PLATE XLWÏ.
A. SUNK, OR CHANK, AND GUNTA, OR
TINGAREE.
Tap ss e are muskaL , instruments, used bjs the- Braihmuns -at their
religiousceremonies* fEhpBrahmuns».6tté®^^eejja'0diSoo®erva®é
the four original cast-s'.ohthejHihtfoo Religion-; 'their 'origin, -eoèv'Jil tvkh
that of the icreation,\iS‘ described -in the institute'»'oftheir diwittèdelgifci
lator, Menu, ' as follows: thél’Stipfeihel’Æéihg^-havJftjgt'icFeajtèid.-thê
waters, placed in them a productive seed, which:’N^tne an egg, fnd
in it he was born himself in the form of Brahma, the great -forefather
of all' spirits. After, having remained a who le - ^ean in ac tiy e âh,t he.Cggt
he cau^éd it-fö divide, and formedôfiitâ.divisions the Ifeavens afldsjthe
earth!;'.'he then (after tóying tproduceds-ihe principle
multiply the human race, caused the Biahnipruto proceed from hi$
mouth^the K’huttry, or Chiitery, frpm h&èa^Ö, the',B.ÿcè fromllhis
thigh, a$(i»the Soodderfrom,his foot. T|hese,are the four; original casts,
and -jermedï'^e^'s^prîlotal,^ lliosjndttiiry, the Guihriieiual, and thé
seivilf..
# The former is a sea shell bored at the' end, and when blown into, produces a solemn
sound; the latter is a bell, cömihönly';of In the back ground*is’awoman
at her dëvôtionÿ and placed on a stool bëforehér are Cbanks and the Tingaree.
The Gunta is also used; it is a flat roünd’platë of mixed and'is beat by a stick :
theGurita is suspended from the wrist, and the stick on which it is'operated' is held in
the same hand.