Storia do Mogor : or, Mogul India, 1653-1708 / by Niccolao Manucci, Venetian ; tr., with introduction and notes, by William Irvine.

Storia do Mogor, or, Mogul India, 1653-1708 / by Niccolao Manucci, Venetian ; tr., with introduction and notes, by William Irvine.

  • Manucci, Niccolò, 1639-approximately 1717.
Date:
1907-08
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Credit: Storia do Mogor, or, Mogul India, 1653-1708 / by Niccolao Manucci, Venetian ; tr., with introduction and notes, by William Irvine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the November festival of the goddess ‘ Culouly ’ (? Kali alias Kangall) ; (14) first ceremony at a Hindu marriage ; (15) second ceremony at a marriage; (16) third ceremony at a marriage; (17) fourth ceremony at a marriage ; (18) fifth and last cere- mony at a marriage ; (ig) first ceremony at a Lingàyat funeral ; (20) second ceremony at such funeral ; (21) third ceremony at the said funeral ; (22) funeral of a grucs (? gunl), or learned doctor of the Hindu religion ; (23) burning of a Brahman widow; (24) an eclipse of the moon as pictured by the Hindus ; (24Òfs) ritual at eclipse of the sun and moon ; (25) burning of the dead ; (26) bathing of the widow after her husband’s death ; (27) picture of the woman (see Part IL, f. 70) who dragged her lover into the pyre ; (28) lamentations of a Hindu widow on hearing of her husband’s death ; (29) sacrifices at the dedication of a Lingàyat temple; (30) representations of a faqlr's life ; (31) Brahmans branding a man dedicated to their service; (32) ritual against the small-pox; (33) elevation and plan of the temple at Canjivaron [Kanchipuram or Conjee- veram, 'Madras Manual of Ad.,’ iii. 210]; (34) elevation and plan of two other temples at Kanchipuram; (35) plans and view of Lanka town, the fairy city of the Hindus ; (36) repre- sentation of the great temple at Tirupati [see Part III., f. 201 of text] ; (37) Brahmans sacrificing a goat to fire ; (38) rejoic- ings of the Brahmans after sacrificing the goat; (39) flower pavilion erected at temples on great festivals ; (40) Brahmans blessing water ; (41) triumphal car used in processions to bear their idols; (42) a Hindu festival to Lakshmi and Paramal ; (43) Hindu devotee with iron chain ; (44) Hindu devotee with wooden yoke ; (45) Hindu devotee with an iron chain through his lip , (46) a dead Hindu, naif buried, and a woman begging alms for him, (47) ^ Hindu asking for alms ; (47^^'^} another Hindu mendicant ; (48) a Hindu penitent worshipping the sun ; (49) another Hindu penitent worshipping the sun ; (50) a Hinda penitent in a fixed position ; (51) the same, another position ; (52) another ascetic in a constrained posture ; (53) another of these penitents ; (54) another instance ; (55) penitents adoring the Lingam ; (56) a Hindu penitent with a brazier on his head ; (57) Hindu strollers attached to temples asking alms and D 2
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