98 Captain James Low on BuppHa and the Phrabat. 
No. 24. 
Chakrawalang. The horizon surrounding Meru, and here represented 
by a wall of circumvallation, Chakracan, is supposed by a late learned 
writer * to have meant Jceland. Chakra Varta, in the mythology of the 
Ceylonese, means the hills surrounding the world, called also Loca Loca.+ 
No. 25. 
Suriya, or the glorious sun, speeding through the heavens in his flaming 
ear, drawn by white steeds, and driven by Arun, or Arsun, who is the 
Hindu Aurora, or the Dawn, and brother of Garupa. He was the parent 
of the solar dynasty in India, and his emblem is the Pipal tree.t 
The Siamese represent Surfya as a youth, with a bow and quiver of 
arrows, or with a four-sided mace. He is supposed to have descended 
frequently in human shape, and to have left a race of men as his progeny. 
He is likewise called Kassyapa. 
No. 26. 
Cuanp Héma, or Prd Cuan, “the pale silvery moon, holding zs smooth 
course through the heaven.” He is a male deity, and here represented 
drawn by horses, while the Hindu Chandra is dragged by antelopes. He is 
also an emblem, according to Mr. H. T. Colebrooke, of the eighth Jaina 
god, or CHanpra PrAB Ma. 
of Scandinavian mythology, who dragged the serpent Midgard from the bottom of the sea. In 
Stonehenge the serpent Hu was venerated: and the circle at Ahury enclosed two other circles, 
and was attached to an enormous snake formed of upright stones, with a fourth circle for its 
head. (a) This god is represented with wings. In conclusion, he observes, that it would appear 
that the royal sacred serpent of Egypt, the serpent CANopuis, or CNEPH, as seen in the temples of 
Thebais ;—the serpentine deity of Persia, as represented on the walls of Persepolis, and at Nakshi 
Rustam ;—the serpentine devices of the Chinese ;—the globe and winged serpent of the Chaldean 
Magi ;—the great serpent ANANTA SesHa Naca, and VasuKa, of Hindu mythology ;—the 
Mexican serpent ;—and the Mrpcarp of Scandinavia, all spring from one and the same source. 
* I believe, the author of the Key to Hindu Chronology. 
+ Vol. viii. Asiatic Researches, 
t Asiatic Researches. 
(a) Faber. 
