PLATE. XLIII.
AN OORDABAHOO.
yspfrraSis a FaquitJ or holy mendicant1,, who inflicts upon himself extreme
p‘ain and[ %t<flera^lfe; austerities^ under the^ idea ofj sijefr? punishments
beiijg. acceptable- tp^th,e-,’'deity; some, keep their limbs m distressing
positions, twtii^l&sinewsi and--joints become, immoveable, others; chain
themselves to trees, sleep on a bed of pointed ir^n spikes, and; subject
themselves toj.various torments, which, appear almpsi;'wcredihlev, An
accounts o f tWQjj of these Faquirs, by the Gqvernorkofi Bombayjkis
inserted in^fol: Y- of the Asiastk Researches.
The Faquir, called Purrum. Hungse, is said tpih’ave, descended
from heaven, .tor live' without food, and to survive iriider. water or earth
-to-the age^ of thousands of years.-'. Nothitigijaffords toother* moralist' such
a strong impression of the ridicuJbflf-effect.^of superstition, as to; qhserye
with what, credulity and admi?adoh|>the< Hindoos believe anrt witness
the monstrous absurdities qfthe Faquirs.
