a $lie s^»e. ^<&eb right* airtns, the head
and tbe = fe t, are completely ib^m>h Inone h^ind. th^i cai-ry a
painted; nahey and in the other., ani noibrella ofiife^'hrQ^d.i end M
the Talipot leaf. .
- The temples of Buddou- are superior, to those of all the other
deities; for they never dedicate temples !.to the Supreme Befchg,
nor rejnesent him. by • any image.; In the tempfei of Buddou
am* figures jp fi men habited like yhissi priests;, and; priced in va-s
riouk. postures;: ■some;iOfL them ar&F^ef®,;sitting.pr^-Jeggtd on
the cgndmrid- with, l©t^ budbybheadsj of. hair like thek «womedi'
whfle others recline at, full length en, the ground- At. Ruanelli,
in the interior, I . sasr a monstrous figure
feet »in length, placed in the ©^veriJj ofcan inwe^% if%g&^3i§h
lay 'at the bottom of a h ill: I shall .describe it morewparti-r
eularly! inrniy account of the erobassyito Candy.: |
V t o warions‘pants -of uthe island: a nun^^u^iHimsges^pfi-: tb^
god Buddonlare foiind, which by; . their extraordinary size shew
the- grfe&&'>rev®isence in -which h©i is held* .Jaija
ed to bim ‘ at Calane, six miles hortlveasit .of iCohimbo; ho is
represented tin a ; sittk^, posture* the right-hwdsAw^bPl^ignth©
left hand/and the right leg
the left. The head; o f the image as. lar^et'and SUWOUnt^l fey
a tiara oi crown ; the face round - and of a brownish ^ojpnc*
and the hair -frizzled She a hfgw&»,' - .»theories
a table : on which the offerings of; thpsi: Who yis^t thje;^hr«fe
are deposited. . These { offerings consist i|Tlfti
money,» spiceriesy; Sec* for no animals aye shewed ,f a be saerin
ficed. The S principal division :e f»the temple consists M m /one
apartment of jbrick;.iofeiian oblong square form,': with a itied
roof ; but it does not appear to be an .«KoenttstEHctaie* A
Jaanp 'continually burning i^s thsnng5; in the ®Mdle>*MM % huntaih
drand»rbef#etfte?entin4TOe jto'ii^p-ith^jadol from protane*fey«s.
In anbecfess^ * O n« each '-sStifeJioP 'ibhe /dOopift^tyi is ‘placed a-'large
figure- with a. club'kufgs handslto/guardl thg'*'a%ode ct&i^he god-4;!
and' two. 'tnbre • 1 nine«Stationed in a h ; inner* 'part* o f. a the+passage
te wait tfopOh him1.-' TheseAgUj’esnam abdufetbixt^feeft hight^l A
lhrgel(fetepl^pi^'iit|^h|)f»knj|Gj%ring fromrijthejj- King »'If iCandy, is
■plttced feefijre^'BdddOiuj ' accompanied Mg ! Of - ; brass
and a drivbr*r>©i/l the «ame;‘jnaet&h - Huts « are placed. -around for
the* accommodation b f t the5-pfesSs; who ;©fl&eiate in their: turns,
«Oihte’iiofdhem being. • always d&ifr duty in «the temploiii i
* «-Atv(^gulbodda, -sM: mitei; frofa;*Caltura;«Stands -a teniple.; Of
Buddou, whietpis- much frequented. It fe .n long huildiaag, (supr-
ported bfe^pila» o f ; a n d / o W e r e d with cajan leavesgV Ada-
^5iii0g 4t if5®? tyiyie^roOfed building* in the form »OB a pigeon-
house, called a,» bienamadoo, thq^wjsfshippers of; Buddou
b,hsC^W4?iifr;paiiiculii^; festivals.'; This building was erected’ in
1762, insteddSbf a ■i^yUSo^dlffciid^pSbfid'»ktiucfegre wbbh' had
been destroyed %» the Tortugulse;* This pagoda >o^y^ehar has
two darge- figures placed at - the entrant^, and* various i represent---
atibns painted bn the walls of the viranda. Within; is; a huge
ligure oT the god; nearly , thirty • feet in length,1 stretched asleep
on a bed composed oie earth and cement. r He lies on his! side,
with his head*-resting on a= pillow/ bis ttight band >;urtder.I it,
and his left extended^ -doWri his side, His; curled hair, beard,
and: countenance ard like those of his other images. . liis dreks
is painted redy black, and white; and his right breast is bare
and veTy large. Before this figure is an altar ;de<dc^ with
bowers, and certain brazen images of infeiior deities his attemh-
ants. In an adjoining apartment' there is*another• figure of Budp
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