 | John Foster - 1858 - 626 pages
...which are offered as sacrifices. In these temples the priests are Achars (an order before described), who at the sacrifices read the forms of prayer (Mantras)...and no person is allowed to enter but the priest, and the Gots who personate in masks these deities. Once in twelve years the Rajah offers a solemn sacrifice.... | |
 | John Foster - 1858 - 624 pages
...which are offered as sacrifices. In these temples the priests are Achars (an order before described), who at the sacrifices read the forms of prayer (Mantras)...and no person is allowed to enter but the priest, and the Gota who personate in masks these deities. Once in twelve years the Kajah offers a solemn sacrifice.... | |
 | Francis Buchanan Hamilton - 1996 - 354 pages
...profession of some dignity. The three next casts, Got, Kurmi, and Now, are nearly of the same rank. dedicated to Bhawani, which word means merely the...shrine, in which the images of the gods are kept, is^always shut, and no person is allowed to enter but the priest (Pujari) and the Gots, who personate... | |
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Achars, who at the sacrifices read the forms of prayer (Mantras) proper for the occasion, but retire when the animal is about to be killed by the Got who represents Bhairavi. The shrine, in which the images of the gods are kept, is always shut, and no... 