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The desertion of Sita is acted by nymphs on the banks of the Ganges before Rama and other high guests invited by Valmiki. I will throw myself into the Bhagirathi." She enters supported by her mother Prithivi, the Earth and Ganga, each carrying a baby in the lap. Ganga tells her of the birth of the twins and consoles her, but Earth is greatly distressed with the conduct of Rama.
The chief of these deities were Agni, the fire; Prithivi, the earth; Ushas, the dawn; Mitra, or Surya, the sun; Indra, the sky; Maruts, the storm-winds; and Varuna, the All-Surrounder. To these deities sacrifice was offered and prayer addressed; but they had no priests or temples these came in later ages, when men thought they had need of others to stand between them and God.
Prithivi, the Earth, in like manner, retains her physical attributes, and does not become the nourishing mother of all things. Whether this fact is to be explained from early Hindu views of the social position of women, or from some other idea, is uncertain. It is probable that in early times every tribe or district had its female divine representative of fertility, an embryonic mother-goddess.
Bathing there and bowing down unto Hari, the Creator of the three worlds, one obtaineth the fruit of the horse-sacrifice and repaireth to the abode of Vishnu. Repairing next to the tirtha called Prithivi, one obtaineth the fruit of the gift of a thousand kine.
Bathing there and bowing down unto Hari, the Creator of the three worlds, one obtaineth the fruit of the horse-sacrifice and repaireth to the abode of Vishnu. Repairing next to the tirtha called Prithivi, one obtaineth the fruit of the gift of a thousand kine.
MODERN LITERATURES OF INDIA. The literature of the modern tongues of the Hindus consists chiefly of imitations and translations from the Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, and from European languages. There is, however, an original epic poem, written in Hindui by Tshand, under the title of the "Adventures of Prithivi Raja," which is second only to the great Sanskrit poems.
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