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is very probable ; and the numerous tribes of Hin- 

 dus,, who, to this day, call CriJJwa, an impious wretch, 

 Zi mercilefs tyrant, an implacable and molt rancorous 

 enemy. In fhort, thefe Hindus, who coniider Crijlina 

 as an incarnate demon, now expiating his crimes in 

 the fiery dungeons of the loweft hell, coniider Calxun 

 in a very different light, and, certainly, would have 

 no objection to his being called Deo-Cdlyun, Be it 

 as it may, Deucalion was conlidered as a Deva or 

 Deity in the weft, and had altars erected to his hou^- 

 our. 



The Greek mythologies are not agreed about him, 

 nor the country, in which the flood, that goes by his 

 name, happened : fome make him a Syrian ; others 

 fay, that his flood happened in the countries, either 

 round mount Etna, or mount Athos ; the common 

 opinion is, that it happened in the country adjacent 

 to Parnafus ; whilit others feem to intimate, that lie 

 was a native of India, when they aflert that he was 

 the fon of Prometheus, who lived near Cabul, and 

 whofe cave was viiited by Alexander, and his Mace- 

 donians. It is calied in the fur anas Garmia-jYhan, or 

 the place of the Eagle, and is iituated near the place 

 called Shibi, in -Major RenneVYs map of the weflern parts 

 of India ; indeed, Pramaihafi is better known in 

 Sudia by the appellation of Sheba *. Deo-Cdhun, 

 who lived at Gazni, was obliged on the arrival 

 of Cnjhna, to fly to the adjacent mountains, accord- 

 ing to the pur anas ; and the name of thefe moun^ 

 tains was formerly Pamq/a, from which the Greeks 

 made Parnafus ; they are iituated between Gazni 

 and Pefhower. Ctijkna, after the defeat of Caiyun, 

 deiblated his country with Are and fword. This is called 

 in Sanfcrit Praiaya ; and may be effected by wa- 

 ter, Are, famine, peftilence, and war : but in the 

 vulgar dialects, the word Praiaya, lignifies only a 



* Bamian (in Sanfcrit Fain >y an) and Shibr lay to the N.W. of 

 Cabul. 



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