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XIV. 



Account of an Jieredltary liulng Deity, to 



whom devotion is paid by the Bramins 



o/'PooNA and its neighbourhood. 



By Captain Edward Moor. 



The opportunity afforded me of visiting the city 

 of Fooua, M'ith the enihassy in 1 800, I eagerly- 

 embraced, to obtain information respecting an extra- 

 ordinary family, which enjoys the distinction of an 

 here(htary incarnation of the divinity,* from father 

 to son ; and tlie following is the result of my re- 

 searches. ISIy opportunities for inquiry were favour- 

 able, and I consider my authorities tolerably good; 

 but I tliink it necessary to piemise, that 1 do not 

 pledge myself for thC' minute veracity of every par- 

 ticular. 



MooHABA GossEYN Mas a Bramm of Poofia, who 

 by abstinence, mortification and prayer, merited, 

 above others, the favourable regards of the z\lmighty. 

 GuNPUTTV, the most common name in this coun- 

 try, among the many hundreds of Srf.e Ganesa, 

 accordingly vouchsafed to appear to him, at C/u?i' 

 clwor*, in a vision by night; desired him to arise, 

 and bathe ; and while in the act of ablution to seize 

 and hold sacrcci to the godhead, the fiisr tano-ible 

 substance that his hand cncv-untered. The God 

 covenanted that a portion of his Holy Spirit sliould 

 pervade the person thus favoured, and be continued 



as 



* This town is also called Chkoor, Ch'icoree, or Chhthj-wur • the 

 .latter is perhaps the most correct orthography. 



