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" Viewing and comparing their labours, he made 

 the firft tribe fuperior over the reft. As the fir ft 

 had great inclination for the divine fciences, (Brah- 

 meveda,) therefore he was Brdhmana. The protector 

 from ill, (Cjhate) was CJhatriya ; him whofe pro- 

 fefTion (Vefa) confifts in commerce, which pro- 

 <c motes fuccefs in war, for the protection, of himfelf 

 " and of mankind ; and in hufbandry, and attendance 

 " on cattle, called Faifya. The other mould vol un- 

 " tarily ferve the three tribes, and therefore he be- 

 t{ came a Sudra : he mould humble himfelf at their 

 " feet." 



And in another place : 



" A chief of the twice-born tribe was brought by 

 cc Vishnu's eagle from • Saca dwipa : thus have Sdc'a 

 " dwipa Brdhmanas become known in Jambu dwipa. 



(C In Jambu dwipa Brdhmanas are reckoned ten- 

 " fold ; Sarefwata, Canyacubja, Gauda, Maithila, Ut- 

 " cala> Drdvida, Marahd/hlra, 1*aildnga t Gujjava y and 

 " Cafrnira, refiding in the feverai countries whence they 

 " are named. { 1 • ) 



fC Their fons and grand-fons are confidered as 

 " Canyacubja priefts, and fo forth. Their pofterity, 

 <c defcending from Menu, alfo inhabit the fouthern 

 u regions: others rcfide in Anga Banga and Calinga ; 

 " fome in Camrupa and Odra. Others are inhabitants 



D 4 "of 



(i.) Thefc feverai countries are Scircfaiaicu probably the re- 

 gion watered by the river Serfutty. as it is marked in maps : unlefs 

 it be a part of Bengal, named from the branch of the Bhdgirathi, 

 which is diftinguifhed by this appellation, Canyacubja, or Canoj : 

 Gaurd, probably the weflcrn Gar, and not the Guur of Bengals 

 mit'hila, or TirabJiuHi, corrupted into Tirfrut ; Utcala, laid to be 

 fituated near the celebrated temple of fdganndt'ka; Drdvidd, 

 pronounced Dravira\ poflibly the country defcribed by that 

 name, as a maritime region fouth of Carnatd, [Aft. Ref. vol. ii. 

 p. 117.) MarahdJJitrd. or Marhdtta ; Tclinga, or Ttlingdn a J Cuj- 

 jara t or Guzrat; Cajmira^ or Cdjkmir. 



