . h to our ground. In these thegod is born of woman,—that is to say, instead of taking pos-session of the form of an adult, he takes possession of an un-born infant; and the child of human parents is born into the• world, and grows up through childhood to youth and man-hood. The first of these two is that of Khrishna, to which wehavft formerly referred,! in the representations of whom, as a * The ten avatars
Daily Bible illustrations : being original readings for a year, on subjects from sacred history, biography, georgaphy, antiquities, and theology : Especially designed for the family circle . h to our ground. In these thegod is born of woman,—that is to say, instead of taking pos-session of the form of an adult, he takes possession of an un-born infant; and the child of human parents is born into the• world, and grows up through childhood to youth and man-hood. The first of these two is that of Khrishna, to which wehavft formerly referred,! in the representations of whom, as a * The ten avatars are usually thus arranged,—1. Matsya, the fish, orman-fish. 2. Kurma, the tortoise, or man-tortoise. 3. Varaha, theboar, or man-boar. 4. Narasingba, the lion, or man-lion. 5. Vamana,or the dwarf. 6. Parasu Rama, the name of the favored person in•whom Vishnu became incarnate. 7. Sre-Ram, the same. 8. same. 9. Budh, the same. 10. Kalki, the horse, or , it is a question netween the Brahminical and Buclhist sects,whether the Budh of the ninth avatar is the same with the founder ofBudhism or not. f Morning Series: Third Week—Monday. INCARNATION. 81. 82 TWENTY-NINTH WEEK WEDNESDAY. child, have occurred those supposed pictorial resemblances tothe Virgin and Child of the Roman Catholic paintei-s. Butthis sort of analogy must always exist where a w^oman, with achild at her bosom, is depicted; and in the case before us, thefemale %ure is not that of the mother Devaki, as some im-agine, but of the foster-mother Yesuda. In the last avatar, thatof Vishnu as of Budha, it is even questioned whether the godwas born a child or not; for, according to some accounts, heappeared at once as a shepherd boy. In either case, after acareer of unutterable carnality, mingled with heroic achieve-ments and redress of wrongs, he returns to the joys of hiscelestial mansion, having imparted all moral and political pre-cepts to his favored followers. The particulars are
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