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[184:4] Ibid.

[184:5] Ibid.

[184:6] Aryan Mythology, vol. ii. p. 132.

[184:7] Pages 274 and 612.

[184:8] ”On reconte fort divers.e.m.e.nt la mort de Crishna. Une tradition remarquable et averee le fait perir sur un bois fatal (un arbre), ou il fut cloue d'un coup de fleche.” (Quoted by Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. i.

p. 144.)

[185:1] See Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 499, and Mrs. Jameson's ”History of Our Lord in Art,” ii. 317, where the cross is called the ”accursed tree.”

[185:2] Chap. xxi. 22, 23: ”If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of G.o.d;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy G.o.d giveth thee for an inheritance.”

[185:3] Galatians, iii. 13.

[185:4] See Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 146, and Inman's Ancient Faiths, vol. i. p. 402.

”The crucified G.o.d Wittoba is also called Balu. He is wors.h.i.+ped in a marked manner at Pander-poor or Bunder-poor, near Poonah.” (Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 750, _note_ 1.)

”A form of Vishnu (Crishna), called _Viththal_ or _Vithoba_, is the popular G.o.d at Pandharpur in Maha-rashtra, the favorite of the celebrated Marathi poet Tukarama.” (Prof. Monier Williams: Indian Wisdom, p. xlviii.)

[185:5] See Lundy: Monumental Christianity, p. 160.

[185:6] This can be seen by referring to Calmet, Sonnerat, or Higgins, vol. ii., which contain plates representing Crishna.

[186:1] Monumental Christianity, p. 128.

[186:2] Ancient Faiths, vol. i. p. 411.

[186:3] Luke, xxiii. 39-43.

[186:4] Vasudeva means G.o.d. See Vishnu Purana, p. 274.

[186:5] Vishnu Purana, p. 612.

[187:1] See Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. i. p. 72.

[187:2] ”Si ita se res habet, ut existimat Beausobrius, _Indi_, et _Budistae_ quorum religio, eadem est ac Tibetana, nonnisi a Manichaeis nova haec deliriorum portenta acceperunt. Haenamque gentes praesertim in urbe Nepal, Luna XII. _Badr_ seu _Bhadon Augusti_ mensis, dies festos auspicaturae Dei _Indrae_, erigunt ad illius memoriam ubique locorum _cruces_ amictas _Abrotono_. Earum figuram descriptam habes ad lit. B, Tabula pone sequenti. Nam A effigies est ipsius _Indrae crucifixi_ signa Telech in fronte manibus pedibusque gerentis.” (Alph Tibet, p. 203.

Quoted in Higgins' Anacalypsis, vol. i. p. 130.)

[188:1] ”Ils conviennent qu'il a repandu son sang pour le salut du genre humain, ayant ete perce de clous par tout son corps. Quoiqu'ils ne disent pas qu'il a souffert le supplice de la croix, ou en trouve pourtant la figure dans leurs livres.” (Quoted in Higgins' Anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 118.)

[188:2] ”Although the nations of Europe have changed their religions during the past eighteen centuries, the Hindoo has not done so, except very partially. . . . The religious creeds, rites, customs, and habits of thought of the Hindoos generally, have altered little since the days of Manu, 500 years B. C.” (Prof. Monier Williams: Indian Wisdom, p. iv.)

[188:3] See Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. i. pp. 147, 572, 667 and 750; vol. ii. p. 122, and note 4, p. 185, this chapter.

[188:4] See Max Muller's Science of Religion, p. 224.

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