تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 17.2.1

17.2.1

Many of them will dig houses for themselves under ground, over which any one may build, leaving them only a place for the air to pass through. Jogees are a well known class of people. The word yog they use in the Sanscrit (language) to signify joining, adhering. This people suppose themselves to be united with God, whom they believe to be One. The select, or rather the person himself, of God, they hold to be Kurkhanat. Majhandarnat and Hirankunat are also great saints or perfect beings. With them, Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahish, are angels, but also pupils or disciples of Kurkhanat, and some of them do now name themselves after one or other of these. Now this class of people consists of In this the Jogee will reside for months without eating or drinking any thing. I heard, that one of them remained thus for a whole year. I saw twelve Pantas, as follows, &c., and Pant signifies a class or tribe. According to their persuasion, the authors of every religion, sect, and belief, whether prophets or saints, were disciples of Kurkhanat; and that whatever these persons might have known, they must have known from him. It is also their belief, that Mohammed was brought up by a disciple of Kurkhanat. Many of them will, when with the Mohammedans, attend to prayer and fasting, which they also do with the Hindoos. None of the things forbidden for food, are considered so among them;