'^■f: THE EUINS OF-FRAMBANAi^ 



.miC^uQCt ;i^ u- cinity of the great temple of Boro Budor in the diftri^ 

 --- " " ' h is termed {pom a {uppofed whimfical relation to the 



jaxc : vi : . r le^itcheoc Ckandi Caputren is an oblong fquare, the 



aces of which meafure 300 feet, and the eafl: and weR 



^QO, In this group there is no temple flanding, but the foundation of 



each is diftinftly vifible, and the enumeration of the whole proves, 

 that they amounted to. 32, appeacing to have been. -all ^ of xqual fee, 



'jfor this group is .remark able, far -containing -no great -ceotral templcj, 

 and no ilatue. ©f Buddha: each temple feems to have contained a (ingle 

 ilatiie- of. a: female deity which Lean only conjecture ,re,prcfents fo-me 



/jixild form of :the/.confort of Sivj^. 



"THEfiteof the temples 6^ Prdmhanan is abundantly fupplied with 



>iine' water, fo much dciired by the Hindus, .and fo neccflary to the 



periGrmance of their rituai. Be fides two rivers of the purell water, 



ihereis between the villages of Framhanan acd PJaoJams. fmail tank, evi- 



cdently ,an ..appendage of the temples. This little piece of water, is a 



fquare of about 200 feet to a fide. The ground around it is elevated^ 



and rhere^ is every appearance of its" being &n artiieiai excavation. The 



,*whole tank is covered with the blue Lotus, the ; flower of which is f© 



^.ffonlpicizous an ornament of thcfculpt11re3.oathetem.ples. 



The Lo^i^y though a- native- oTy^t/i^, is generally propagated in "the 

 ■Hrfl: inflances fey art, after which it perpetuates itfelf, fo that we may ha- 

 zard a conjecture, that the plants which now cover this little flicet of 

 water, are from the eriginai flock planted by the firfl founders of the 

 temptes. (^^) 



* Tha Ja»<infise language with its usual copiouSDess has no less than 10 uacacSj iivdiije.'joi 

 fo!ei(;n for.iha Lotus, aosong which may be enuineraiisd the following, 'six. Tunjun S ' 

 jg^fj,^, Qumudup Trali^ Sarcsidi^a acd Canegam, 



