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mmm > M vw&S u ^ M * ^ ^ l # ? It becomes animated with the pretended gg 4 \ wl ^ c ^ i it represents , and that a supernatural povjf ^ r is conferred 911 . " tins vain image . If it be of the , * nfl ( fculine Sfex , lie maxjges it to anoth < p | 6 f the fexoinine gend £ f , with aU ther magnificenee of nuptial' cereipQnies , ^ po ^ n that moment the idol , is considered the arbiter of his destiny , ; , he pays nis k $ Qr rations £ 0 it V offers , it , food mornmg ^ nd evening s if the w ^ asther be hqt , refreshes it , by the use f a fan ; if cold , he places it at night in a comfortable bed , % ' . Some Europeans of little information on the subject , Rammbhun Roy say $ , have propagated the opinion , that the idols of the Hindoos were but symbolical beings , employed to lead the soul to the contemplation of the Divine attributes , 'the details -just
given prove the erroneousness of this opinion . It has , nevertheless , been adopted by many of the Hindoos who , beginning to feel the absurdity of their Mrprship , are eager to escape the
ridicule and shame attached to it , by means of this subterfuge . This ci fcumstance , says the Reformer , gives strength to my hope of seeing them one day abjure their superstitions to embrace the worship . of the one God ,
^ prescribed by the Vedas , and taught b # common sense .
About the middle of the last century , the religion of the Hindoos deteriorated , especially in Beng ^^ sty that on some essential points th ^ y , coffer from the natives of Behar , Tirhoofc ^ nd Benares ; and have estrangedfj ^ emselves froin > their ancient woi ^ WpV to
adopt an idolatry , , ' 4 § nojphiQ , te < l t ^ e region of the ^ ta ^ ras , ^ opposition , tp > tfeat of tite ffedfw * 1 ; T ^ s $ < $ ipy ^ $ W&y . of m ^ rn ^ te , ^ move r ^ vQlt - ing > tfean t ^ % gf , tlj ^ , Q jeeM , ^ id Romans , ^ Uic ^ ift ti ^ w $ r { -Qpiy chjij ^ is _ and impure , % « th § irB , hut Still . mom
inimical to the principles 6 f virtue : for the ^ inythpjlogy pf th $ Hindoos oflefs tb ; : ^^' { l ^ miatlpir the pimt lnfai ^ pV s ^ risualiiy , iiij ^ afetude , cb ^ igy tt p ^ I trsfWhpry ; all ^ h | ch k $$ yfpjtk Hf the Brahmins , interested in ^ ncoufaging m $ » which $ Q-. th ( 9 qpL . i ,. 9 K 0 a f ^^ S source Qf gaiiiw i f ,. >•• ,, ^ , i , " . . ¦ . '¦ t ^^ - ^ Ifcfe jto be expected that Jl ^ mTn ^ hun i ^ -trfiAtad ? $ > 9 ^ < w imijtf oien ^ and certaiialy nothing but
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^^ ek ^^ c ^^ m ^ ^ their maliee and persecution . : Opy two trwt& in defence of idolatrV ftiyg
been published % Mt § ifiifin : tl ^ Jfet was cfetpined ^ B ^ mMW dras , ^ nd wm \ yw ^^^ WoWt hun Roy ; th ^ & £ c £ ^ fe kii \ J ^^ i for the present System of Iffigjtm Worship , by a Bmunjfe of Calptp ^ who sees no ^ ffing incredible in h& ^ 3 fiaillion $ of gods aj ^ d gp ^ desses , thfe principal of whom are peva , Vishmes ,
Kabi , Ganesha , the Siih , the Moon , the Elements . Our author put out an answer , in Engli h , entitled A Second Defends of the Monotheism * of tjie Veds . 8 vo . Calcutta , 1817-In this work he presents a new series of unanswerable arguments to
the Brahmins , whose hypocrisy , baseness and folly he exposes $ dwelling-, amongst other subjects ,, on the separation of castes , and the actions by which persons are subject to lose caste . He proves that that institution had no plaqe in the ancient system of theo- * logy , and that it is a subsequent
invention . At the head of this institution is the caste of the Brahmins , who have raided themselves to the highest p $ Sr ^ ible dignity by investing their birj&h and quality with fantastic splendpiijr : j representing themselves as gods U |> on eai'th ^ the Brahmins are in Jn ^ ia what the members p ^ an oligarchy vfryji
the feudal Iqi ^ s aj-e . 1 ^ Bupope , b ^ t atfll woiT 5 e aj ^( j . ^ t is saying ja , great 4 e ^ They , frave bfcjken th ^ ti ^ oi social life , ncjt only by the sepatatiop fpW ^ by the , castes , % t by i ^ ol ^ tln ^^ rt were , the meinper ^ of the same fawiiy firpin ^ ach o ther : a Hindoo who aijeqtjs who ^
g ^ e ^ t rigidity cannot sliare ms < p 5 ^ W vv ^ th 1 ^\ brpth ^ r ; he \ i ^\ % vcfci and \ f tflp brp ^ r jto ^ ch any of ^ Pj royfciojjs of ty % guest , the latter qp $ ^ f WWn thrp ^ v a \ vay wjiat repaafnf * ^ , * JHl fa ^ m . WP utensOs ^^ ^ ^ ^ ir - aMMftii ^ H ^ d ° . 9 i mkmv , f& ° W % ^ W tjh $ life , . h % ; fitstA . m ., ^ f | . fWiW tj ^ e ,, ^ pm ^^ \^ 0 WW ^ KSf [ t ^ t ^ & ^ wi' ^ vftj ^ 1 *** ^? ° Fi 7 ntv ^ WyJ ^ ^ vSBSft ^^ fiHj
-. , q , * . 1 jrg ^ h ^^ s ^ i / ytM ^^^ g ^ i - |? *¦ %£$£ ¦ MMma . tiheteti ^ l Sj 8 j ^ ' in ^ i |^^ : 4 ^^ . ^^ ^ / 'i ' ^?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1820, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2484/page/5/
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