MISCELLANEOUS. 



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Patali-putra. It is now called 

 Summalpoor, or Sumbulpoor, and, 

 in major Rennel's Atlas, Sabel- 

 poor. 



From the manner in which Jara- 

 Sand'ha is represented there, and 

 also, from other circumstances, he 

 is fully entitled to the epithet of 

 Hercules, or Haracula, given to 

 him by Nonnus in his Dionysiacs. 



The'Slnhalas, according to cap- 

 tain Mahony, say that Budd'ha 

 was born in the country of Mad- 

 dadesa (Magad'ha-desa),in Dum- 

 ba-deeva ( Jambu-dwipa),ataplace 

 called Cumbool-wat-pooree (Ca- 

 mala-vati-puri) ; and that he died 

 at Cooseemapooree (Cusuraapuri) 

 in the same country. Camalavati- 

 puri is the same with Padntiavati- 

 puri, or the city of the Lotos ; 

 which we have seen is the same 

 with Cusuraapuri, now understood 

 of Patna. It is added that he died 

 at the court of king Mailalel, 

 wiiich should be Maha-ballala, or 

 Ma-valiala, a very common name 

 for kings. I have shown before, 

 that Cusuraapuri, Padmavati, Ca- 

 mala-vati-puri are epithets, and 

 not proper names of places ; and 

 applicable, and generally applied, 

 to the place of residence of great 

 kings. Patali-putra is never men- 

 tioned in the Puran'as, or Sanscrit 

 books of any antiquity ; and its 

 grammatical name is Patali-pura. 

 As it was the metropolis of the 

 empire of Maghad'ha, in latter 

 times, and had also the emphatical 

 name of Padma-vati-puri given to 

 it ; every transaction mentioned, 

 as having happened at Padmavati, 

 was of course understood of the 

 last known place under that name; 

 and indeed, it was soon forgotten, 

 that there were once several cities 

 of that name in that country. 



The Magas in Bengal are men- 

 tioned by Pliny under the name of 

 Macca-Calingas. It appears from 

 the context, that the upper part of 

 the Bay of Bengal was divided into 

 three parts, called in general Ca- 

 linga, or the sea-shore in Sanscrit, 

 from its abounding with creeks. 

 West Calinga extended from the 

 river of Cuttaca to the western 

 mouth of the Ganges. In an island 

 of the Ganges, amjilce magnitu- 

 dinis, of very great magnitude, and 

 of course the Delta was a single 

 nation called Modo-Galica and 

 Modo-Galenca, from the Sanscrit 

 Madhya-Calinga, or Middle Ca- 

 linga : then come the Macco Ca- 

 lingas, or the Magas of Chittigong, 

 from Maga-Calinga. The Magas 

 or Mugs maintained themselves as 

 an independent tribe in the Delta 

 for a long time ; and they were at 

 last expelled by the Musulraans 

 and the Rajas of Tipera, about 

 the beginning of the sixteenth cen- 

 tury, as mentioned by P. Monser- 

 rat. Through the Burman empire, 

 Arracan and in Chittigong the 

 priests only are called Magas, ac- 

 cording to col. Symes ; but in 

 Chittigong and adjacent countries, 

 the name of Mugais also attributed 

 to the whole tribe. 



A Country-house — and a House 

 in the Country. \_^From the 



Morning Chronicle, Aug. 

 1809.] 



26, 



Mr. Editor ; 



As there may be some little in- 

 terval between the taking of Flush- 

 ing and of Antwerp, 1 hope you 

 will find room to represent the 

 grievances of a man who dates all 

 his misfortunes from that which 



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