1 81 7.] M. LangUson Wilson's Satiscrll. English Dictionary. 483 



desi^ates the Indian Trinity, and ex- 

 presses the three in one ; a particle of 

 common injunction ; the same of con- 

 sent, so be it, amen. 



OuGRA, masc. Ougrah ; a name of 

 Siva; a name of a Malay tribe, wlio 

 have the Kchetryx for fathers, and the 

 Sandra tor mothers. The emploj niont 

 of this caste, according- to the Code of 

 Menon, is to kill the animals who live 

 in holes ; according to the Tantra, aii 

 Ougra is a panegyrist, a bard ; the plant 

 Moremga, Hygeranthera, &c. 



Calindjara, masc. Calindjarah ; a 

 name of Siva ; a name of a rock of Bru)- 

 delkhand, the modern Calindgcr; tlia 

 adjacent country; an assembly; a unioi* 

 of religious mendicants. Caliudger is 

 one of the places where these assemblies 

 are iield, and is mentioned in the Veda 

 in the number of the Tapacyasthana, or 

 }daccs consecrated to pious austerities, 

 &c. Etymol. — Ccila, time, or deatli ; in 

 the second case, Calan; and djara, that 

 which produces old age, decline, &c. 



These extracts, which it were easy to 

 multiply, prove th:it this Dictionary 

 contains a great nmnber of articles of 

 suflicient Intercast to pique the curiosity 

 of the learned, and even determine st<- 

 \cral to study the Devanagar chara(;tcr, 

 and soon after the Sanscrit; for the pub- 

 lication of this work, so ardently desired, 

 will enable us seriously to pursue the 

 study of this language ; because by it 

 we can dispense with the aid ol'tiie puu- 

 dits ; whom the English orientalists em- 

 ploy, as living lexicons. 'I'lieic will theji 

 be opened to us the innncnse treasures 

 contained in the literature of the IJrah- 

 niins, an enjoyment of which wx iiav« 

 aheady had the foretaste, in tlio excel- 

 lent works of Alessrs. \\ ilkins, Sir W. 

 Jones, Colebrooke, Wilford, Carey, 

 Marshman, Alex. JIaniillon, &c. It 

 ought not, llowc^er, to he dissembled, 

 that this litcratme, so rich in i)hilosophi- 

 cal, ascetic, and litejary works, and 

 even in theatrical pieces, docs not con- 

 tain a special treatise on geogra])li\-, 

 chronology, or history,— h cirfuuistant** 

 which contributes to throw a certain 

 doubt on the high antiquity claimed by 

 the Indians, and wliidi has" not hilherlQ 

 been seriously contested, except by AJr. 

 13enfley, 



I will not permit myself to cuter upon 

 lliis imix.rtant and very (Ji/iicult ques- 

 tion; and will simply observe, that i^ 

 wonl.l be powibic k, Umiw some light 

 upon It in pursuing (he numerous rami- 

 fuations of the .Sanscrit. 'J'hese le- 

 (jtarihes iroiil'i oiler mcue than one '-po- 

 iJ t^ 2 CCS 



As a Dictionary cannot be fairly 

 judged of by an extract, I will give a 

 few articles, which will not be without 

 interest for a certain class of readers. 



Agasti, masc. Agastiss; the name of 

 a saint celebrated in Hindoo mythology ; 

 the son of Mithra and Varouna by Ou- 

 ravaci: he is represented of little stature, 

 some say that he was born in a basin of 

 i^ater; and he has the reputation of 

 Laving swallowed the ocean, and having 

 tendered it in urining. At his cora- 

 riand, the chain of the Vindyx* moun- 

 tains extended of itself, and rested in the 

 same state ; a miracle which has pro- 

 cured this saint the name he bears, 

 ■which is derived from Aga, mountain, 

 fee. &c. 



Agnibhou, muse, a gnibkou/i; a name 

 t)f Skanda, the Indian god of war. Ety- 

 mology — agni, fire, ignis, and hhou, being 

 or born of fire. Siva having cast his 

 semen in the flame, in order to produce 

 & warrior capable of subduing the de^ 

 mon Tar^a, the produce wasSkanda.f 



Apavarga, masc. Apaitargah ; final 

 beatitude ; the state of the soul entirely 

 delivered from the body ; exemption 

 from all kinds of transmigration^ ; to 

 abandon, to quit ; the fruit or conse- 

 quence of any act completely termi- 

 nated ; complement of an act; action 

 brought to a period or conclusion, &c. 



Indou DJANAKA, mssc. ludoii djaruc- 

 iah ; the ocean. Etymol. — hiduii, the 

 moon ; djaiiaka, father : the moon forms 

 jtart of the objects produced by the 

 CHURNING of the ocean. 



Indou pour a, masc, Indou povrah ; 

 a name of Boud-djah, the «gent of the 

 ))lanet Mercury. Etymoi. — Indou, the 

 moon, and poura, sun ; the son of T'chan- 

 dra ; another name of the moon. 



Om, indeclinable ; the m3stic name of 

 the divinity placed at the head of all 

 prayers, and the greatcrpartof the books 

 of the Hindoos. Etymol. — A, a name 

 of Vishnou ; O, a name of Siva; and mo, 

 » name of Brahma; on this account Om 



* Wiiicli separate Upper Hindoostan 

 from the Uekkan, or the Peninsula. 



t The orientals have changed llic name 

 of Alexunikr into Sslcemler, which does not 

 differ much from Scaiida. Out of lespect 

 for the partisans of the hijjh anti(|iijty of 

 the Hindoos, I will not (jiiote any other 

 parallels or derivations; and I do not 

 even insist too strongly upon the prescut 

 one. 



t On the Hindoo Systems cf Astronomy, 

 and tlieir connection with history in au- 

 ficnt ami modern tnnt.i, in vol, viii. Awutic 

 {iescarchcn, No. C. 



