ABSTRACT
The feast being over, songs in honour of Rádhá-K_rishna are chanted with the effect of often causing extravagant and violent excitement, terminating in hysterical weeping and convulsions. The Pradhan then selects a woman, possibly the prettiest; the pair are dusted with sandal-wood powder, crowned with flowers, and the company make adoration to them as the personations of Rádhá and her lover K_rishna. Each man present then decorates himself with garlands, perfect silence being observed, and is presumed to fall into a dreamy sensuous condition, with mind abstracted and absorbed in the contemplation of the semblance of Rádhá at his side.
