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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 
are of Telinga origin, and in their families retain that language : 
According to tradition, they have been in this country for six 
generations. 
CHAPTER 
IV. 
June 22, &c. 
The Samay Shalay wear the Linga , and of course are worshippers Samay Sha- 
of Lswara, and the gods of his family. They reject the worship of ^ ay ' 
the Saktis, or destructive powers. Their Gurus are the Einaru of 
the Pancham Banijigas , with which cast the Samay Shalay can eat, 
but they cannot intermarry. When their Guru visits the town, 
each Shalay of this sect must present him with two Fanams ( Is . 4 cl); 
and when a Samay Shalay waits on the Guru at the Matam, he must 
make an offering of ten Fanams, (6,?. 8 \d.). The Guru does not give 
Upadesa; but, in place of it, bestows the Linga. In case of the 
Guru s absence, this may be done by any Einaru. The Einaru at- 
tends at births, marriages, funerals, and on the occasion of build- 
ing a new house. The Panchanga attends at marriages to read the 
Mantrams, or service proper for the ceremony, and receives the 
usual tees. On these occasions, the Einaru washes the bride- 
groom’s feet, and gives him some consecrated victuals. They bury 
the dead, and the widow is sometimes buried alive at the same time, 
but not in the same grave with the deceased husband. Widows 
cannot marry a second time, as is the case throughout India with 
females of any cast above those that are reckoned impure. The 
men are allowed a plurality of wives ; but, except for adultery, can 
neither confine nor divorce them. They cannot legally eat animal 
food, nor drink spirituous liquors. The laymen are permitted to read 
several Pur cmas; such as the Basxm Pur ana, which gives an ac- 
count of the laws of their religion : and the Shalayswara Parana. , 
which is extracted from a book called the Brdhmanda Purdna , and 
contains the rules of their particular sect, as the original work 
contains the rules of every sect whatever. 
The wot shippers of Vishnu , among this class of weavers, are called Padma Sha- 
Padma Shalay, and give the following account of their origin. The lay ' 
whole Shalay formerly wore the Linga; but a house having been 
