PLATE LVI.
N A G R A ,
A musical msjmrnen,t|^|^e^l|ifiy, tw p J^k^st^dlf^T^ndyJ used
at the.qcM^o^S^^^iyiin^^0 t*ie wl^c ol d deceased IoggL(^(ofi ode
devotad d q ^ # f i ^ n c e ) . T h ew if o ^ p a t^ f a pit w ^ t ^ d e a d
her rdiuons a n d f | g r% | The foggee,r and .iaci o^ F a^ iis . called
claves ofdie Hindoo* y$os<* bodies are huried.
TfheJ|5 t sect called^Ddam, .who make baskets ;uid^at>,'or, arc^m^
ployed^tii^pip the dead, ^jjemovKtar^ase^)! animals, 'lliis sect
.wbfshipjthe evil. |§ tV $ ah o o v aT ia c f e i ^ ^ < ^ h | . t i 5i^ o f an
Eclipse, in rorder tthat thei^gp<|>ip * «itKj.the
am anS mqon; for having.cfetected him,in a ssum in g ^ appearance of
S d o ig e n iu s, to.o^tain.the Amritd,,or. water.ofT^mprtality^cJhimp^
ocean, may desist m his vcngeince, a&ai*t>cscluminaney.
This beautiful .allegory, taken from the Mahabharat, i s , ^ a lgtsthe
notes of Mr. Wilkins’s translation of the Bhagrat |
