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formed ia theitéittpies, cannot be célléd - Hindu.- In these temples; Which are vety
numerous, mud figures are placed) representing the tutelar deities o f each particular
country.
• The B r a m â n a s ó f a ll descriptions are held in great respect, and never condescendüo
pay complimente to -any pèTsOh' whatever. -T h e respect in which they are relatively
held,- sfeeras fo b e in proportion to .thé age o f the-person; and his supposed learning
and accomplishments. A B r a m â n a inay Cat from the hands; ;of another o f a similar
agOj h i t hot from those o f à junior. •
• T h e B r a m â n a are saiiiPntotetb frorship idols, nor do they perform public worship in the
temples, hut in their private houses only. -
• A B r a m â n a ihay marry a woman o f an inferior order, but the offspring o f such a marriage
is ca lled Ra/anga, which forms a distinct- class.
T h er e is in B a l i a -class o f ôutcàSfe, caHè’d G%®îdô,fes', 'who are hot permitted to reside
in villages ; are generally potters; dyers, 'dealers in leather, distillers, • ahd-tetailers Of
ardent spirits. The daneing women aite of- the i ■ “
A B r a m â n a cannot h e in anÿ-sefvîlé Occupation. H e cahftöt^Sit on thegrotitid, n ö ï
pefforia obeisance'to any other class. -
Th e religion d f B â l i has heéSn considered as o f two descriptions, that-of B u d h andthat
o f B r â m a . The Budhista are said to have come first tô thé -country. O f the B r a m â n a s
o f S ém a nine generations are said to havo passed oven':sïncë; their «trival. • T h b
name Of tbe: principal B r a m â n a o fth e e a s to f S ém a , who first settled oil -B SÜ , -is 'safd to
ha v e been- W â tU B a k u : he came from T ëK n g cm a , had ôh Ms Way is-said to ha v e’touched
at M à j â p â M t .
Th e liajas of B a l i are generally o f the S a t r ià cast; h u t th isd ó o s Hót'always-hohl.
- From information'obtained at B i l l i n g , it would appear that the-gtfeater part o f the
population Of B â t i follow the worship o f S é w a . Th e Budb’ists are’Caid to b'erare, and
"the names o f three districts only coùld be stated, where the Budhist religion is supposed
to prevail.
T h e saCTMëè cMRhe widow ctofbef&iforal p ü è ofhCT husband is freèpiefitv A l l ’classes
may perform flfis saferffiife, but it is niost common With ibe-Satrai«' Force d said 'nevor
to be had recourse to on these 'occasions; The irnrnber o f women who 'sacrifice themselves
is extraordinary -.—the father Of the present R a ja tff Bffimg was followed by. .no
less than seventy-four women. The dead body Is usually preserved in th e se -eases for
many months, and evën for a year, t h e corpse is preserved by daily fumigations with
b e n z o in , S e e .
The bodies o f the dead are burnt, except in the case o f children before they have shed
'their teeth, and o f all persons dying o f the small pox : as in the latter case the body
cannot be preserved, and it is usual, eveh' with the lower orders, to keep the body for
two months. Among Sottie, however, it is said to be usual to throw the dead bodies into
the sea.
The flesh o f the cow is eaten by all except th e B r a m â n a s who have led a life o f auster
ity : these refrain from eating even rice, and liv e ’wholly upon roots and fouit.
The
’ The Budhists are said t o be so little scrupulous in their diet, as to eat not only the
flesh o f the cow, but even that o f dogs and a ll other animals. Milk is never used as an
article-jpfifotod:, - ,
These particulars respectxng-the religious observances o f the Balians were obligingly
communicated to me by'Mr; Craiifurd; who visited th e isk a d tn 1§1& In thefdddwmg
y ear 1 visited BliJ>inS myself; but-my stay, was too short to obtain any very detailed
information on tliis^nfefesting1 particular, further than a collection o f their different
manuscripts, which have been brought t;o this-country, and already adverted to under
the head-of Javan- IjtejCafljrggS
!Dn,inquiring in to the rank, of- their-4eitfos, they replied at once :
-■ Tbc-:fi*s t- js B a id s 'A G itra ? ,
The aicopd B g t m a B M m a , emblematical o f fire, -
The ttdfdrl&gfef M ^ ^ - emblematical o f water.
The fourth-jBeiapa'Se®«, emblematical o f air. ad
Besides-itKese they have s.eyery-pther! deities,rViot however termed B a t a r a , as :
>10 J J e z e a G6jde\ S e g d r a , the deity o f the sea.
'D jm a '.G M e D a t u m , emblematical o f death,
D S w a . G g m B a l i A g u n g , the deity in whose temple (which is near the k a d d -
, tew o f the Raja), the common people on particular days pay worship. *
D iw q 'G r J x k G u n u n g A g u n g ; a deity.still more generally worshipped, and to
whom all the Rajas and people o f B a l i pay .adoration..
. Th e deity-A^ohadewa is known and mentioned in the religious books, but is not an
object o f worship.
B a l a r a G d m is considered as the . highest object o f worship below the divinity, S a n g
y o n g Tung'gal (the L o r d w h o is one), i
'-v l shall c lo s e ih is a e c o u n t r f th e religion o f B d M with the following literkl translate011
o f an account o f the Hindu religion, furnished to me by an ^teMigrnt
metau, a fiaitive p f the'islaud. ■
R * The religion Of B u d h , as it exists on B d l i , is divided into S a M l a n and M s k d l a n .
“ .T h e first regards all worldly concerns, such as the orders o f the prince, the -laws
“ o f the land, &c., including the common aflairs and transactions o f life; the second
“ comprehends all the duties and ceremonies o f religion, the conducting o f which is
“ in the han(J$ Of .the M a p e r w i t a , or learned Brahmins called P a d e n d a .
“ The different, kinds of worship attached to this division o f the religion, are those
“ B n t f r a P e r m i s t i G u r u , B a t a r a t f a r a d a , B a t a r a S a n g p a n g T u n g 'g a l , and all his
“ descendants; of all of whom images are made, some o f gold, some o f silver, some
“ o f bell-metal, and some in iro n ; and to whom are dedicated temples and places for
“ tl,e re°eption o f their images, on G u n u n g A g u n g , G u n u n g B a t u , G u n u n g B a t u r -
“ k a h u , and G u n u n g P r e d u n g ; but it is Gunung A g u n g that is the famous place for
“ them ; and those figures are the objects o f worship to all the princes o f B d l i .
“ When
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