egS REMARKS ON THE NAMES 



vant is called Carmala : he brings the righteous on 

 celeilial cars, which go of theiiifelves, whenever holy 

 men are to be brought in, according to the di- 



tions of the Diiarma-Raja, who is the fovereign 

 of the Pitris. This is called his divine countenance, 

 and the righteous alone do fee it. His other conn- 



ance or form is called Yama ; this the wicked alone 

 can fee. It has large teeth, and a nionftrous body, 

 Yama is the lord of Patala ; there he orders fome 

 to be beaten, fome to be cut to pieces, fome to be 

 devoured by monfters, &c. His fervant is called 

 Cashmala, who, with ropes round their necks* 

 drags the wicked ,over rugged paths, and throws 

 them headlonp- into hell. He is unmerciful, and 

 hard is his heart : every body trembles at the fight 

 of him. According to Mnaseas, as cited by the 

 fcholiaft of Appollonius Rkodius, the names of the 

 Cabirian Gods were Axieros, or Ceres, or the 

 Earth ; Axiocersa or Proserpine ; Axiocersos 

 or Pluto ; to whom they add a fourth called Cas j 

 millus, the fame with the infernal Mercury. 



Axieros is obvioufly derived from Afyoruca, or 

 rather from AJyoru, or AJyorus ; for fuch is the pri- 

 mitive form ; which fignifies literally, fhe whofe face 

 is moft beautiful. 



Axiocersa is derived from AJyotcerfa, a word of 



the lame import with the former, and which was the 



jfacred name of Proserpine. This is obvioufly 



derived from the Sanfcrit Pr afar par ni, orfJie who is 



led by large fiiakes and dragons* Nonnus re, 



prefents her as furrounded by two enormous fnakes- 



who conftantly watched over her. She was ravifhed 



by Jupiter in the fhape of an enormous dragon. She 



tierally fuppofed to be his daughter ; but the 



rcadians, according to Paufanhis, iniilied that fhe 



h of Ceres and Neptune; with whom 



the ancient mythologifts often confound Oceanus. ' 



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