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comprised in a few pages, is, however, the mod; clear and 
ufeful traft on the fubjefil which thofe times could boaft. 
Burney's lUuJic, vol. ii. p. 175, 197-208. 
MU-RIPADOO'j a town of Hindooftan, in the circar 
of Cicacole : five miles north of Tickeiy. 
MU'RITZ, a lake of Mecklenburg, a little to the fouth 
of Wahren. 
MURK, f. [morck, Dan. dark.] Darknefs; want of 
light: 
Ere tw'ice in murk, and occidental damp, 
Moil! Iiefperus hath quench’d his fleepy lamp. Shakcfp. 
MUR'KAH, a town of Hindooftan, in Allahabad, on 
the Jumna : fifty miles weft-north-weft of Allahabad. 
MUR'KY, adj. Dark; cloudy; wanting light: 
So fcented the grim feature, and up-turn’d 
His noftrils wide into the murky air, 
Sagacious of his quarry. Milton's Paradife Lojl. 
A murky ftorm deep lowering o’er our heads 
Hung imminent, that with impervious gloom 
Oppos’d itfelf to Cynthia’s filver ray. Addifon. 
MURLAVAD'DY, a town of Hindooftan, in Myfore : 
twenty-one miles fouth of Bangalore. 
MUR'LI,./ A name given in the Eaft Indies to bands 
of females retained in eminent temples as chorifters. The 
word feems defcriptive of their mufical avocation, as it 
means, in a dialed of the country, “ a flute or pipe.” 
Blence Krilhna, the Apollo of India, when feen with the 
pipe in his hand, as he is in Sonnerat, Maurice’s Indian 
Antiq. and in feveral plates of the Hindoo Pantheon, is 
called Murlidur, or Mudlidher; more correfliv, perhaps, 
Murlidhara, meaning “ pipe-bearer;” as Siva is in like 
manner lurnamed Gangadhara, from bearing the river 
Ganga, or Ganges, mythologically, on his head. 
To the temple at Jejury, in Hindooftan, as we are in¬ 
formed by major Moor, not fewer than two hundred 
beautiful young women are attached as fingers and 
dancers. As the word Jejury was omitted in its pro¬ 
per place, we will here fubjoin a ftiort account from the 
Hindoo Pantheon. “ A handfome temple, dedicated to 
the worfliip of an avatara of Siva under the name of Kan- 
deh Rao, is at Jejury, a town of forne extent, about thirty 
miles to the fouth-eal! of Poona. I have vilited this tem¬ 
ple. It is fituated in a beautiful country, on a high 
iinconnefited hill, and has a very commanding and majeltic 
appearance : the temple, furrounding w alls, and fteps up 
to it, are well built of fine ftone. I have had occafion to 
remark, and it has alfo doubtlefs been remarked by others, 
that the fcites of churches built by the Jefuits are always 
on the rnoft healthy, beautiful, and pidurefque, points, 
evincing the judgment and tafte of that wonderful order 
of men : the fame may, I think, be obferved of Hindoo 
temples ; generally, after allowing for the necefiary prox¬ 
imity of water, the moll beautiful the neighbourhood 
affords. This temple is very rich: it is faid to expend 
50,000 rupees, about 6000I. fterling, yearly in the ex- 
penfes and ellablilhment for Kandeh Rao; horfes and 
elephants are kept for him : he and his fpoule are bathed 
in Ganges water, and rofe-water, perfumed with atr, and 
decorated with gems. The revenues, like thofe of moll 
other temples, are derived from houfes and lands given 
by pious people, and from prefents and offerings con- 
ftantly making by all defcriptions of votaries and vilitors, 
according to their means, or to their faith, hope, or cha¬ 
rity. At the annual jatra, or fair, which commences on 
the lad day of the dark half of the lunar month Chaitra 
(in January), 100,000 or more perfons viiit Jejury. It is 
cullomary for each family to facrifice a Iheep; and the 
brahmins allured me, that twenty or thirty thoufand are 
flain on this occafion, and to the honour and glory of 
Kandeh Rao.” Here the offerings of beafts, and the 
fingers and dancers, will naturally remind the reader of 
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the Jewifh ritual, and of the annual feftival's at the temple 
of Jerufalem. 
In another work the fame author more particularly de- 
fcribes Jejury as a pretty-large town, but, with the excep¬ 
tion of a few fhopkeepers and retailers of fruit, vegetables, 
and fuch fipall wares, apparently wholly inhabited by 
brahmins and beggars, the latter of whom were exceed¬ 
ingly importunate and troublefome. Were it not for its 
temple, the town is not deferving particular notice. The 
afcent to the temple is on the north-eaftern fide, by a 
handfome flight of broad ftone fteps ; and, being of con- 
liderable height, and rather fteep, the walk up is fomewhat 
fatiguing: arches are in many places thrown acrofs over 
the flairs, which have, on each fide, frequent buildings of 
ftone of a pyramidal form for lights ; others have the ap¬ 
pearance of recedes. The inner temple, where the deity 
is placed, is ancient, and not very handfome ; but the 
enclofure is elegant and extenfive, beautifully finiflied 
with fine ftone, and the pavement is alfo of large flags. 
The enclofure is open, and commands a fine view of the 
furrounding country. 
MURMAN'SKOI BE'REG, the north-eaft coaft of 
Ruffian Lapland, in the government of Archangel, be¬ 
tween lat. 68 and 69. N. 
MUR'MUR, f. [Latin.] A low flu-ill noife.—Flame as 
it moveth within itfelf, or is blown by a bellows, givetb 
a murmur, or interiour found. Bacon's Nat. Hijl. 
When the wing’d colonies firft tempt the fky, 
Or,-letting, feize the Iweets the bloffoms yield, 
Then a low murmur runs along the field. Pope. 
A complaint half fupprefled; a complaint not openly 
uttered : 
Some difcontents there are; fome idle murmurs; 
How idle murmurs !— 
The doors are all Ihut up ; the wealthier fort, 
With arms acrofs, and hats upon their eyes, 
Walk to and fro before their lilent Ihops. Dry den . 
To MUR'MUR, v. n. To give a low Ihrill found : 
The murmuring furge, 
That on the unnumber’d idle pebbles chafes, 
Can fcarce be heard fo high. ShakcJ'peare's K. Lear, 
Amid an ille around whofe rocky flrore 
The forefts murmur, and the furges roar, 
A goddels guards in her enchanted dome. Pope. 
To grumble; to utter fecret and fullen difcontent: with 
at before things, and againjl before perfons.— Murmur not 
at your ficknefs, for thereby you will fin again!! God’s 
providence. Wake's Prep, for Death. — The good con- 
lequences of this fcheme, which will execute itfelf with¬ 
out murmuring againjl the government, are very vilible. 
Swift. 
The good we have enjoy’d from heaven’s free will; 
And ihall we murmur to endure the ill ? Dryden. 
MUR'MURER, f. One who repines; one who com¬ 
plains fullenly ; a grumbler ; a repiner; a complainer.— 
The murmurer is turned off to the company of thofe dole¬ 
ful creatures which were to inhabit the ruins of Babylon. 
Gov. of the Tongue. 
Still might the difcontented murmurer cry, 
Ah haplefs fate of man ! ah wretch doom’d once to die. 
Black more, 
MUR'MURING, f. A Low found 3 a continued mur¬ 
mur; a confufed noife: 
A cloud of cumbrous gnatts doe him mold!, 
All ftriving to infixe their feeble Hinges, 
That from their noyance he no where can reft ; 
But with his clownilh hands their tender wings 
He bruflieth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings. 
Spenfer . 
His 
