The Idolatry of Part It 
O^/w^ who dreading the EfFedts thereof, clapt Siam Boerwetty^ near which lies the Gol- 
Baldaus. ^^j. j^^^j i^jg xhroat to prevent him den Mount Meeperwat feated in the Cen- 
^^^^''^'^^ from fwallow{ing it, and laying the other ter of the Earth, and 40000 Leagues 
Hand upon his Mouth for fear he fhould high, and to remove the faid Mount into 
fpue it out again and fet the World on the Sea, by winding the Serpent Signage 
fire, mingling at the fame time her Pray- about it, and thereby force the Sea to 
ers i Nila candamtre acxeram) with her caft out her Treafure, which had ren~ 
Endeavours, the Poifon forc'd its way der'd her fo vainglorious. This being put 
through Ixord's Ear, and was in an in- in Execution accordingly, the Sea calt 
ftant transform'd into a Devil, call'd out the following fourteen things. i.The 
Canda Carna Pixaxo. The Prints of Mony caWd Lecfcmy. 2. The mofl; pre- 
Paramefceri's Finger left three black fpots clous Jewel Confenchmany^ or the Carbun- 
on lxoYa\ Throat, whence he got the cle, which carries a Luflre like the Full- 
Sirname of Nili Candaon^ 1. e. Black Moon. 3. The Tree Paertfatig. 4. The 
Throaty or Black Head. VeflTel Silxeren, with the Water of Sora. 
tiifferent The Benjans and Gentives give a dilFe- 5. DoiJor Dannewanter. 6. Indemademaen. 
Relation rent Relation of this fecond Transforma- 7- The white Cow of Plenty call'd Cam- 
of the Ben. tign. They fay that the Sea being fwoln doga. 8. The immortal Water calPd ^ma- 
jaiis W ^jj.,^ Pride, broke out in thefe words*, rith. 9. The Elephant with feven Trunks, 
ef^tZ'^fe- ^bois it that can compare with the Riches ///Vr<iPF<^Mwe/?/. 10. The beauteous Female 
cnndTrmi- contain" d tn my j^aure Marble Vaults ? Here Dsinccr, Remba. 11. The feven-headed 
formatm. ^ the Moon ha6 fix'dber Habitation ; the Horfe Exmognora. 12. The Bow Dennok. 
Water of Tammarith, which renders thofe 13. The Horn Chiank. And, 14. The 
that drink it immortal^ is inclofed in my Poifon Sahar. This done, the Sea began 
Bofom. The Elephant with his feven Trunks, to abate of its Pride, the Mount and 
and the feven-headed Horfe dwell in the Serpent had their peculiar places affign'd 
Depths, which produce black, white and red them, and the Treafurco of the Sea were 
Coral in vaft quantity. The Great God diftributed to different Places and Per- 
of Heaven being exafperated at this Va- fons. Thus far of the fecond Transfor- 
nity, commanded the Giant and the four- mation, containing 2500 years of the 
headed God Bramma to goto the River firfttermof lime. 
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CHAP. II 
Viftnum transformed into a Hog : Waras his Altar, Some Reflections upon 
the Fables of the Pagans. ViftnumV fourth Transformation into half a, 
Man, and half a Lion, 
The third 
Transfw- 
mation. 
A Certain Adiren, named Renniacxem, 
was of fuch valt length, that taking 
up the Earth he roU'd it together like an 
Anchor-Cable, and carried it upon his 
Shoulders to the infernal places calfd 
Padala/s, whilft rifinum was afleep in his 
Red. He no fooner heard of the Pre- 
fum prion of this Adiren, but he alTum'd 
the fliape of a Hog, and digging with his 
Snout through the Earth, till he came to 
the Padalas^ kWVd the Robber, and taking 
the Earth upon his Tusks, fix'd it in its 
former place. Hence it is, that in the 
Pagodc call'd Adi IVarraha, in the City 
of Trimottam, not far from Sinu, there 
is to be feen the Head of a Hog, which 
the Btahmans fay was theProdudtof the 
Earth, and is reverenc'd as the true Idol 
of Fiflnum in memory of this Tranf- 
formation. 
The Benjans and Gentives of Indoflan 
and Suratte give us the following account 
of it. During the firffc term of Time, 
fay they, the World was fo over-burden'd 
with Sin, that the Serpent of 1000 Heads 
unable to bear the weight thereof any 
longer, withdrew her felf from under- 
neath it, whereby the World, together 
with Men and Beafts, were caft into and 
perifh'd in the depth of the Sea. ^raw- 
woaddrelTIng hirafelf to the Great God, 
dcfii 'd him to retrieve the World out of 
the Abyfs of the Sea, which he willingly 
granted. Whereupon Fiflnum alTum'd 
the (hape of a Boar's Head, with Tusks 
as big as an Elephant's Trunk, white all 
over his Body, with four Arms and Hands, 
having in one Hand a great Sword call'd 
Godda, and in the other a Book, as like- 
wife a Horn and round Tftcker, Thus 
transform'd, he threw himfelf into the 
Sea, being at firft no bigger than a Man's 
Finger, but increas'd before he reach'd 
the "bottom to fuch a degree, that in 
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