Pethox Parvus : dedicated, without permission, to the remnant of blind priests of that idolatry / by Iconoclastis.

  • Moore, James Carrick, 1763-1834.
Date:
1807
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Credit: Pethox Parvus : dedicated, without permission, to the remnant of blind priests of that idolatry / by Iconoclastis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the mystical wrifings of the Bramins' for information on this subject. The Gentoos boast of an antiquity reaching far hejond ihe fabulous age of Egypt and Greece ; but presume it may be doubted whether their sacred books are antecedent to that period. It is however recorded in them, that about three thousand four hundred years ago, di- vine honours were regularly paid to a cer- - tain Goofee ka Tagoran, the Goddess of spots. This personage is conceived by Holwell to be the identical Pethox Parvus, a;nd that she existed in Indostan froitt timis iiTim'e- morial. But the ancient records of the Bramins, however venerated in the East, are not considered by us as- equally au- thentic with I)bomsday-book, and wouM^ not obtain credit for a pedigree even' at the Herald's office. Besides had Gobfee Tagoran been- the personification alluded' to, she could not have remained so Ions o B 2