The Idolatry of 
Part IL 
rsj</^ pay him Reverence, who orders them im- 
Bcildam. mediately to give the Flowers to the 
?VVNJ QQ^^g^ which they do. 
They have not the fame regard for 
the Bulls and Oxen, thothey make a Bull 
the Father or Author of the Royal Family 
of the Exafin^ from whence the Kings of 
Cochin^ Cranganovy Cananor^ and others 
are defcended ^ they relate, that all 
the Males of this Family being extind, 
a Woman of the fame Tribe being be- 
got with Child by a Bull, revived the 
faid Family. 
oftnmof The Malabars alledg the following 
tbeMah- reafon for the Allies of the Cow-dung', 
bars of the They fay that the Lingam (i.e. memhrum 
cowdmg, ^iyiig^ of Ixora^ before it was ;ut in 
pieces, being fo long that it reach'd up 
to his Forehead, let fly fome few Drops 
of Seed, which happening to light into 
his fiery eye in the Front, was burnt to 
Allies immediately. Hence it is that in 
Canara^ betwixt Cananor and Mang alar ^ 
there are to be found a certain Order of 
pretended holy religious Men,living con- 
ftantly in thePagodes. Thefe appear in the 
Streets quite naked, and making a noife 
by the ringing of a Bell they carry a- 
long with them, the Women (without 
diftindion of Age or Quality, even 
to the Queens) come running out to 
touch their Privy Members. 
That the Egyptians, and after them 
the Jews^ had a peculiar Veneration for 
Cows and Calves, is fufficiently evident 
from many PaiTages in the Scripture and 
the Afhes of the Red Covo are mention'd, 
jHeb.g. 13. & Numb. ch. 19. 
Befides this Purification, thefe Pa- 
gans have alfo their meritorious Ads of 
Piety J fome of the Jogiis carry Iron 
Collars about their Necks, walk con- 
ftantly with Iron Fetters and Chains, and 
have Iron Nails with the Points inwards 
in their wooden Slippers or Sandels. 
Some have been known to ty them- 
fel'/es with Ropes to a Tree, till they 
expired in great TTorments. 
Ifawi657, one of thekjogys atCo- 
hm'boj whofe Arms were grown toge- 
ther over his Head, a Pofture he had 
chofen out of Devotion, Others of this 
Order never fleep, but pray incelTant- 
ly J of this kind are alfo to be found in 
Japan and China. 
Another meritorious A£t of the Pagans 
is the vifiting their celebrated Pagodes 
and other holy Places (like the Pilgrima- 
ges of the Romanifts) as the famous Pa- 
• gode Rammanakojel, the Adams Mountain 
in Ceylon^ and divers other Places at Sm- 
rattc^ Davarcay Mottcra^ CaJJ^ Bengals^ 
and Ayotia, 11 Leagues from Cafi ; for 
which reafon it is, that the rich eredl 
Pagodes, jans (call'd Jmmalamsj and 
Cifterns for the Conveniency of the tra- 
velling Men and Beafts. 
The Malabars have a peculiar way to 
merit the forgiving of their Sins ; there 
grows a certain Stone callM Talagram- 
ma on one fide of the Mount Mahameru, 
near a Riverfide (which the Jogys al- 
ways carry about them) fome whereof 
contain Gold, and are then called Jerenia 
Querpam • one of thefe carry'd in a Vef- 
fel, and in another the five following 
things belonging to the Cow, wc. the 
Creamy i^ilk^ Butter, Pifs, and Dmg 
mix'd together, call'd by them Panchavi- 
am Wine, and afterwards put into the o- 
ther Vclfel, wherein lies the 7* alagramma^ 
and given to any Perfon whilft he re- 
cites thQ f^edamantiram (a Prayer of five 
words) purchafes Pardon for all Sins, 
deflroys his Enemies, reconciles him to 
his Frieads, and procures Riches. This 
Prayer is in high Veneration among the 
Brahmans^ which they ufe conftantly 
when they are fitting down to eat, but 
nobody dares to fay it in the Streets: 
The five Words are Panefua, ^panefua^ 
Finefua, Vdamfua, and Sumanefua ; the 
firft fignifies the Soul or Spirit, the fecond 
the Polleriors, where the Excrements 
are difcharg'd the third the Hearing ; 
the fourth Seeing 5 the fifth the Smel- 
ling. 
They have alfo their Feftivals : one of their Fef-^ 
the mofl: remarkable Fellivals of thefe 
Pagans, is celebrated in Honour of Vift- 
num or Ixora tho the Malabars folem- 
nize certain Fellivals, as that in Honour 
of Ixora's Spoufes, which are not regard- 
ed by other Brahmans, which beginning 
the 2th of Jan. continues for nine days, 
the Ceremonies may be feen in Rogeri- 
M, 1. 2. c. 1 2. The Feafts celebrated in 
Honour of /jfor^i and Tiflnum, are call'd 
Trenaca and Panduga. The Gentives, 
Malabars, and Inhabitants of Coromandel 
alfo foleranize a Feafl: to the Memory 
of the Nativity of riflnum, and his 
Transformation into Kifna in Augujt, 
when they adorn their Houfes with all 
forts of Greens, which feems to have 
fome Refemblance to our Chriftmafs: 
They alfo ufe another Feafl; to the Honour 
of Fiftnum, in remembrance of the 
1 5ooo Virgins it begins the eighth day 
after the Full Moon in 0^7. They have 
alfo a Feafl: in Honour of Fiftnum's Spoufe, 
call'd Lafceni by thofe of Coromandel'^ 
this is celebrated by the Brahmms Wives 
in September, for nine days, when they 
pray 
