88 Captain Jaues Low on Bupp Ma and the Phrabdt. 
There are Chattu (or six) Thachana. 
The Brahmans of Wehapp,hala live 500 Maha (or great) Kalpas. 
Those of Awicha eee srtey da QQ: iecetateethia. 
Those termed Aflapa ... decee 2 OOO ce. 3 ee Clttis 
They of Sathatsa  . see. 4,000 sae no flim 
Of Sathatsi ... noc of «8,000 2.) ditto: 
Of Akanéta ... cnt -.. 16,000 ditto. 
Here, as in almost every other case, we find tt same dull attention to 
preserve a certain gradation in the numbers. 
InFreRNAL Recions. 
It only remains to describe the infernal regions of Siamese mythology, 
as derived by them from the Bali; and hence we may judge of the checks 
which the religion of Siam would give to the passions of the multitude, if 
perfectly operative: it certainly works greatly on their fears. For this 
purpose I have extracted the following descriptions from the Milinda : 
ist, Of the Maha Naraka-atha, or eight great hells, and the punishments of 
the wicked in them. 
Murderers go into the hell Sanchiwa. Five hundred years of mankind 
are equal to a day and night in the mansion or heaven Chattu Maha 
Rachéka, which lies in the latitude of the constellation of the Alligator ; 
and five hundred years of this heaven are equivalent to a day and night of 
this hell. When the suffering spirits have endured the torments of this 
immense period, they return to the earth, and animate the bodies of vile 
reptiles, or ferocious animals. 
Thieves are precipitated into the hell Kalasutte. One thousand years of 
man are equal to one day and night in Tawatingsa Sdwan (the heaven of 
Inpra); and one thousand years in this last form a day and night in the 
hell Kalasutte. When the guilty have been punished for this period, they 
return to the earth, and animate the bodies of miserable wretches and 
loathsome animals, 
Adulterers pass into the hell called Sanghatta, where they remain for 
two thousand ages. Two thousand earthly years are equal to a day and 
night in the heaven Yama ; and two thousand years in Yama are equivalent 
to a day and night in Sang hatta Naraka. 
Adulterers again ascend to the earth, and animate the bodies of women, 
to all appearance, but deprived in reality of the sexual distinction. 
