A

VIEW

OF THE

HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND RELIGION

OF

THE HINDOOS:

INCLUDING

A MINUTE DESCRIPTION OF

THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS,

AND

TRANSLATIONS FROM THEIR PRINCIPAL WORKS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

BY THE REV. W. WARD,

ONE OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARIES AT SERAMPORE, BENGAL

THE THIRD EDITION,

CAREFULLY ABRIDGED AND GREATLY IMPROVED.

LONDON:

Printed, by Order of the Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society, for
BLACK, PARBURY, AND ALLEN, BOOKSELLERS TO THE
HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY, LEADENHALL-STREET;
By W. H. Pearce, High-street, Birmingham,
1817.

CONTENTS

OF VOL. II.

BOOK II.

OF THE TEMPLES, IMAGES, PRIESTS, AND TEMPLE. WOR-

OF THE WORSHIP IN THE TEMPLES.

In the temples of Shivů, 19. In those of Vishnoo,

13

15

20

BOOK III.

OF THE STATED PERIODS OF WORSHIP, AND VARIOUS

DUTIES AND CEREMONIES.