82 OP THE ORIGIN OF 



in the Dionysiacs — Vivum lariiaiit detitihus tauftmt, 

 crudeUs epulas ammis commemorationibus excifantes \ 

 — and again — Illicj in orgiis Bacchi, inter ehrias pu- 

 ellas et vinoUntos senes^ cum Scelerum Pompa pro- 

 cederet, alter nigro amictu teter \ alter, ostenso angue 

 terribiUs ; alter, cruentus ore, dum viva Pecoris 

 membra discerpit. Jul. Firmic. De errore profa- 

 arum Religio>iwn. This horrid custom was very an- 

 tient ; and I suppose, with Mr. Bruce, that thfc 

 prohibitions in Deuteronomy were particularly le- 

 veH'*d at this execrable practice ; and this evidence, 

 I think, strongly corroborates my supposition. The 

 Egyptians seem to have extended this policy to sheep 

 and goats : for the ram was worshipped at the vernal 

 equinoXj and the goat was worshipped at Memphis. 



REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING ESSAY. 

 BY K. T. COLEBROOKE, Esq. 



Several points, relative to the religious cere- 

 monies of the Hindus, and their mythology, which 

 the preceeding Essay has touched upon, seem to re- 

 quire elucidation, independently of the purpose, for 

 which they have been there mentioned. The fol- 

 lowing remarks are therefore subjoined, with a view 

 of adding some information on those subjects. 



P. 68. The eight S'adis or energies of as many 

 Deities, are also called Mdtris or mothers. They 

 are named Bra'hmi, &c. because they issued from 

 the bodies of Bra'hma and the other gods re- 

 spectively *. 



* Raya MucuTA'oa the Ameracosha. 



