OF THE HINDUS.. 281. 



b. The firft day of the Satya yuga. 



Brahma, Vaifinava. 



" Water and oil of tila, offered on the Tugadyas to the Pitt is, or progehi- 

 " tors of mankind, are equal to obfequies continued for a thoufand yea>rs. }> 



Vijhnu-pumya. 



This was alfo the day, on which the river Gangd flowed from the foojrof 

 Vijlinu down upon Himalaya, where me was received on the head of $$$a t 

 and led afterwards to the ocean by king Bhagirat'ba: hence adoration is 

 now paid to Gangd, Himalaya, Sancara, and his mountain Cailafa; nor 

 muff Bbacrirat'ha be neglected. 



».'.' Brahma. 



c. Libations to the Manes. 



Raghunaftdan. 

 Note on p. 275. 

 Dolayatra. b. 



Compare this holiday and the fuperftition on the fourth of Bhadra with 

 the two Egyptian feflivals mentioned by Plutarch ; one called the en-> 

 trance of Osiris into the Moon, and the other, his confinement or inclofure in 

 an Ark, 



The people ufually claim four other days for their fports, and fprinkle 

 one another with a red powder in imitation of vernal flowers : it is common- 

 ly made with the mucilaginous root of a fragrant plant, coloured with Bak~ 

 kam, or Saj^an-wood, a little alum being added to extract and fix the rednefs. 



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